Gentlemen, a thrilling feeling came over me on looking on that memorial of two brave men who sacrificed their lives in the cause of exploration.

The monument represents poor Burke standing over Wills, who is kneeling down.

The first relief represents the party leaving Melbourne, and the popular demonstration accorded them; in the next place the return from Carpentaria is depicted, and the discovery of a depot where some provisions had been deposited.

There is King in the act of holding a candle, Burke reading a letter, and Wills's head is peering over his shoulder.

Further on there is a relief representing the death of the brave leader with his revolver grasped in his hand.