Sir Augustus Charles Gregory KCMG

Order of St Michael and St George

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.(1 August 1819 – 25 June 1905) was an English

England

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-born Australia

Australia

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n explorer. Between 1846 and 1858 he undertook four major expeditions.
Augustus Charles Gregory was born at Farnsfield

Farnsfield

Farnsfield is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire in Sherwood Forest. It is in the local government district of Newark and Sherwood....

, Nottingham

Nottingham

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, England

England

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. He was the second of five brothers born to Joshua Gregory

Joshua Gregory

Joshua Gregory was an early settler in colonial Western Australia. Two of his sons, Augustus Charles and Francis Thomas, became renowned Australian explorers....

 and Frances Churchman. Among his brothers were Francis Thomas Gregory

Francis Thomas Gregory

Francis Thomas Gregory was an English-born Australian explorer and politician.-Biography:Gregory was born at Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, England, and was the younger brother of the explorer Augustus Gregory...

, who also became a noted explorer.

1. Joshua William Gregory, born 1815, died 20 September 1850 aged 35.
2. Augustus Charles Gregory, born 1 August 1819, died 1905 aged 86
3. Francis (Frank) Thomas Gregory, born 1821.
4. Henry Churcham Gregory, born 1823.
5. Charles Frederick Gregory, born 1825.

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