The Bangalow palm, the waratah, the fire-wheel flower, the banksia and the Sturt desert pea are all accurately captured in the painting. |
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The Floral Emblem in both its common and botanical names, Sturt's Desert Rose honours its discoverer, the inland explorer Captain Charles Sturt. |
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The Bangalow palm, the waratah, the fire-wheel flower, the banksia and the Sturt desert pea are all captured in this way. |
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Sturt showed a keen interest in exploring the as yet unmapped country and its rivers. |
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The site, in a hot and subarid region, was first visited in 1844 by Charles Sturt, who named the humpbacked range Broken Hill. |
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He fancies that Sturt has a problem with his wife, and maybe he did. |
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Sturt passed to the south of Gunbower Creek, aware this was an anabranch of the main channel. |
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