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Sunday was taken as a rest day when the men caught up on chores and they left on Monday morning. The road from Lancefield to Mia Mia via Ben Loch and the Great Dividing Range is now called 'The Burke and Wills Track'. In 2010 the town erected a small monument to the expedition to mark the sesquicentenary of their visit.
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Later that day, Burke, Wills and King returned from the Gulf to find the Depôt deserted. 23 April 1861. Burke, Wills and King followed the Cooper downstream heading towards Mount Hopeless in South Australia. 7 May 1861. The last camel, Rajah, died. The men cannot carry enough supplies to leave the creek. 8 May 1861.
Journal of Landsborough's expedition from Carpentaria, in search of Burke & Wills : with a map showing his route. Melbourne: Bailliere. Landsborough, William; Laurie, James Stuart (1866). Landsborough's Exploration of Australia from Carpentaria to Melbourne, with especial reference to the settlement of available country. London: Thomas Murby
The Burke, Wills, King and Yandruwandha National Heritage Place is at an area of approximately 61ha, 240 km SE of Birdsville and 290 km SW of Windorah, comprising five circles each of 50 metre radius, and connected by a 10 metre wide corridor following the approximate location of the Cooper Creek watercourse. [1]
Map of Burke and Wills Camp B-CXIX and Walker's Camp. Burke and Wills' Camp B/CXIX and Walker's Camp are located 35 kilometres (22 mi) south-west of Normanton. They are about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the Normanton-Burketown Road and close to the Little Bynoe River. The sites are located above the waterline on small, seasonal overflows of ...
Robert O'Hara Burke leads an expedition from Melbourne to the north of Australia, including William John Wills, John King, Gray, Dandells and Brahe.Although he reaches the Gulf of Carpentaria along with Wills and King when they return to their base at Cooper Creek they discover their comrades have left without them.