“They dared to challenge the unknown. They were the first. They crossed the Australian continent from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria.”
Burke & Wills
5.1
9 votes·1985
·2h 20m
·MovieHistoryAdventureDrama
Overview
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
Commercial Verdict
Disaster
Revenue vs Budget0.2x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Significant financial loss
Keywords
australiajournalistcountdownsandstormmazevictorian englandtragedydesertoutbackjourney19th centuryaborigine
Cast
Jack Thompson
Robert O'Hara Burke
Nigel Havers
William John Wills
Greta Scacchi
Julia Matthews
Matthew Fargher
John King
Ralph Cotterill
Charley Gray
Drew Forsythe
Brahe
Chris Haywood
Tom McDonagh
Monroe Reimers
Dost Mahomet
Ron Blanchard
Bill Patton
Barry Hill
George Landells
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Ambrose Kyte
Arthur Dignam
Sir William Stawell
Ken Goodlet
Doctor John Masadam
Edward Hepple
Ludwig Becker
Peter Collingwood
Doctor William Wills
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