A Real List of Scientists Who Have Died While Doing Scientific Research in Australia

• Charlie Grey, human, possibly died of dysentery, malnutrition or beating (or all three)
• William Patten, human, died of some sort of disease after being thrown from a horse.
• Dr Ludwig Becker, human, died of malnutrition.
• Charles Stone, human, died of malnutrition.
• William Purcell, human, died of malnutrition.
• Charles Stone, human
• William John Wills, human
• Robert O'Hara Burke, human
• John King, human, died after his return to Melbourne
• Golah Sing, camel, abandoned by the Burke and Wills expedition when unable to continue
• Landa, camel, got bogged down and abandoned during the Burke and Wills expedition
• Rajah, camel, shot by the Burke and Wills expedition when unable to continue
• Three unnamed camels, camels, shot by the Burke and Wills expedition for food
• Billy, horse, shot by the Burke and Wills expedition

A bonus list of fake people who died while doing scientific research in Australia

• Edward Boringassenglishname, human, died from internal bleeding after eating an abrasive pear after he was accidentally abandoned by the 1953 storse source expedition.
• George Watermelon, human, died somewhat ironically in a fatal watermelon accident during the 1953 storse source expedition.
• Alexander Chunken MacDoofy XVI, human, died in the same watermelon accident that claimed the life of George Watermelon.
• Sparky, dog, died in a watermelon accident during the 1953 storse source expedition that was completely unrelated to the one that killed George Watermelon and Alexander Chunken MacDoofy XVI
• Sparky, other dog, died after being struck by lightning during the 1953 storse source expedition.
• Aljerdine Sandbox, human, died from a shark accident while doing a survey of wobbegong off the coast of Queensland.

Note: some of these people were real people who actually did die while doing scientific research in Australia.