The Sturt Highway is the main road between Sydney and Adelaide . Sturt is commemorated by the City of Charles Sturt and suburb of Sturt in Adelaide , the electoral Division of Sturt in Adelaide 's eastern suburbs , Charles Sturt University in regional New South Wales , and the Sturt Highway from Wagga Wagga to Adelaide as well as the Sturt 's desert pea , the Sturt 's Desert Rose and Sturt Stony Desert .