About Burke and Wills Camp 119
Burke and Wills Camp 119 is a heritage-listed historic camp site located on the Burke Developmental Road near Normanton in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland. It marks the northernmost camp of the Burke and Wills expedition in February 1861, where the explorers turned back after failing to reach the Gulf of Carpentaria coastline. The site is marked by a cairn and interpretive signage in open savannah near the Little Bynoe River.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect a remote, open savannah setting on the Burke Developmental Road southwest of Normanton. The site consists of a small memorial cairn and interpretive signage marking the location of the expedition's northernmost camp near the Little Bynoe River. There are no buildings or developed visitor complex. The area is flat, sparsely vegetated and accessed via an unsealed roadside stop with space to view and photograph the monument.
Key highlights
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Northernmost camp (Camp 119) of the 1860-1861 Burke and Wills expedition
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Heritage-listed site on the Queensland Heritage Register
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Memorial cairn and interpretive signage explaining the expedition's 1861 journey
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Location near the Little Bynoe River on the Burke Developmental Road
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Remote Gulf Savannah landscape characteristic of the Carpentaria region