John Forrest Research Paper

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John Forrest.
John Forrest was a famous for his expeditions with his brother Alexander. John forrest lived to be 71 (1847-1918). Some of his expeditions were hard but then again going through Australia is no walk in the park. Life for John forrest.
John forrest was born in Bunbury 22 ,Western Australia 1847 and he went to hale school. Professions were a politician, surveyor and then an explorer. Because he was a surveyor in November 1863, And ended in 1865. He became the first man born and educated in the colony to qualify as a land surveyor. He then commenced work as a surveyor with the government's Lands and Surveys Department.

Family .
His family was Alexander forrest(brother),Anthony Alexander forrest(nephew),Margaret forrest(spouse),Sylvia
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So John Forrest set off to travel from Western Australia to the centre of Australia. This expedition consisted of 6 men, 20 horses and enough food to last them 8 months. Again, John Forrest took with him his brother and Tommy Windich. When they left geraldton and were heading to the Murchison River. Everyday someone would go ahead and look for a water hole, snice horses need water every 12 hours, but john knew that camels only need a drink every 10 to 12 DAYS!It was difficult walking through the heat, sand and deserts of spinifex grass. The grass was too dry for the horses to eat and it cut their legs. On June 2 they reached Weld Springs where they rested for a week because there was plenty of water and feed for the …show more content…
They were about 1 500 kilometres from the nearest settlement in Western Australia. They could not turn back, because they could not be sure that there would be water where they had found it previously. However, the land ahead was dry and waterless and both men and horses faced the risk of dying of thirst. Luckily for them it started to rain. This was very unusual in this country. The rain filled the rock holes ahead. However, the horses became exhausted and had to be left behind. One of the men had scurvy and his feet were so swollen, he could hardly walk.their supplies of tea and sugar we’re all gone and they survived on flour porridge three times a