Myles Archibald Lyons

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Myles Archibald Lyons (1823–99) was a Mounted Police Trooper stationed at Swan Hill, Victoria. He was on the Burke and Wills expedition from the Murray River to Coopers Creek,Hermann Beckler, edited by Stephen Jefferies, A Journey To Cooper's Creek (Carlton, Vic., Melbourne University Press, 1993). in September 1860.

He and Alexander MacPherson became lost in the desert and were saved by a Barkinji guide called Dick.Peter FitzSimons, Burke and Wills (Hachette Australia )Ian Clark, Fred Cahir, The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills: Forgotten Narratives (Csiro Publishing, 2013) [https://books.google.com/books?id=pBL0_JLLOhMC&dq=trouper+lyon+and+macpherson+%2B+burke+and+wills&pg=PA7 page 7].

Dick accompanied Trooper Lyons and Alexander MacPherson when they set out from Menindie to convey despatches to Burke. When they became lost and desperately short of provisions and water, Dick conveyed them to the care of local Aborigines. He then returned to camp, walking for eight days after having run his horse into the ground.[http://burkeandwills.slv.vic.gov.au/content/terra-incognita/expedition/aborigines Dig, the Burke and wills Research Gateway].

Lyons died in Eltham, Victoria on 19 August 1899, aged 75.[http://www.burkeandwills.net.au/Explorers/Additional_Members/lyons.htm Myles Archibald Lyons], burkeandwills.net.au.