Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-1861) and William John Wills (1834-1861) who led an expedition of 19 men with the intention of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north. From a woodcut in a contemporary Australian account of the expedition.


Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-1861) and William John Wills (1834-1861) who led an expedition of 19 men with the intention of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north. From a woodcut in a contemporary Australian account of the expedition.


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