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Robert O'Hara Burke (6 May 1821– c. 28 June 1861) was an Irish soldier and police officer, who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria. The expedition party was well equipped, but Burke was not experienced in bushcraft. A Royal Commission report conducted upon the failure of the expedition was a censure of Burke's judgement. ==Early years== Burke was born in St Clerens, County Galway, Ireland in May 1821.〔 He was the second of three sons of James Hardiman Burke (1788 – January 1854), an officer in the British army 7th Royal Fusiliers, and Anne Louisa Burke ''nee'' O'Hara (married 1817, d.1844). Robert O'Hara was one of seven children; * John Hardiman Burke (d. August 1863) * Robert O'Hara Burke (May 1820-June/July 1861) * James Thomas Burke (c. 1828 – 7 July 1854) * Fanny Marie Burke (married John Blakeney) * Elizabeth Burke (married Lt. Col Menzies) * Hester Albinia Burke (unmarried, d. 10 November 1866) * Anne Celestine Burke (married Major Horace de Vere, d.1914) James Thomas Burke was a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, and on 7 July 1854 at the battle of Giurgevo became the first British officer killed in the Crimean war. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert O'Hara Burke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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