From the journals and letters of William John Wills. Edited by William Wills. London, 1863.

William John Wills

Robert O’Hara Burke and William John Wills are probably Australia’s most famous explorers, yet their expedition across Australia to the Gulf of Carpentaria was an expensive failure.

It resulted in the deaths of three member of the party of four which made the dash to the Gulf of Carpentaria from the banks of the Cooper Creek, not far from present-day Innamincka.

This book, which is the most extensive contemporary account of the expedition, was edited by Wills’ father, William, as a memorial to his son. Introduction by Valmai Hankel.

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