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Robert O'Hara Burke was an Irish soldier, police officer, and explorer who rose to fame as the leader of the Burke and Wills expedition....

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    • Robert O'Hara Burke

    Robert O'Hara Burke (1820-1861) was a British policeman and explorer who led the first expedition to cross the Australian continent.

    Robert O'Hara Burke was born in County Galway, Ireland, the son of a British army officer.

    After attending Woolwich Military Academy, Burke served in an Austrian cavalry regiment until 1848, when he joined the mounted Irish constabulary. Migrating to Australia in 1853, he became a police inspector in the Victorian goldfields.

    After the outbreak of the Crimean War, he returned to Europe, hoping to distinguish himself as a soldier.

    Robert O'Hara Burke by Andrew Jackson is a comprehensive biography that offers a detailed and vivid account of the life of the famous Australian explorer.

    Disappointed, he returned to Victoria in 1858 as superintendent of police at Castlemaine.

    The South Australian government offered a prize in 1859 to the first explorer to cross the continent. John McDouall Stuart reached Mount Attack in 1860 before returning to Adelaide.

    Spurred by intercolonial rivalry, the rich colony of Victoria financed its own scientific expedition, and the flamboyant Burk