Download or read book The Expedition of Burke and Wills & the Search to Find Them (by Burke, Wills, King & Walker) written by Robert O. Burke and published by Oxford City Press. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British explorers Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills set out in 1860 to explore the Australian outback -- they never returned, but their journals tell their story. One year later, a search party led by Frederick Walker left to find them. Though unsuccessful, they discovered what had happened to the intrepid explorers.