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In 1860 – 61, Robert O ' Hara Burke and William John Wills led an expedition of 19 men with the intention of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north, a distance of around 3, 250 kilometres ( approximately 2, 000 miles ).
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