Most Famous Australian Explorers
Australia has produced 32 notable explorers throughout history, led by Edward John Eyre. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
EJ
Edward John Eyre Australian Explorer 1815 – 1901
#
28,604
HW
Hubert Wilkins Australian Explorer 1888 – 1958
#
31,655
HH
Hamilton Hume Australian Explorer 1797 – 1873
#
66,249
AC
Augustus Charles Gregory Australian Explorer 1819 – 1905
#
101,146
JR
John Rymill Australian Explorer 1905 – 1968
#
119,670
HG
Harold Gatty Australian Navigator 1903 – 1957
#
180,015
VG
Vadim Gerasimov Australian Engineer Born 1969
#
305,260
HD
Henry Deane (engineer) Australian Engineer 1847 – 1924
#
306,082
TS
Teddy Sheean Australian Sailor 1923 – 1942
#
360,037
GF
George Fletcher Moore Australian Explorer 1798 – 1886
#
360,206
HP
Harry Poulos Australian Engineer Born 1940
#
369,794
DL
David Lindsay (explorer) Australian Explorer 1856 – 1922
#
389,434
PH
Paddy Hannan Australian Explorer 1840 – 1925
#
395,326
GS
George Swinburne Australian Engineer 1861 – 1928
#
518,992
RS
Ralph Sarich Australian Inventor Born 1938
#
622,070
MM
Morton Moyes Australian Explorer 1886 – 1981
#
669,654
WG
William Gilbert Rees Australian Explorer 1827 – 1898
#
703,159
RA
Robert Austin (explorer) Australian Explorer 1825 – 1905
#
712,257
HS
Henry Sutton (inventor) Australian Inventor 1856 – 1912
#
722,691
TB
Thomas Braidwood Wilson Australian Explorer 1792 – 1843
#
735,025