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
Instructions issued to Burke, leader of the Victorian Exploration Expedition
Nicholas Chevalier, Memorandum of the Start of the Exploring Expedition, oil on canvas, 1860
John McKinlay was a Scottish-born Australian explorer and cattle grazier, and leader of the South Australian Burke Relief Expedition - one of the search parties for the Burke and Wills expedition. The
John McKinlay (1819-1872)
The McKinlay Monument, erected in memory of John McKinlay in 1875, is located in Gawler, South Australia.