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About John King
John King was an Irish-born British soldier who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the sole survivor of the four men from the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition who reached the Gulf of Carpentaria. The expedition was the first European crossing of Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from Melbourne in Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland.
Everything about John King →- Occupation
- explorer, traveler
- Citizenship
- Ireland
- Born
- December 15, 1838
- Died
- January 15, 1872