It was named after explorer Edward John Eyre, who was the first to cross the Nullarbor by land.
It is named after Edward John Eyre, who at one time was the lieutenant governor of the South Island (then known as New Munster).
Mayor John Eyre, organized his attack on St. Thomas to crush the Morant Bay Rebellion at Hibbert House.
Edward John Eyre (1815–1901), former Australian explorer and Governor of Jamaica
George William Gordon, a Jamaican businessman and politician, who had been critical of Governor John Eyre and his policies, was later arrested by Governor John Eyre who believed he had been behind the rebellion.
With John Stuart Mill he was a parliamentary spokesman for the Jamaica Committee, formed in response to Edward John Eyre's brutal suppression of riots in Jamaica during the Morant Bay rebellion.
It is located at 32° 45' S 124° 59' E. The explorer Edward John Eyre is thought to have visited it on 2 May 1842, but found it empty.
It is located west of Kaiapoi and northwest of Eyreton and is named after Edward John Eyre, a 19th-century lieutenant governor of the South Island (then known as New Munster).
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Several explorers had passed through the area on their way to more remote places, including Edward John Eyre and John Horrocks.