Len Beadell

Len Beadell
Pencil drawing of head and shoulders of a man
Len Beadell OAM, BEM, FIEMS
Born
Leonard Beadell

(1923-04-21)21 April 1923
West Pennant Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Died12 May 1995(1995-05-12) (aged 72)
Elizabeth Vale, South Australia, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Surveyor and engineer
Known forOutback road building

Leonard Beadell OAM BEM FIEMS (21 April 1923 – 12 May 1995) was a surveyor, road builder, bushman, artist and author, responsible for constructing over 6,000 km (3,700 mi) of roads and opening up isolated desert areas – some 2.5 million square kilometres (970 thousand square miles) – of central Australia from 1947 to 1963.[1] Born in West Pennant Hills, New South Wales, Beadell is sometimes called "the last true Australian explorer".[2][3]

  1. ^ "Len Beadell to Speak". trove.nla.gov.au. Times (Victor Harbor, SA : 1987 - 1999)(13). 3 May 1989. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. ^ Shephard, Mark (1998). A Lifetime in the Bush:The biography of Len Beadell. Adelaide: Corkwood Press. ISBN 1-876247-05-3.
  3. ^ "Explorer's stories on Australianbush". trove.nla.gov.au. The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995)(70). 19 June 1978. Retrieved 20 February 2021.