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
John King (explorer)
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John King was an Irish-born British soldier who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the sole survivor of the four men from the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition who reached the Gulf of
John King, circa 1861
Burke and Wills Statue on the corner of Collins and Swanston Streets, Melbourne