The Disturbing 1840 Southern Australian Expedition

The Australian continent, much like Canada, despite its massive land mass, has only narrow pockets of habitability. If you look at a population map of the two countries, you can almost pinpoint exactly where those areas are. The areas with the best climates usually already have the largest populations. Obviously, though, much of Australia’s sparsely populated interior is harsh for the exact opposite reason that Canada’s is. Much of Australia is simply too hot and too dry to support large-scale settlement. Interestingly, in the 1800s, as new settlers made their way across the continent, they hoped that further inland would be similar to other continents. They hoped for lush forests, rivers, and fertile land. And the only way to truly figure out what was there was to make expeditions into the unknown. As we now know, in many regions those expectations proved disastrously wrong, and many of the expeditions would end horribly as a result. This is the Eyre Expedition, and as always, viewer discretion is advised. Patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ScaryInteresting Podcast ➡️ https://www.spreaker.com/show/scary-interesting-podcast STORY SUGGESTION FORM ➡️ https://shorturl.at/mqAK3 or email [email protected] Discord ➡️ https://discord.com/invite/6bFs3muTxK Instagram ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/scaryinterestingstories/?hl=en Attributions/Special Thanks for Photographs/Videos/Etc: Ross Bate, Travelletto, Superior National Forest, Benno Rothenberg /Meitar Collection / National Library of Israel / The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection Incredible Ambient Songs by CoAg https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823 This video contains light dramatic reenactment but NO actual footage or pictures of anyone being harmed or who has been harmed. The thumbnail is NOT a real image. Great care has been taken to blur all images Writing and research by Jay Adams https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ== And a huge thank you to the Scary Interesting team of writers, editors, captioners, and everyone else who make this channel possible. Image(s) and/or video used under license from Shutterstock.com DISCLAIMER: The pictures, audio, and video used in the videos on this channel are a mix of paid stock, by attribution, royalty-free, public domain, or otherwise fall under the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement is intended. All rights belong to their respective owners. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected]. I will respond immediately.