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  2. Burke and Wills expedition - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Aboriginal breastplate - Wikipedia

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    Aboriginal breastplates (also called king plates or aboriginal gorgets) were a form of regalia used in pre-Federation Australia by white colonial authorities to recognise those they perceived to be local Aboriginal leaders. The breastplates were usually metallic crescent-shaped plaques worn around the neck by wearer.

  4. Culture of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The first State of Origin shield The Matildas, Australia's national women's football team. In 1908, rugby league was established in Australia, by former rugby union players and supporters as a breakaway professional code. The new code gained and has maintained a wider following in Australia than rugby union, which remained amateur until the 1990s.

  5. Burke, Wills, King and Yandruwandha National Heritage Place

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    The five Burke and Wills Expedition Sites (the Dig Tree and Fort Wills Site, Burke's Tree, Wills' Site, King's Site and Howitt's Site) have outstanding heritage value to the nation as the setting for the key events associated with the Burke and Wills Expedition, which was a defining moment in Australia's cultural history.

  6. Across Australia: In the Tracks of Burke and Wills - Wikipedia

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    Across Australia: In the Tracks of Burke and Wills is a 1915 Australian documentary film by Francis Birtles about his 1915 expedition to recreate the Burke and Wills Expedition. [1] [2] Birtles was accompanied by his dog Wowser. [3] The film was released in cinemas in late 1915. [4] [5]

  7. European land exploration of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Perhaps the most famous of these was the Burke and Wills expedition led by Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills who in 1860–61 led a well equipped expedition from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Due to an unfortunate run of bad luck, oversight and poor leadership, Burke and Wills both died on the return trip. [15]

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