Lawrence Wells - Citizendia

Wells, Lawrence Allen
Born	30 April 1860 Penola, South Australia, Australia
Died	11 May 1938 Australia
Known for	Australian explorer

Lawrence Allen Wells (30 April 1860, Yallum Station near Penola – 1938) was an Australian explorer. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Penola ( is located 388 km south east of Adelaide and is in the heart of one of South Australia 's most productive Wine growing areas For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Penola ( is located 388 km south east of Adelaide and is in the heart of one of South Australia 's most productive Wine growing areas Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

Wells grew up in the Mt Gambier district, and after a short stint in a merchants office, joined the South Australian Survey Department in October 1878. Mount Gambier (post code 5290 ( is the second most populous City in South Australia after Adelaide, the capital of the state Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1883 the surveyor General, G. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common W. Goyder, offerred him the Assistant Surveyor position to the Northern Territory and Queensland Border Survey Expedition, under Augustus Poeppel. This task took almost three years to complete, and Wells spent the next couple of years working in the far north of S. A. and the N. T. , surveying pastoral boundaries.

In 1891 he was appointed surveyor to the Elder Scientific Exploration Expedition, under David Lindsay. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lindsay's instructions were to investigate the remaining "blanks on the map" of Australia, (essentially the Great Victoria, Little Sandy, Great Sandy, Tanami, and the Simpson Deserts). For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Great Victoria Desert is a barren arid and sparsely populated Desert Ecoregion in southern Australia. The Little Sandy Desert is a Desert located in Western Australia south of the Great Sandy Desert and west of the Gibson Desert. There is another desert called " Great Sandy Desert " in Oregon, US. The Tanami Desert is a Desert in northern Australia situated in the Northern Territory. The Simpson Desert occupies approximately 176500 square kilometres of central Australia. A desert is a Landscape or region that receives very little precipitation. After a good start, the expedition suffered hardship and psychological problems, which saw Lindsay returning to Adelaide to explain the situation, leaving Wells in charge of the remants of the expedition. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a It was disbanded in March 1892, after Wells had discovered evidence of gold at what became Wiluna. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Only Wells and the cook, Warren, came away with a "clean slate".

Returning to the Survey Department, Wells married Alice Marion Woods on 22 September 1892. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year

In 1896 Albert Calvert, a London mining engineer, proposed through his Adelaide Agent, A. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a T. Magarey, to finance an expedition to complete the task of the Elder Expedition, again supervised by the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. Wells was selected to lead the Calvert Exploring Expedition of seven men and twenty camels, which left Lake Way, near present day Wiluna, on July 16, 1896, and headed northeast into uncharted country. Wiluna is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year

After a substantial reconnaissance trip, October found the party just over halfway through the two Sandy Deserts, when it was decided that Wells's older cousin Charles Wells (2IC) and George Jones, (the 18y. o. nephew of David Lindsay) would make a 'flying trip' to the west, and then rendezvous with the main party at Warburton's Joanna Spring, some 300 km further north. The increasing heat of the advancing summer, lack of feed for the camels, and scant water, caused both parties incredible hardship - the main party was soon only travelling at night, and were forced to abandon virtually everything at Adverse Well, and the remainder the following day. Low on water and unable to locate Joanna Spring, innocently missmapped by Warburton, they made a desperate dash for the Fitzroy River.

Charles Wells and Jones abandoned the flying trip, and following the main party by about twelve days, perished. Their sun dried bodies were finally found on May 27, 1897, 26km south west of Joanna Spring, after five search expeditions by Larry Wells. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common

From August 1897, Wells transferred to the Pastoral Board, but from March to September 1903 led the Government North-West Prospecting Expedition. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Returning to the Surveyor General's Office, Wells spent three years till September 1908 on a trigonometrical survey in the north west of the N. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year T.

In 1909 Wells joined the State Taxation Department, and the following year became the Federal Deputy Commissioner of Land Tax for S. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting A. , rejoining the Land Board as chairman in 1918, until his retirement in 1930. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Again pulling on his explorers boots, he led the (private) Quest (1930), Endeavour (1932) and Tarcoola (1933) Expeditions. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Wells was not the only one referred to as "the last Australian Explorer", but he did stand out as one of the few who attempted to treat Aboriginals with an unprecedented level of humanity.

In 1935 Wells received the Jubilee Medal, and in 1937 the O. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. B. E.

Wells died after being struck by a rail car near Blackwood Railway Station on 11 May 1938, and was buried at the Mitcham Cemetery. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

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