Burke & Wills 92: Wright at Menindee - Burke and Wills Expedition (sitios de interés)
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Wright and Brahe reached Menindee on June 19, a month after revisiting the Cooper's Creek Depot. Their group had suffered on the return from thirst, lost and dying animals and the fact most of the men were on death's doorstep. William Patton was the last to die, on June 5, but the party was able to make better progess thereafter.Wright's trek north had been a debacle, four men dying needlessly and nothing delivered by way of relief. In Menindee Wright disbanded his group and headed back to Adelaide. Beckler and the survivors remained in Menindee, while Brahe rode back to Melbourne with the news that Burke and Wills had not been seen since they'd headed north to the coast. The newspapers were rife with speculation about what could have happened, pressuring the exploration commitee to mount a rescue effort.