"They dared to challenge the unknown. They were the first. They crossed the Australian continent from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria."
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
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
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
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