The township of Landsborough was named after the famous explorer William Landsborough (1825-1886) who was chosen by both the Queensland and Victorian governments to lead the search for Burke and Wills. Although he did not find the lost explorers, he he became the first explorer to cross the continent from north to south. He sailed to the Gulf of Carpentaria in November 1861 and over the next year travelled south until he reached Melbourne. In 1882 the government rewarded Landsborough for his explorations with a gift of £2000. He used the money to buy a property at Caloundra which he named Loch Lamerough. He died four years later. The town of Landsborough honors his part in opening up large grazing areas - particularly the Bowen Downs - in western Queensland.
Information above directly copied from the Aussie Towns Website, which features many other sources of information about the township and what makes it completely individual as one of the "pods" that form the Sunshine Coast.
