Len Beadell

Len Beadell
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. Born in West Pennant Hills, New South Wales, Beadell is sometimes called "the last true Australian explorer".

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