Burke and Wills sole survivor may have been a murderer

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Burke and Wills sole survivor may have been a murderer

Post by manfredvijars » Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:04 pm

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

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

Post by Stephen Whiteside » Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:28 am

Interesting. Have you read "Burke's Soldier" by Alan Attwood? That's a good read.
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Re: Burke and Wills sole survivor may have been a murderer

Post by Neville Briggs » Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:28 pm

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.
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