| Year |
Date |
Event |
| 1860 |
20 August |
Expedition departure Royal Park |
| |
19 October |
Expedition leaves Menindee |
| |
16 December |
Burke, Wills, Gray and King leave Cooper Creek |
| 1861 |
11 February |
Burke and Wills reach the Gulf |
| |
21 April |
Burke, Wills and King return to the 'Dig Tree' at the Cooper |
| |
30 June |
Official death of Burke and Wills |
| |
15 September |
Howitt's rescue party finds King |
| |
November |
News reaches Melbourne, Enquiry started |
| 1862 |
January |
Enquiry hands down findings |
| 1863 |
21 January |
State Funeral |
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