Burke and Wills Expedition 1948
- Title
- Burke and Wills Expedition 1948
- Description
- Inscr. 'Bourke [sic] & Wills expedition. 'I determined to go straight at the ranges, the poor camels, bleeding, sweating and groaning. So far the experiment has succeeded well. N 48'
- Description
- This painting is based on the doomed expedition of Robert O'Hara Burke, William Wills, John King and Charles Gray from Cooper's Creek to the Gulf of Carpentaria. A written source is 'Dig' by Frank Clune (Angus and Robertson, 1944). It is the first painting of the Burke and Wills expedition, completed in 1948, a year after Nolan finished his first series of Ned Kelly paintings in Melbourne. The inscription has been taken from the entry of 20 January 1861 in Burke's memorandum-book. 'I determined today to go straight at the ranges, and so far the experiment has succeeded well. The camels sweating and groaning but we gave them a hot bath in Turner's Creek, which seem to relieve them very much. At last though - the camels bleeding, sweating and groaning.
- Creator
- Nolan, Sidney
- Subject
- Robert O'Hara Burke
- Subject
- William Wills
- Subject
- Charles Gray
- Subject
- John King
- Subject
- Turner's Creek
- Subject
- explorers
- Subject
- expeditions
- Format
- text/html
- Format
- image/jpeg
- Format
- Ripolin on board 91.3 x 122.2 cm
- Managed by
- IsFormatOf item held at the Nolan Gallery
- Collection or series
- IsPartOf the Nolan Gallery's Foundation Collection
- Trail
- Burke and Wills trail
- Trail
- Year of the outback trail
- Date or place
- 1948
- Rights
- Reproduction rights owned by the Nolan Gallery.
- Permalink
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