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Robert O'Hara Burke and William Wills led the Australian expedition that was intended to bring fame and prestige to Victoria: being the first to cross Australia from south to north and back again. Burke's party left from Royal Park, Melbourne, in August 1860, and headed north-northwest to Menindee. Part of the group then pushed on to the Gulf of Carpentaria, with most remaining at Cooper Creek. Through poor judgement, lack of observation and a series of miscommunications, Burke and Wills never met up with the relief party at Cooper Creek on their return. Burke and Wills died around July 1861, without ever returning to Melbourne.

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