澳大利亚历史上第一次穿越澳大利亚的Burck和Wills的故事

罗伯特奥哈拉伯克（1820至61年）和威廉约翰遗嘱（1834年至1861年）是谁是第一批欧洲人跨越从南到北澳大利亚澳大利亚探险家。 They both died on the return trip, from exhaustion and hunger.他们都死在回程的车上，从疲惫和饥饿。
Burke and Wills were inexperienced explorers; Burke was a police investigator and Wills was a surveyor and meteorologist.伯克和威尔斯没有经验的探险家，伯克是一个警察调查员和遗嘱是测量师，气象学家。 Burke was chosen to lead the expedition across the inhospitable interior of Australia so that the state of Victoria could win the reward posted by the government of Australia for finding a north-south route.伯克被选为领导在荒凉的澳洲内陆探险，使维多利亚州可以得到奖励由澳大利亚政府张贴寻找南北航线。 The government wanted to build a telegraph line from Adelaide to the northern coast of Australia.政府希望构建一个从阿德莱德电报线，澳大利亚北部海岸。

The two explorers left Melbourne on August 20, 1860, with many horses, 25 camels (brought from India) and 3 drivers.两位探险家离开墨尔本8月20日1860年，许多马匹，骆驼25（从印度带来的）和3个司机。 They would travel along the Darling River and then go north to the Gulf of Carpentaria (on the north coast).他们将前往达令河沿岸，然后北上到卡奔塔利亚湾（位于