Burke and Wills expedition
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The Burke and Wills expedition, originally called the Victorian Exploring Expedition, was an exploration expedition organised by the Royal Society of Victoria in Australia in 1860–61.
Robert O'Hara Burke by William Strutt
William John Wills
Instructions issued to Burke, leader of the Victorian Exploration Expedition
Nicholas Chevalier, Memorandum of the Start of the Exploring Expedition, oil on canvas, 1860
Robert O'Hara Burke
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Robert O'Hara Burke was an Irish soldier and police officer who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition t
Burke and Wills expedition
…expedition organised by the Royal Society of Victoria (RSV) in Australia in 1860–61. The exploration party initially consisted of nineteen men led by Robert O'Hara Burke, with William John Wills being a deputy commander. Its objective was the crossing of Australia from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria…
Burke and Wills Statue on the corner of Collins and Swanston Street, Melbourne
Artur Loureiro, Death of Burke, 1892, private collection
William Strutt, Burial of Burke, 1911, State Library of Victoria