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Receipt for the loan of 8,000 rupees

Receipt for the loan of 8,000 rupees

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PROV, VPRS 1189/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence I, Unit 757, item 60/p. 5574

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Landells was authorised to borrow money for the camels from the Government of India. This receipt records that he was loaned 8,000 rupees

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The expedition departs from Royal Park, 20 August 1860

Duroadoo

First camp from Duroadoo

Hair from camel used on the Burke and Wills Exploring Expedition

Rajah, the last Camel is shot, and cut up.

Buckle from a camel pack surcingle

Letter from George Landells to the Victorian Chief Secretary

Receipt for the loan of 8,000 rupees

Contract between camel handlers and the Victorian Exploring Expedition

Copy of the contract between camel handlers and the Victorian Exploring Expedition written in Dari

Agreement between George Landells, John Driscoll, John Drakeford and John King

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Wills’s map from Coopers Creek to the Gulf of Carpentaria (detail)

Application - George Landells

Andrew Harper farewells the Burke and Wills Environmental Expedition

150 Years between Camels

Dost Mahomet

Theatrical Camels

William Wills' survey map