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Burke and Wills - The Knowledge They Refused

Burke and Wills - The Knowledge They Refused

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Jack Maddox examines how Burke and Wills starved at Cooper Creek in 1861 while the Yandruwandha people thrived nearby. The explorers ate improperly prepared nardoo, refusing Indigenous knowledge that could have saved them. Only John King survived—by accepting the help Burke rejected.

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