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Robert O'Hara Burke

Robert O'Hara Burke (1821 - 1861) was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition[?] of 1861-62.

Burke was born into the Irish Protestant gentry, forming a career in the Austrian army cavalry regiment, then as a police officer in the Irish Mounted Constabulary. He emigrated to Australia in 1853, again becoming a police officer.

Selected to lead the great northern expedition, Burke perished.

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