2.6 million years is how far Cordilleran Ice Sheet dates back to.
Young Bingham Hutchinson -LRB- born 14 August 1806 in Richmond , Surrey , England -- d. 3 August 1870 at Hindmarsh Valley , South Australia -RRB- was a Royal Navy officer , early explorer and settler of South Australia .. Richmond. Richmond, London. Hindmarsh Valley. Hindmarsh Valley, South Australia. Royal Navy. Royal Navy. Hutchinson joined the Royal Navy and served as a lieutenant on the Dom Joas between 1833 and 1834 .. Royal Navy. Royal Navy. He arrived in South Australia on HMS Buffalo in December 1836 .. HMS Buffalo. HMS Buffalo ( 1813 ). In April 1837 , Hutchinson and a servant named William Burt were the first recorded Europeans to reach the summit of Mount Lofty , the highest point of the Adelaide Hills .. Mount Lofty. Mount Lofty. Adelaide Hills. Adelaide Hills. Later that year , in November , Hutchinson , Thomas Bewes Strangways and a party explored the Fleurieu Peninsula and the Lake Alexandrina region , discovering Currency Creek .. Thomas Bewes Strangways. Thomas Bewes Strangways. Fleurieu Peninsula. Fleurieu Peninsula. Lake Alexandrina. Lake Alexandrina ( South Australia ). Currency Creek. Currency Creek ( South Australia ). Purchasing a number of town blocks and other property in the Encounter Bay district , Hutchinson was also made South Australia 's second emigration agent , from September 1837 to February 1838 , following the dismissal of John Brown .. town. Adelaide city centre. In November 1838 , Hutchinson returned to England , where he lived for about the next two decades .. During that time , he married Augusta Emma nee Kingdom in 1852 and had three daughters and two sons .. After returning to South Australia , he and his family lived at his property at Hindmarsh Valley , near Victor Harbor , where he died in 1870 .. Hindmarsh Valley. Hindmarsh Valley, South Australia. Victor Harbor. Victor Harbor, South Australia. While aboard HMS Buffalo , Hutchinson kept a diary which has become one of the most informative sources of information about life on the ship and the early days of the colony .. HMS Buffalo. HMS Buffalo ( 1813 )