Friday 20 August marks the 150th anniversary of the departure of the Burke and Wills Expedition from Melbourne. The expedition involved 19 men aided by camels and cameleers with the intention of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north, a distance of around 3,250 kilometres.

At the time most of the inland of Australia had not be explored by non-indigenous people and was completely unknown to European settlers. Find out more and celebrate this momentous event with a visit to the Australia's Muslim Cameleers exhibition.