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Burke and Wills sole survivor may have been a murderer

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:04 pm
by manfredvijars
I came across this article in the SMH dated May 5, 2008 (OK I'm a bit slow) ...
Just submitting this for interest's sake ...

Burke and Wills sole survivor may have been a murderer
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/bur ... 56301.html

Re: Burke and Wills sole survivor may have been a murderer

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:28 am
by Stephen Whiteside
Interesting. Have you read "Burke's Soldier" by Alan Attwood? That's a good read.

Re: Burke and Wills sole survivor may have been a murderer

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:28 pm
by Neville Briggs
We'll never know Manfred. If true, I wonder what the motive could have been. And what about Wills, how did he meet his end according to this account ? Doesn't say.