▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Mount ▁B ark er ▁was ▁first ▁sight ed ▁by ▁Captain ▁Charles ▁St urt ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 0 , ▁although ▁he ▁thought ▁he ▁was ▁looking ▁at ▁the ▁previously ▁discovered ▁Mount ▁Lo fty . ▁Captain ▁Col let ▁B ark er ▁fixed ▁this ▁error ▁when ▁he ▁survey ed ▁the ▁area ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 1 . ▁St urt ▁named ▁the ▁mountain ▁in ▁honor ▁of ▁Captain ▁B ark er ▁after ▁he ▁was ▁killed ▁days ▁later ▁by ▁Ab orig ines . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁Europe ans ▁to ▁asc end ▁the ▁mountain , ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁November ▁ 1 8 3 7 , ▁were ▁a ▁six - man ▁party ▁compr ising ▁John ▁Bart on ▁H ack , ▁John ▁Mor ph ett , ▁Samuel ▁Steph ens , ▁Charles ▁Stuart ▁( S outh ▁Australian ▁Company ' s ▁stock ▁over se er ), ▁Thomas ▁Davis ▁( H ack ' s ▁stock man ), ▁and ▁John ▁W ade ▁( a ▁" gent le man ▁from ▁Hob art ▁Town "). ▁ ▁A ▁counter c laim ▁that ▁the ▁first ▁Europe ans ▁to ▁scale ▁the ▁sum mit ▁were ▁Robert ▁C ock , ▁William ▁Fin l ays on , ▁A ( d olph us ) ▁Valent ine ▁Wy att ▁and ▁George ▁Bart on ▁late ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 8 3 7 ▁is ▁not ▁cred ible . ▁That ▁is ▁because ▁Mor ph ett ▁had ▁a ▁letter ▁published ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁December ▁ 1 8 3 7 ▁in ▁a ▁Sydney ▁newspaper ▁reporting ▁that ▁the ▁sum mit ▁had ▁been ▁scale d ▁one