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1. www.nma.gov.au › defining-moments › resourcesBurke and Wills | National Museum of Australia

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   Robert O’Hara Burke, William John Wills, John King and Charles Gray became the first Europeans to cross Australia south to north when they reached the Gulf of Carpentaria in February 1861. The death of Burke, Wills and Charles Gray during their return led the expedition to be mythologised in Australian culture as a heroic failure.

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     Burke & Wills Expedition across Australia 1860-61

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     Burke & Wills -- the Journey

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     An Untimely Demise: The Tragic Journey of Burke and Wills

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3. australian.museum › exhibitions › trailblazersRobert O’Hara Burke and William Wills - The Australian Museum

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   Forever strung together as one, bonded in death, Robert O’Hara Burke and William Wills are two of Australia’s most famous, and tragic, explorers. The first to successfully cross the continent from south to north, they died beside Cooper Creek in south-west Queensland on the return journey.

4. digital-classroom.nma.gov.au › defining-moments › burke-andBurke and Wills cross the continent | Australia’s Defining...

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   Robert O’Hara Burke, William John Wills, John King and Charles Gray were the first Europeans to cross Australia from the south to the north. They left Melbourne in 1860 and reached the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia in February 1861, but Burke, Wills and Gray died as they tried to return south.

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wills_&_BurkeWills & Burke - Wikipedia

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   Wills & Burke (also known as The Wacky World of Wills & Burke and Wills & Burke: The Untold Story) is a 1985 Australian black comedy film about the Burke and Wills expedition. It opened a week before Burke & Wills, a serious drama about the expedition.

6. www.nma.gov.au › explore › collectionBurke and Wills collection | National Museum of Australia

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   Burke and Wills collection. The National Museum of Australia’s collection of objects related to the Burke and Wills expedition include a water bottle which belonged to Burke and a breastplate awarded to the Aboriginal people who came to the explorers’ assistance.

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7. www.australianculture.org › the-burke-and-wills-expeditionThe Burke and Wills expedition (1860-1861) - The Institute of ...

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   Aug 20, 2022 · The Burke and Wills expedition was created with the aim of exploring the Australian interior and finding a suitable path for the Australian Overland Telegraph Line (which would connect Australia with the rest of the world, in terms of fast communication, by linking up with the cable which was in Java, via sea cable, thus ultimately establishing ...

8. www.sl.nsw.gov.au › stories › burke-and-willsBurke and Wills | State Library of New South Wales

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   Stories. Burke and Wills. As white settlement in Australia progressed, rumours abounded in the coastal cities as to what lay in the country’s largely unexplored centre. The scores of new arrivals brought by the gold rush heard tales of an enormous inland sea, scorching heat and vicious natives.