Burke & Wills 50: Brahe at the Depot - Burke and Wills Expedition (sitios de interés)
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Meanwhile, back at the Cooper's Creek Depot, the temperature was rising and Brahe and his waiting men were forced to take their horses and camels further and further away to find feed, all the while keeping watch for inquisitive natives who might wish to pilfer supplies. A German, Walter Brahe, pictured below, had come to Victoria in 1852 to work on the goldfields and was an experienced handler of cattle, horses and wagons. Burke's precise orders to him upon his departure later became a matter of intense controversy. Burke was too slovenly to put a detailed order in writing, by one account, simply illiterate by another, and his verbal instructions were interpreted differently by several listeners. Brahe insisted he'd been told to wait three months or for as long as his own supplies lasted, and after that would be free to return to Melbourne.
