Burke & Wills cache found !!

I wonder if it was packed in a Tupperware container ???

Tupperware - nope, if it was cached it had to be a Sistema.

9 out of 10 seem to be in them.

Cheers

Pete

Former Victorian Government SurveyorGeneral Ray Holmes found the site in August 2007.

Frank Leahy, from Melbourne University has found the new artefacts.

Thanks for that information - much further north than people were looking! Great that it's been found - really important pieceof history. They obviously finally found the sextant? Rather apt that a surveyor should find it I think.

Me too, though from the articles shown it could have been stuff from a number of sources other than B & W. Nothing remotely resembling any navigation or surveying equipment, some bullets, pliers, a small plate that looked like a surround from a lock on a jewellery box, and buckles were shown in Vic.
The talk was of looking for a 'camel box' (?) full of gear stashed on the return trip. Not sure how big a camel box is but what was shown wouldn't fill a shoe box !
The bullets may be a clue, for those here up on old firearms there were a couple of projectiles that looked like they may have come from a cartridge rather than what I assume was used in a muzzle loader. Would there have been breech loading guns then and if not would muzzle loaders have ball projectiles or long cylindrical ones more like revolver cartridges ??
Ken

Not sure about the guns, Ken, but sure is interesting - would have been more so if it had been navigation equipment!

Ruth this must just about be in your backyard ! It would be interesting to hear more of the story from the blokes who found things, it was heavily beat up by the news media as if they were confirmed B & W artifacts. The prof did manage to say they aren't confirmed and he can't be certain of the origins of the material which I think is pretty realistic and he certainly wasn't making any rash claims.
Ken

Ken & Signman, just had lunch with one of the owners of one of the properties where people spend their time looking - very interesting - email me.