They have just succeeded in raising the two thousand pounds here, by subscription, that was wanted towards an exploration fund, for fitting out an expedition, that will probably start for the interior of our continent next March.

a. He was one of seven children;
Elizabeth Rose Wills (August 1831–23 May 1832). London 15 April 1914).

He achieved fame as the second-in-command of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria. June/July 1861) was a British surveyor who also trained for a while as a surgeon.