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Robert O'Hara Burke (6 May 1821 – c. 28 June 1861) was an Irish soldier and police officer who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of ...
Robert O'Hara Burke ( Condado de Galway, Irlanda, 6 de mayo de 1820- Río Cooper, Australia, 28 de junio de 1861) fue un soldado y policía irlandés que logró fama como explorador de Australia.
Robert O’Hara Burke was an explorer who led the first expedition known to attempt the crossing of Australia from south to north. Sponsored by the Royal Society of Victoria, Burke left Melbourne with a party of 18 in August 1860. The plan was to establish bases from which an advance party would.
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National Library of Australia, nla.pic-an23243098. Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-1861), explorer, was born at St Clerans, County Galway, Ireland, second of the three sons of James Hardiman Burke and his wife Anne, née O'Hara. The Burkes were Protestant gentry and landowners, and the father and all his sons were soldiers.
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Forever strung together as one, bonded in death, Robert O’Hara Burke and William Wills are two of Australia’s most famous, and tragic, explorers. The first to successfully cross the continent from south to north, they died beside Cooper Creek in south-west Queensland on the return journey.
Robert O'Hara Burke fue un soldado y policía irlandés que logró fama como explorador de Australia. Fue el líder de la desafortunada expedición de Burke y Wills, la primera en atravesar Australia de sur a norte, hallando una ruta a través del continente desde las áreas habitadas de Victoria hasta el golfo de Carpentaria.
Robert O'Hara Burke (1821 - June 28, 1861) was an Irish soldier and police officer, who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf ...
