In February 1861, Robert Burke and William Wills became the first European-born explorers to cross Australia from south to north. It took them nearly six months to complete their mammoth 3,000-kilometre trek right across the heart of the continent.
[Burke and Wills had two companions, Charles Gray and John King. Only King made it home again - the other three all died of hunger in the outback.]
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