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EXPEDITION OF BURKE AND WILLS.
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MONUMENT TO BURKE AND WILLS, MELBOURNE.

"And now," continued Frank, "we come to Burke and Wills, the explorers whose monument we saw in Melbourne. The Victorian Government fitted out an expedition in 1860, with Mr. O'Hara Burke as chief, and Mr. W. J. Wills second in command. The party consisted of