John Baxter was a friend and companion of Edward
John Eyre on his crossing of the
Nullarbor Plain in 1840-1841. When the party was low on supplies and in desperate need of water, somewhere near present-day
Caiguna, Baxter was murdered by two of the aboriginies with the group, who then left only Eyre and Wylie to complete the journey.
John Baxter died 29th April 1841.