The Division of Sturt is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. It was proclaimed at the South Australian redistribution of 11 May 1949. Sturt was named for Captain Charles Sturt, nineteenth century explorer. Following the loss of Boothby in 2022, it is currently the only seat in Adelaide held by the Liberal Party.
Charles Sturt, the division's namesake
Image: Keith Wilson 1950 an 23530385
Image: Norm Foster 1970
Image: Christopher Pyne MP
Charles Napier Sturt was a British officer and explorer of Australia, and part of the European exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers, establishing that they all merged into the Murray River, which flows into the Southern Ocean. He was searching to prove his own passionately held belief that an "inland sea" was located at the centre of the continent. He reached the rank of Captain, served in several appointed posts, and on the Legislative Council.
Portrait by John Michael Crossland
Sturt memorial at Narrandera, New South Wales on the Murrumbidgee River
Charles Sturt monument in Merbein, Victoria
Sturt leaving Adelaide in 1844