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Title: Burke and Wills: The triumph and tragedy of Australia's most famous explorers

Author : Peter FitzSimons

Pages : 700 pages

Publisher : Hachette

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ISBN-10 : 0733634109

ISBN-13 : 9780733634109

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Burke and Wills: The triumph and tragedy of Australia's most famous explorers BY Peter FitzSimons

Read Online and Download Burke and Wills: The triumph and tragedy of Australia's most famous explorers. 'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one log. They must have left just hours ago.MELBOURNE, 20 AUGUST 1860. In an ambitious quest to be the first Europeans to cross the harsh Australian continent, the Victorian Exploring Expedition sets off, farewelled by 15,000 cheering well-wishers. Led by Robert O'Hara Burke, a brave man totally lacking in the bush skills necessary for his task; surveyor and meteorologist William Wills; and 17 others, the expedition took 20 tons of equipment carried on six wagons, 23 horses and 26 camels.Almost immediately plagued by disputes and sackings, the expeditioners battled the extremes of the Australian landscape and weather: its deserts, the boggy mangrove swamps of the Gulf, the searing heat and flooding rains. Food ran short and, unable to live off the land, the men nevertheless mostly spurned the .

Burke and Wills: The triumph and tragedy of Australia's most famous explorers by Peter FitzSimons

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