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（位于西海岸）。 Others in the expedition included John King, Charles Gray, and William Brahe.在考察其他包括约翰国王，查尔斯格雷，和威廉布拉赫。 Brahe remained at a base camp at Cooper's Creek, waiting for more men, who were delayed by months.布拉赫维持在一个库珀溪营地，为更多的人，谁被推迟几个月等待。 Quarrels between the remaining men, impatience, bad timing, spring rains, and unexpected delays marred the trip.其余的人之间，急躁，时机不佳，春雨争吵，以免延误破坏了行程。

They reached the mouth of the Flinders River (at the Gulf of Carpentaria) on February 9, 1861, but did not actually see the ocean.他们走到了弗林德斯河河口（在卡奔塔利亚湾）于1861年2月9日，但实际上并没有看到海。 The swampy land prevented them from reaching the Gulf.在沼泽土地阻止他们到达海湾。 They were very low on supplies and realized that making it back was nearly impossible, so they turned around.他们非常低的供应，并意识到使背部几乎是不可能的，所以他们转身。 They had enough supplies for 5 weeks but the trip back would take 10 weeks.他们5个星期，但此行回将采取10个星期足够的供应。 Gray soon died from fatigue.灰色很快死于疲劳。 Burke, Wills, and King were very weak when they returned to the camp at Cooper's Creek on April 21, 1861.伯克，威尔斯和国王十分脆弱当他们返回1861年4月21日向在库珀的溪营地。 Unfortunately, Brahe had left the day before.不幸的是，布拉赫离开前一天。

Heading home only hours behind Brahe, they were helped by Aborigines who gave them food and water.回家后布拉赫仅数小时，由他们帮助原住民谁给了他们食物和水。 The men later killed and ate their last two camels.这些人后来被杀害，吃的是他们最后两峰骆驼。 After more than a month of traveling since leaving Cooper's Creek, they had wandered back to it again.经过一年多的自离开库珀溪旅游月，他们又回到了一遍。 Again, they had just missed Brahe, who had returned to the camp to check for them.同样，他们刚刚错过了布拉赫，谁已返回营地，检查他们。 Burke, Wills, and King again wandered off, but Wills became weak, so they left him with some of the food.伯克，威尔斯和国王又走丢了，但遗嘱变得薄弱，因此他们留下了他的一些食物。 Soon after, Burke died (June 20, 1861).不久之后，伯克死亡（1861年6月20日）。 King returned for Wills, but found him dead.国王返回的遗嘱，但发现他已死亡。 On September 18, 1861, King was rescued by Alfred Howitt and his party, who had been searching for the lost expedition.在1861年9月18日，国王是由阿尔弗雷德豪伊特一行，谁该为寻找丢失的远征救出。