Burke's Company

1860. Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, with a well equipped party of fifteen men and Aboriginal support, left Melbourne to attempt -- successfully -- to cross the Australian continent from south to north.

The expedition had two springboards along the way:

Menindee: (on the Darling River) where Burke left half his party (eight men) with most of the stores. Under Wright, these were to follow Burke with the main supplies to establish a permanent depot on the next station at...

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