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
Burke and Wills Dig Tree
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The Dig Tree is a heritage-listed, blazed, eucalyptus tree at Nappa Merrie Station, Durham, Shire of Bulloo, Queensland, Australia. It was blazed on 21 April 1861. It was added to the Queensland Herit
Burke and Wills Dig Tree, 2008
The "Face Tree" adjacent to the Dig tree into which John Dick in 1898 carved ROHB and a portrait of John Burke's face, 1935
Close up of the carving on the Dig Tree, LXV for camp 65 is still visible, 2008
Waterhole beside the Dig Tree, 2008