Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "John Hill (c.1810 – 11 August 1860) was an English explorer of South Australia and part of the European exploration of Australia. Hill was the first European to discover and traverse the Clare Valley.An enigmatic and little-known individual, during the late 1830s John Hill discovered and named several important rivers of South Australia, as well as many lesser streams and creeks. The former unquestionably include the Wakefield and Hutt rivers, plus (most probably) the Gilbert and Light rivers. He was also the first European to explore the headwaters of the Torrens and Onkaparinga rivers.In 1908 the Register newspaper called him South Australia's Discoverer of Rivers. The Hill River and Mount Hill are named after him."@en }
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- John_Hill_(explorer) abstract "John Hill (c.1810 – 11 August 1860) was an English explorer of South Australia and part of the European exploration of Australia. Hill was the first European to discover and traverse the Clare Valley.An enigmatic and little-known individual, during the late 1830s John Hill discovered and named several important rivers of South Australia, as well as many lesser streams and creeks. The former unquestionably include the Wakefield and Hutt rivers, plus (most probably) the Gilbert and Light rivers. He was also the first European to explore the headwaters of the Torrens and Onkaparinga rivers.In 1908 the Register newspaper called him South Australia's Discoverer of Rivers. The Hill River and Mount Hill are named after him.".