Burke & Wills

Oct 30, 1985

2h 20m

★ 4.9

They dared to challenge the unknown. They were the first. They crossed the Australian continent from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Overview

A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.

Genres

History

Adventure

Drama

Production Companies

Stony Desert

Hoyts Edgley

Hemdale

Greater Union Organisation (GUO)

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Cast

Robert O'Hara Burke

Jack Thompson

William John Wills

Nigel Havers

Julia Matthews

Greta Scacchi

John King

Matthew Fargher

Charley Gray

Ralph Cotterill

Brahe

Drew Forsythe

Tom McDonagh

Chris Haywood

Dost Mahomet

Monroe Reimers

Bill Patton

Ron Blanchard

George Landells

Barry Hill

Ambrose Kyte

Hugh Keays-Byrne

Sir William Stawell

Arthur Dignam

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