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Wills, William John (1834 - c. 1861)

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Explorer and Astronomer

Born: 5 January 1834 Totnes, Devon, England. Died: c. 29 June 1861 Queensland, Australia.

William John Wills migrated to Australia in 1852 and in 1860 he was given the position of astronomer and surveyor with an expedition led by R.O. Burke to explore central Australia. They reached the Gulf of Carpentaria but died on the return journey.

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000187. [ Details ]
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000187. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 8 August 2006

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