What is Robert O'Hara Burke?
{{Infobox Person |name = Robert O'Hara Burke |image = Robert O'Hara Burke.jpg |image_size = 240px |birth_date = 1821 |birth_place = [[St.Clerans]], [[County Galway]], [[Ireland]]<ref name=adb/> |death_date = 1861 |death_place = [[Cooper Creek]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]<ref name=adb/> |occupation = [[Policeman]], [[explorer]] }} '''Robert O'Hara Burke''' (1821—1861)<ref name=adb>{{cite web |url= http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030280b.htm |title=Burke, Robert O'Hara (1821 - 1861) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online |first=Kathleen |last=Fitzpatrick |work=adbonline.anu.edu.au |year=1969 |accessdate=4 June 2011}}</ref> was an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[policeman]], who led the [[Burke and Wills expedition]]. This was the largest and best equipped expedition to explore [[Australia]]. They successfully crossed the country, from [[Melbourne]] to the [[Gulf of Carpentaria]] in 1861. The expedition ended in disaster when Burke and his second in command, [[William John Wills]] died from [[starvation]] at [[Cooper Creek]] on their way back to Melbourne. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Burke, Robert O'Hara}} [[Category:1821 births]] [[Category:1861 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from starvation]] [[Category:Exploration of Australia]] [[Category:British explorers]] [[Category:People from the Republic of Ireland]] <!--[[Category:People from County Galway]]-->