• 'Melbourne to the Gulf : A Brief History of the Burke & Wills Expedition' by Dave Phoenix
This section of the website outlines the progress of the expedition in 17 easy chapters. It can be downloaded as a PDF eBook.

For people interested in a more detailed description of the expedition, the following two books are highly recommended :

A more detailed look at the background of the expedition and its role in shaping Victorian history can be found in :

Ludwig Becker's excellent paintings are reproduced in :

Hermann Beckler's journal was translated from German and published by Stephen Jeffries as :

Explorers Journals

The following journals have been digitised and are available for download :

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Additional links

Films

The 1985 Colombia Pictures film released by Hoyts Edgeley, Burke and Wills, with Jack Thompson, Nigel Havers and Greta Scacchi is interesting and reasonably factual. The movie has never been released on DVD, but it was released on VHS in 1987. Copies of the VHS can occasionally be purchased on eBay. Go to www.ebay.com then search for 'burke wills'. Viewers in North America and Japan will need NTSC copies of the VHS, viewers in Australia, New Zealand and most of Europe will need PAL copies of the VHS.

Online information

	Wills' journal detailing their time on the Cooper after returning to the 'Dig Tree' has been digitised and can be found online at the National Library of Australia. There is also the option of printing these journals (20 pages). Wills' Journal at the NLA
	The State Library of Victoria has an excellent website, 'Dig: The Burke and Wills Research Gateway'. Dig: State Library of Victoria
The links section of this website lists other Burke & Wills websites, (there are not very many good ones).
	Burke & Wills Web: Links Page

Finding books on Burke & Wills

All of the books listed above should be available in any good Australian library. Go to the Libraries Links page to search your local, State or nearest University library catalogue, or search in the WorldCat world library catalogue.

Libraries Links Page Australian Libraries Gateway at the NLA Australian University Libraries Gateway

Many of the books listed above and in Burke & Wills Web bibliography can be purchased online from various booksellers. For rare, hard-to-find and out-of-print books, ABE Books have the best selection.

Kevin Solway has produced a program that searches several online bookstores at once. This great freeware program BookSearch v1.4 (Only 400Kb) is available for download here.

Sources for Burke & Wills Web

Much of the original material and manuscripts from the Victorian Exploring Expedition are held on microfilm at:

• Petherick Collection of the National Library of Australia, Canberra.
• La Trobe Collection of the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne.
• Mortlock Collection of the State Library of South Australia, Adelaide.
• Oxley Collection of the State Library of Queensland, Brisbane.
• Mitchell and Dixson Collections of the the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
• Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne.
• Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne.
• Royal Historical Society of Queensland, Brisbane
• Royal Geographical Society of South Australia, Adelaide.