Lindsay, David (1856–1922)

Australian explorer. In 1888 he crossed Australia on horseback from north to south. His expedition across the Great Victoria Desert in 1891–93 led directly to the opening up of the gold-fields of Western Australia.

Born at Goolwa, South Australia, he worked in the Survey Department of the South Australian government, and explored and surveyed many parts of the country.

Lindsay (or Lyndsay), David (1490–1555)

Scottish poet. He was attached to the Scottish court in 1508, and until 1522 was ‘usher’ to James V of Scotland. His works include the allegorical poem The Dreme (c. 1528); The Testament and Complaynt of our Soverane Lordis Papyngo (parrot), a satire on the court, prelates, and nobles; Answer to the Kingis Flyting, a reprimand of the king's licentiousness; and the morality play Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estatis (1540), denouncing the clergy.

His longest poem, The Monarchie, giving an account of the rise and fall of Syria, Persia, Greece, and Rome, also ends in an attack on the Church of Rome. Others include The Complaynt of Bagsche; The Testament of Squire Meldrum (1550), a kind of romance; Kitteis Confessioun, an attack on the church; and Ane Descriptioun of Pedder Coffeis (Pedlars), a study in low life.