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The Burke and Wills expedition was organised by the Royal Society of Victoria in Australia in 1860–61. It initially consisted of 19 men led by Robert O'Hara Burke , with William John Wills being a deputy commander.
La expedición de Burke y Wills fue una expedición de exploración organizada en Australia por la Royal Society of Victoria en 1860-1861. Consistió en 19 hombres dirigidos por Robert O'Hara Burke y William John Wills , con el objetivo de cruzar por tierra el continente desde Melbourne , en el sur, hasta el golfo de Carpentaria , en el norte ...
10 de ago. de 2023 · 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.
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.
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.
20 de ago. de 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 ...
The Burke and Wills expedition was the most costly in the history of Australian exploration, a symbol of the nouveau riche colony that promoted it. When the last bill came in, for the monument to the dead explorers, it had cost well over £60,000 and seven lives.
