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View all earth science worksheets. View all biology worksheets. View all space worksheets. Marching 12 hours a day, the party covered the return journey of miles in 4 months. One man, Gray, died. The rest regained Cooper's Creek April 21, , only hours after the depot party had headed south. Instead of pursuing them, Burke mistakenly decided to head for a police station miles away at Mount Hopeless. Exhausted, Burke and Wills died in Cooper's Creek.
King, the only survivor, lived with aborigines until rescued in September. Wills' diary was found after his death and is held at the National Library Australia. He described a journey through rough terrain, tropical rains, hostile Aboriginals, shortage of rations and illness. He mentioned Gray's death on 17 April and the return to Cooper's Creek on 21 April, only to find that Brahe had left that morning for Menindee, leaving a small cache of supplies.
They attempted to reach Mt Hopeless. Against Wills's personal judgment, the three survivors moved down to Cooper's Creek towards Adelaide. Had they followed the route back to Menindee, they could have met Brahe returning to look for them. Wills was left in camp waiting for rescue, whilst Burke and King sought Aboriginals to get more supplies. When King returned to the camp he found Wills had died of exhaustion and starvation. The exact date of Burke's death is uncertain, but has generally been accepted to be 28 June Later he returned the remains of Burke and Wills to Melbourne and they were given a public funeral on 21 January Having successfully completed the south-north crossing, Stuart and his companions were received back at a large ceremony in Adelaide on 21 January , the same day as the funeral of Burke and Wills.
More Genealogy Tools. Have you taken a DNA test? Burke's small party crossed the continent, and reached tide-water of the Gulf of Carpentaria, about miles from Cooper's Creek, on 10th February After three days delay they started to return; their provisions soon ran short, and they were rapidly overcome with the fatigue of travelling in the wet season: one of the party died of exhaustion. Completely worn out, they with great difficulty reached Cooper's Creek on the 21st April It was deserted.
Examination showed that the depot party had left that very morning. For the next two months Burke, Wills, and their companion, King, wandered about in vain efforts to gather strength enough to reach a white settlement. A relief party reached Cooper's Creek during one of their temporary absences, but returned without being aware of their being in the neighbourhood.
When provisions had entirely run out, they lived on the bounty of the natives, who supplied them with fish and the seeds of a plant called nardoo — diet sufficient for the aborigines, but inadequate to sustain life in Europeans.
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