According to Evans (2008),[3] Mr. Eyre made his name early through being an overlander of sheep and cattle as an immigrant from England, which is to plan the route of livestock in the 1830s south-eastern Australia.

As mentioned early in the book, this expedition was funded in majority by subscriptions of the colonists and Mr. Eyre ‘s personal contribution, in minority by the donations from colonial government.

One fellow passenger by the name of Anthony Forster whom Eyre had expressed gratitude on the preface section of the book help examining and correcting numerous errors of the manuscripts.

The party left Adelaide late in the morning of June 18, 1840, and after 12 miles of travel, they arrive at their first bivouac site in a place called little Parra.

Upon arrival, Eyre had the leisure of reflecting the prospects of the future of this expedition which he described the whole experience as unrealistic and dreamy as they are suddenly thrown into the silence and solitude of the wilds from the crowded civilized life.

After 3 miles of travel, the party across a high barren open country passing under a peak connected to Campell’s ranges which Eyre names its Spring Hill.

On the contrary to the ruthless reputation of Eyre’s rule over Jamaica, during which time he authorized the execution of George William Gordon a locally elected mixed-race representative of Jamaican Assembly which was an open critic of him for speculation of involvement in the rebellion.

This was later led to Eyre being investigated and trialled by the Jamaica Committee from the British Parliament chaired by John Stuart Mill and includes some of the most famous people in Britain at the time such as Charles Darwin and Thomas Henry Huxley.

Eyre stated in the book that the character of Aboriginals has been constantly and prejudicially misrepresented to the point which they are reviewed as the most degraded and corrupted people of the human species by the world.

However, Eyre argued that if the European colonist were forced to face the similar debased situation and many disadvantages of the natives, they could not exhibit half of moderation or forbearance which Aboriginals currently expressed.

Eyre stated that Aboriginals did not have a good perception of money and their behaviours were overall improvidence as any sum has eventually been spent in treating their friends to bread and rice.