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150th Anniversary of Burke & Wills ExpeditionPrint Page 
The Pamamaroo Creek is the site of the base camp of the 1860 Burke and Wills expedition. The expedition party included 15 men, 23 horses, 27 camels and 21 tons of stores. At the time of Burke's arrival in Menindee it was an outpost with no other settlements between here and the vast interior. On 19 October the small party of Burke, Wills, Brahe, King, Gray, McDonagh, Patton and Dost Mahomet, 15 horses and 16 camels left the Pamamaroo camp and headed north on their expedition to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Location
| Address: | Yartla Street, Maidens Menindee Motel, Menindee, 2879 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -32.395329 Long: 142.415853 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Exploration |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1860 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 2010 |
| Designer: | Ross J. Bastiaan |
| Artist: | Ross J. Bastiaan |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 2011 |
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BURKE & WILLS
Menindee
( Details of the expedition as well as history of Menindee )
To Commemorate The 150th Anniversary Of The Expedition
Sculptor & Text By: Ross J. Bastiaan AM RFD 2011
