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Burke & Wills Web is the largest digital research archive of records of the Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860-1. It is an historical research resource and is committed to making the archive material relating to the expedition available to interested parties for non-commercial educational and research purposes only.
If you would like a printed copy of any of the material found on Burke & Wills Web, please email with your requirements and subject to the Copyright Act 1968 (Australia) including the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000 (Act No. 110 of 2000) and Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000 (Act No. 159 of 2000), a copy will be supplied.
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Downloads
Melbourne to the Gulf: A brief history
by Dave Phoenix can be downloaded as an ebook.
Download 'A Brief History' as a PDF eBook
A successful exploration through the interior of Australia
by William John Wills has been digitised by Project Gutenberg.
Download Wills' Book as a text file
Robert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition
by Andrew Jackson digitised by Google Books.
Download Jackson's Book as a PDF file
McKinlay's Journal of Exploration into the Interior of Australia
by John McKinlay has been digitised by Project Gutenberg.
Download McKinlay's Journal as a text file
Journal of Landsboroughs Expedition from Carpentaria in search of Burke and Wills
by William Landsborough has been digitised by Project Gutenberg.
Download Landsborough as a text file
Journal of Mr Walker
by Frederick Walker has been digitised by Project Gutenberg.
Download Walker's Journal as a text file
Progress Reports and Final Reports of the Exploration Committee
by the Royal Society of Victoria has been digitised by Burke & Wills Web.
Download Progress Reports as a PDF file
Burke and Wills Commission.
Report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into and report upon the circumstances connected with the sufferings and death of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, the Victorian Explorers
has been digitised by Burke & Wills Web.
