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Robert O`Hara BurkePrint Page 
The museum commemorates Robert O’Hara Burke, the police superintendent at Beechworth from 1854 to 1858, who died in 1861, while on the Burke and Wills expedition from Melbourne to northern Australia.
A decision was made by the residents of Beechworth to build a memorial to him and this resulted in the extension of the existing library building in 1863. This became known as the Robert O’Hara Burke Memorial Museum. In 1874 a memorial stained glass window by the Melbourne firm, Ferguson and Urie, was installed in the rear wall of the building.
Location
| Address: | Loch Street, Beechworth, 3747 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -36.357954 Long: 146.687066 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Structure |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Government - Colonial |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1861 |
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