# Paweł Edmund Strzelecki (1797–1873): journey map, film and quiz

> Interactive, source-checked guide to Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, the Polish explorer and geologist who named Mount Kosciuszko (12 March 1840) and Gippsland, and surveyed New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania (1839–1843). Bilingual (Polish/English). Made by the Rejman team for melbourne.pl.

Dates follow the verified record: born 20 July 1797 in Głuszyna (Poznań); Mount Kosciuszko climbed on 12 March 1840 per James Macarthur's field book (his own report says 15 February); died in London 6 October 1873; reburied in Poznań on 29 November 1997. Disputed facts are flagged on the page.

## Pages
- [Polish page](https://melbourne.pl/): interactive globe of his whole journey, the four Australian expeditions, period maps, film, quiz
- [English page](https://melbourne.pl/en/): the same content in English
- [Melbourne.pl 2006–2015](https://melbourne.pl/melbourne-pl/) and [in English](https://melbourne.pl/en/melbourne-pl/): history of the original Polish community portal and forum that used this domain
- [Full text for AI assistants](https://melbourne.pl/llms-full.txt): chronology, expeditions, disputes, places named after him, quiz with answers, sources

## Key facts
- **Born:** 20 Jul 1797 (Głuszyna near Poznań)
- **Leaves Liverpool:** 8 Jun 1834 (In the Virginian for New York)
- **Arrives in Sydney:** 25 Apr 1839 (In the barque Justine from New Zealand)
- **Mount Kosciuszko:** 12 Mar 1840 (Climbs Australia's highest peak)
- **Western Port:** 12 May 1840 (End of the Gippsland traverse)
- **Tasmania:** Jul 1840 – 29 Sep 1842 (Two years of survey, about 2,000 miles on foot)
- **Back in London:** 24 Oct 1843 (After a voyage through Asia and Egypt)
- **RGS medal:** 25 May 1846 (Founder's Gold Medal)
- **KCMG:** 30 Jun 1869 (Knight Commander of St Michael and St George)
- **Died:** 6 Oct 1873 (London; buried at Kensal Green)
- **Reburied:** 29 Nov 1997 (Crypt of St Adalbert's, Poznań)

## About melbourne.pl
From 2006 to July 2015 melbourne.pl was a volunteer-run Polish news portal and forum for Melbourne (271 snapshots in the Internet Archive, 2006–2026), co-founded by Arkadiusz (Arek) Rejman. Its farewell notice of 10 July 2015 thanked readers for nine years; the domain was kept, and in 2026 Arek Rejman chose Paul Edmund Strzelecki as its new subject. The history of the original portal (editors, forum, gatherings, sources) is at [Melbourne.pl 2006–2015](https://melbourne.pl/melbourne-pl/) ([English](https://melbourne.pl/en/melbourne-pl/)). Justyna Rejman was a founding member of The Edmund Strzelecki Melbourne Polish School in Endeavour Hills. The film was made as a project for that school.

## Film
- [Adam as Paul Edmund de Strzelecki: Australian Journey (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ly7KUoxONo): 14-minute school film; chapters: 0:00 Meet the explorer; 2:59 Arrival in Sydney; 4:05 Early expeditions; 7:26 Gold; 8:43 Climbing Mount Kosciuszko; 10:04 Gippsland; 12:16 Melbourne and Tasmania; 13:28 The journey ends

## Optional
- [Australian Dictionary of Biography](https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/strzelecki-sir-paul-edmund-de-2711)
- [Wikidata Q708284](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708284)