Rush for land in the area north of Bowen, with Jarvisfield Station taken up by Robert Towns and Alexander Stewart of Sydney.
After the disappearance of Burke & Wills, search parties were organised by Victoria, South Australia and Queensland.
William Landsborough in 1861-62 followed the Finders River upstream to the site of the present town of Richmond.
April
Overland pary led by Dalrymple including more than a dozen prospective squatters and seaborne party under Sinclair join together for the proclamation of the township of Bowen.
August
16 John McKinlay, searching for Burke & Wills, left Adelaide for the Gulf. In May, 1862 he followed the Leichhardt River down to salt water and camped 5 miles from the sea.
24 William Landsborough and his party aboard the Firefly escorted by HMS Victoria set out for the Albert River on to set up a rendezvous and depot to meet with Walker. The Firefly was the first known ship to enter the Albert River but sank in a small inlet near the boiling down works.
September
Frederick Walker and his party rode out of Rockhampton and headed west.
October
William Landsborough and his party found trees marked by Augustus Gregory and Lieutenant Chimno of the survey ship Sandfly in 1856. They marked a line of trees to guide Walker's overland expedition to the depot on the Albert. Before leaving Burketown, Landsborough had Captain Norman of HMS Victoria buried provisions near a tree they blazed in case Burke & Wills returned. The tree still stands adjacent to the Boiling Down Works site.
December
7 Walker's overland expedition arrives at the depot on the Albert.