Episode 37: Burke and Wills

In this episode of Half-Arsed History, relive the Burke and Wills Expedition, one of the first attempts to cross the inland of Australia from south to north.

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Image: “J.D.”. The Departure of the Burke and Wills Expedition. 1881. Lithograph. State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. Illustrated Australasian News: 4th May 1881. Via Culture Victoria.

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