Alfred Gibson

Alfred Gibson ( * unknown in Australia, † 1874 in the Gibson Desert, Australia) took in 1873 in an expedition to explore the Australian deserts in central Australia in part. He died during the expedition. To remember the explorer Ernest Giles named the Gibson Desert after him.

The expedition of Ernest Giles and his deputy, William Tietkins had in March 1873 to travel back the intention of Alberga River in South Australia to Perth in Western Australia and. Gibson had volunteered and the task to get the transport animals care because he knew something about animals. Due to adverse circumstances, such as lack of drinking water and food, attacks by Aborigines, flies and termites, the expedition was in trouble. Giles and Gibson were two ridden ahead to explore the grounds. Here, Gibson died Horse and Giles sent him with his own horse back to camp to get help. As Giles walk and almost completely exhausted arrived eight days later there again, Gibson had not arrived. Despite several days of searching, he was no longer found. Giles therefore had to assume that he was killed. The return of the expedition began on 21 May 1884. Expedition came without having achieved its initial goal in Charlotte Waters in the Northern Territory on 13 July 1884.