# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-o-hara-burke
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:26:09.839Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-o-hara-burke"
name: "Robert O'Hara Burke"
slug: "robert-o-hara-burke"
description: "Robert O'Hara Burke was an Irish soldier and police officer who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria. The expedition party was well equipped, but Burke was not experienced in bushcraft. A Commission of Inquiry held by the Government of Victoria to investigate the failure of the expedition was a censure of Burke's judgement."
tagline: "Australian explorer (1821–1861)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Strutt%2C_Portrait_of_Robert_O'Hara_Burke%2C_1860.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
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birthDate: "1821-05-06"
deathDate: "1861-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.250364
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump