Burke and Wills expedition
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After six months without receiving word from the Burke expedition, the media began questioning its whereabouts. Public pressure for answers increased and on 13 June 1861, the Exploration Committee agreed to send a search party to find the Burke and Wills expedition and, if necessary, offer them support. The Victorian Relief Expedition left Melbourne on 26 June 1861 under the leadership of Alfred William Howitt. At the Loddon River Howitt met Brahé who was returning from Cooper Creek. As Brahé did not have knowledge of Burke’s whereabouts, Howitt decided a much larger expedition would be required to find the missing party. Leaving three of his men at the river, Howitt returned to Melbourne with Brahé to update the Exploration Committee. On 30 June the expanded expedition left to follow Burke’s trail. On 3 September the party reached the Cooper Creek, on 11 September the Dig Tree and four days later found King living with the Yandruwandha. Over the next nine days Howitt found the remains of Burke and Wills and buried them. In pitiful condition, King survived the two-month trip back to Melbourne, and died eleven years later, aged 33, having never recovered his health. He is buried in the Melbourne General Cemetery.
| Burke & Wills Web - online digital archive. Burke & Wills Web - online digital archive. www.burkeandwills.net.au - Web |
| The Burke & Wills Historical Society. The Burke & Wills Historical Society. www.burkeandwills.org - Web |
| Dig: The Burke and Wills Research Gateway. Dig: The Burke and Wills Research Gateway. burkeandwills.slv.vic.gov.au/burkeandwills/index.html - Web |
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| The Burke and Wills collection The Burke and Wills collection www.nma.gov.au/.../burke-and-wills-collection - Web |
| The Diary of William John Wills. The Diary of William John Wills. www.nla.gov.au/epubs/wills/ - Web |
| The Diary of William John Wills. The Diary of William John Wills. nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms30-7 - Web |
| The Burke and Wills picture trail. The Burke and Wills picture trail. www.pictureaustralia.org/.../pictureaustralia?action=PASearch&mode=trail&attribute1=collection&term1=%22Burke+and+Wills+trail%22 - Web |
| The Burke and Wills online collection The Burke and Wills online collection www.atmitchell.com/.../ - Web |
| The Royal Society of Victoria. The Royal Society of Victoria. www.sciencevictoria.org.au - Web |
