C, The History of South Melbourne: From The Foundation of Settlement of Port Phillip to the YearRobertson & Mullens, Melbourne.
Murray called the body of water Port King after the Governor of New South Wales, Philip Gidley King. On 4 SeptemberKing formally renamed the bay Port Phillip, in honour of his predecessor, Arthur Phillip.
King decided to establish a convict settlement at Port Phillip, mainly to stake a claim to southern Australia ahead of the French. Port Phillip Association foundation documents Port Phillip Association, Documents Jun. 6 – Jun. 30, State Library Victoria Based in Van Diemen's Land, the Port Phillip Association was formalised in June to settle the land acquired by the Batman treaty.
The banner image shows the corner of Dorcas and Clarendon Streets, South Melbourne, early s, from the Port Phillip City Collection.
To see more from the collection and learn more about the history of South Melbourne, visit our Heritage website. Allom Lovell & Associates, City of South Melbourne Urban Conservation Study, Daley, Charles, The History of South Melbourne: From the foundation of settlement at Port Phillip to the yearMelbourne, History of St Kilda: from its first settlement to a city and after, toVolume 2 Charles Daley History of South Melbourne from the foundation of settlement at Port Phillip to the year The History of South Melbourne from the Foundation of Settlement at Port Phillip to the Year Compiled by Order for the Council of the City of South Melbourne.
By Charles Daley. Published by Robertson & Mullens Melbourne. Foundation of Settlement at Port Phillp to the YearDaley, C. The History of South Melbourne, From The. Melbourne, to a City to. In July the Port Phillip District became the independent colony of Victoria with our own parliament.
Prior to the area was administered from New South Wales. Some of the early Port Phillip District documents have been digitised. The Library has a range of research guides relevant to this : Andrew McConville.Port Phillip settlement / by James Bonwick Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington London Wikipedia Citation Please see Wikipedia's template documentation for further.
March 1st Governor Richard Bourke visited the Port Phillip settlement and approved "the grid of streets" Robert Hoddle () and his team of surveyors marked out, which he named Melbourne. The Old Melbourne Cemetery consisted of ten acres set aside by Governor Bourke which were vested in various church leaders in trust.
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. After much experience at sea, Phillip led the First Fleet as Governor-designate in the Australian settlement of New South Januaryhe selected its location to be Port Jackson (encompassing Sydney Harbour).
Phillip was a far-sighted governor who soon saw that New South Wales would need a civil administration and a system for emancipating the s/wars: Seven Years' War, Spanish-Portuguese.
Melbourne was founded on the Yarra River in after an abortive bid in to establish a settlement inside the Port Phillip Bay heads near Sorrento.
The Port Phillip District gained independence from New South Wales in Melbourne boomed in the 's as a result of the gold rush in the region to the north.The resulting debate as to who was the founder of Melbourne has been carried on since the early claims of John Pascoe Fawkner to this title.
However, as A.G.L. Shaw points out in A history of the Port Phillip District: Victoria before separation, the argument stems from "confusion between the idea of establishing a pastoral settlement in the Port Phillip District and that of establishing a Author: Sarah Matthews.Discovery and Settlement of Port Phillip; Being a History of the Country Now Called Victoria, Up to the Arrival of Mr.
Superintendent Latrobe, in Octo [James Bonwick] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher.