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Burke & Wills is a 1985 Australian adventure film directed by Graeme Clifford, starring Jack Thompson and Nigel Havers. The film is based on the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition across Australia. The film follows Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills in their crossing of Australia's interior in 1860–1. The film's account of the story ...
In 1983, the Burke and Wills expedition were honoured on a postage stamp depicting their portraits issued by Australia Post. [69] In August 2010 Australia Post issued four stamps to commemorate the 150th anniversary. A silent movie, A Romance of Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860, was released in 1918. The plot is fictional and only loosely ...
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In 1860, Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills are chosen to explore the Australian continent from south to north and back again. Just before the expedition departs, Burke proposes to young actress Julia Matthews, who has trouble remembering who he is. John Macadam tries to sustain public interest by staging a musical play about the ...
John McKinlay (26 August 1819 – 31 December 1872) [1] was a Scottish-born Australian explorer and cattle grazier, and leader of the South Australian Burke Relief Expedition - one of the search parties for the Burke and Wills expedition. McKinlay was also a member of Charles Sturt's Central Exploring Expedition from 1844-1845. [2]
Dick of the Barkinji people, also known as Mountain, was an Indigenous Australian explorer who was on the Burke and Wills support expedition. [1] [2] [3]Dick was a member of the Barkinji people from the Darling River, who were on good terms with the Europeans. [4]
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Burke and Wills' Camp B/CXIX is significant as a landmark. [1] The camps are also significant tangible evidence of the extent and degree to which the story of the Burke and Wills Expedition has affected the broader Queensland and Australian community. [1] The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage.