- John King (explorer) - Wikipedia
He was the sole survivor of the four men from the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition who reached the Gulf of Carpentaria The expedition was the first to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from Melbourne in Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland
- Explorers who died on the Expedition
Seven Europeans died during the Victorian Exploring Expedition and one died during the Victorian Relief Expedition One Aborigine died after being shot by William Wright's suppy party and twelve Aborigines died after being shot by Frederick Walker
- Burke and Wills - National Museum of Australia
The death of Burke, Wills and Charles Gray during their return led the expedition to be mythologised in Australian culture as a heroic failure It ultimately prompted the discovery of vast grazing lands, enabling further European settlement of the interior
- 25 Sep 1885 - THE WRECK OF THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA. - Trove
At the Steam Navigation Board inquiry held at Melbourne on Tuesday, into the loss of the Gulf of Carpentaria, the witnesses examined ere Samuel Kennedy, the second officer; Thomas Linklater, the
- Edmund Kennedy - Project Gutenberg Australia
It was also hoped that Kennedy might find a convenient route to the head of the Gulf of Carpentaria His fatal second expedition to the tip of Cape York commenced in April 1848
- The Burke and Wills expedition (1860-1861)
The expedition of nineteen men departed from Royal Park, Melbourne, on 20 August 1860, led by Robert O’Hara Burke They stopped at Swan Hill to take on supplies; whilst there Burke fired some of the men, and hired replacements
- Burke Wills Expedition | Monument Australia
The Burke Wills expedition involved 19 men aided by camels and cameleers with the intention of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north, a distance of around 3,250 kilometres
- Gulf of Carpentaria | seamus dubhghaill
The expedition leaves Melbourne on Monday, August 20, 1860, with a total of 19 men, 27 camels and 23 horses They reach Menindee on September 23, 1860, where several people resign, including the second-in-command, George James Landells, and the medical officer, Dr Hermann Beckler
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