Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-1861), Irish soldier, police officer and explorer. Burke led the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition (1860-1861) across Aus

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Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-1861), Irish soldier, police officer and explorer. Burke led the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition (1860-1861) across Australia. Second-in-command was British surveyor and explorer William John Wills (1834-1861). During the expedition, seven men died including Burke and Wills on the return journey. The expedition was the first to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Artwork published in 1868.

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