Archives

The State Library of Victoria’s has the largest and most important collection of Burke and Wills material including journals, letters, books, maps, prints, paintings, photographs and relics.

All items are from the Australian Manuscripts, Pictures or Newspaper collections of the State Library unless otherwise noted. A small sample of our collection of images and original documents can be explored in these archives.

Chronologies Expedition dates The supply party	The Press Selected articles Reports of deaths Newspaper images	Royal Society Royal Society building Theatre ticket
Eager Explorers List of applicants Explorers applications Other applications Memorandum of Agreement	Equipment Guns Plotting scales Whip Cheque book Compass Sun clock	Updates Telegrams Report from Cooper's Creek
Portraits Participants Aborigines Sepoys	Views from the Expedition Becker's sketchbook Beckler's sketches Strutt's sketchbook Strutt's paintings	Scientific & Navigational Notes Wills' field books Meteorological notes Dead reckoning Astronomical notes Becker's sketchbook Maps
Final Days Last notes Strutt paintings	Funeral Brass plate Funeral procession Grave stone Monument	Miscellaneous Buckle Camel hair Hair samples 'Love glove' Julia Mathews 'Samuel Smith'