Burke & Wills

They dared to challenge the unknown. They were the first. They crossed the Australian continent from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Duration: 140 min

Release date: 1985-10-30

IMDB

A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.

History Adventure Drama

Burke & Wills

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as Robert O'Hara Burke

as William John Wills

as Julia Matthews

Matthew Fargher

Matthew Fargher

Ralph Cotterill

Ralph Cotterill

as Charley Gray

as Tom McDonagh

as Dost Mahomet

as George Landells

Hugh Keays-Byrne

Hugh Keays-Byrne

as Ambrose Kyte

as Sir William Stawell

as Doctor John Masadam

as Ludwig Becker

Peter Collingwood

Peter Collingwood

as Doctor William Wills

Susannah Harker

Susannah Harker

as Bessie Wills

as Mayor of Melbourne

as Alfred Irwin

Redmond Phillips

Redmond Phillips

as Committee Man

Ailsa Carpenter

Ailsa Carpenter

as Mrs. Macadam

Antoinette Blaxand

Antoinette Blaxand

as Mayor's Wife

as Julia's Dresser

Soma Dissanyake

Soma Dissanyake

as Kyte's Daughter

Bernadette Hockings

Bernadette Hockings

as Kyte's Daughter

as Christopher Marsden

Roderick Williams

Roderick Williams

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Camera Operator

Camera Operator

Peter Menzies Jr.

Peter Menzies Jr.

Third Assistant Director

Assistant Camera

Second Assistant Director

First Assistant Director

Brian Bansgrove

Brian Bansgrove

Second Assistant Director

Best Boy Electric

Still Photographer

Brendan Shanley

Brendan Shanley

Jeanine Chiavlo

Jeanine Chiavlo

Assistant Editor

Stephanie Flack

Stephanie Flack

Assistant Editor

Location Manager

Negative Cutter

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Director of Photography

Graeme Clifford

Graeme Clifford

Graeme Clifford

Graeme Clifford

Peter Sculthorpe

Peter Sculthorpe

Original Music Composer

Production Design

Syd Butterworth

Syd Butterworth

Sound Recordist

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sound Effects Editor

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jeanine Chiavlo

Jeanine Chiavlo

Dialogue Editor

Carolynne Cunningham

Carolynne Cunningham

Production Manager

Post Production Supervisor

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