Description
Very detailed and rare map with inland exploration focusing on the area on the South Australian and Queensland border with the tracks of Sturt (1845), Wills (1860), McKInlay (1861-2) and Hewitt (1862).
The Burke and Wills expedition established a Depot Camp on Cooper Creek at Camp LXV, (their sixty-fifth camp since leaving Melbourne), at a place now called The Dig Tree. There was a depot at the Dig Tree from 6 December 1860 to 21 April 1861. The Victorian Contingent Party under Alfred Howitt was sent by the Victorian government to establish the fate of the expedition. Howitt found the remains of both leaders, Robert O’Hara Burke and William John Wills and buried them close to where the town is located today. He also found the sole survivor, John King living amongst and cared for by the Yandruwandha aboriginals, and returned him to Melbourne
From Petermann’s, Geographische Mittheilungen.
Collections:
National Library of Australia: Bib ID4326692
