Abstract
William John Wills was appointed “Surveyor and Astronomer” to the Victorian Exploration Expedition (now popularly known as the Burke and Wills Expedition) which departed from Melbourne on Tuesday 21st August 1860 with a party consisting of 17 men, 26 camels, 28 horses and 6 wagons. By April 1861, the forward party of 4 men, were struggling back from the Gulf of Carpentaria on short rations and with failing camels. Jo lighten loads, Wills “planted” (for later recovery) some equipment, including his astronomical instruments. This paper reports on an analysis of Wills’ navigational records with the aim of locating the site Wills named “Plant Camp”. The investigation has run for some 20 years without detailed publication. The reason for publishing now arises from a recent discovery, at the site identified as Plant Camp, of a small number of items that give every appearance of being part of the equipment planted by Wills.
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