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Burke and Wills expedition

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Long ago, men went on a big trip. They wanted to cross a large land.

William John Wills.jpg
William John Wills.jpg
They used camels to help them. It was a very hard trip. Some men did not come home. Can you imagine a trip so long?

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File:Burke and Wills Track.png
Burke and Wills Track.png
File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg
William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara...
File:William John Wills.jpg
William John Wills.jpg
File:BurkeWillsMS13071SLV.jpg
BurkeWillsMS13071SLV.jpg
File:Nicholas Chevalier - Memorandum of the Start of the Exploring Expedition, 1860.jpg
Nicholas Chevalier - Memorandum of the...
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Royal Park Melbourne.jpg
File:BeckerTerrickTerrickPlainsMS13867 4SLV.jpg
BeckerTerrickTerrickPlainsMS13867 4SLV.jpg
File:Coopers Creek Bullah waterhole.JPG
Coopers Creek Bullah waterhole.JPG
File:Edward Jukes Greig - Arrival of Burke & Wills at Flinders River, 1862.jpg
Edward Jukes Greig - Arrival of Burke &...
File:Burke and wills nicholas chevalier.jpg
Burke and wills nicholas chevalier.jpg
File:John Longstaff - Arrival of Burke, Wills and King, 1861 (digitally modified).jpg
John Longstaff - Arrival of Burke, Wills...
File:Burke and Wills dig tree 2.JPG
Burke and Wills dig tree 2.JPG

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