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Robert O'Hara Burke

1821 - 1861

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Robert O'Hara Burke (6 May 1821 – c. 28 June 1861) was an Irish soldier and police officer who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria. The expedition party was well equipped, but Burke was not experienced in bushcraft. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert O'Hara Burke is the 469th most popular explorer (down from 452nd in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 267th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Irish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Robert O'Hara Burke ranks 469 out of 498. Before him are Edgar Evans, Aleksandra Potanina, John Colter, Robert McClure, Hubert Wilkins, and Samuel Hearne. After him are Louis Hennepin, Oscar Baumann, Louis-Gustave Binger, Thomas Button, Sarat Chandra Das, and Tryggve Gran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Robert O'Hara Burke ranks 94. Before him are Charles Francis Hall, Karl Knies, Juan Bautista Topete, Jan van Beers, Joseph Noel Paton, and Mathilde Marchesi. After him are Churchill Babington, Daniel Harvey Hill, Robert S. Duncanson, and Old Tom Morris. Among people deceased in 1861, Robert O'Hara Burke ranks 64. Before him are Malalai of Maiwand, Édouard Ménétries, Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, Manuel Antônio de Almeida, Jorge Córdova, and José María Linares. After him are Eliphalet Remington, Nathaniel Lyon, and William Lyon Mackenzie.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Robert O'Hara Burke ranks 307 out of 549. Before him are Frank O'Farrell (1927), Peter Sutherland (1946), Anne Buttimer (1938), Robert McClure (1807), Harry Clarke (1889), and William Desmond Taylor (1872). After him are William Carr (1876), Charlie Murphy (1988), Ronan Keating (1977), Frances Power Cobbe (1822), William Quan Judge (1851), and Paul Harrington (1960).

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Among EXPLORERS In Ireland

Among explorers born in Ireland, Robert O'Hara Burke ranks 8. Before him are Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810), Edward Bransfield (1785), Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie (1815), Henry Kellett (1806), Tom Crean (1877), and Robert McClure (1807).

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