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The part of
the New South Wales
colony that is now called Victoria (after the British Queen of that
time)
was called the Port Phillip District up until its separation in 1851.
It
was largely untouched from the time of the coming of the First
Fleet,
to Australia, in 1788 until the early 1830s.
The pages linked below give some
insight to the exploration and early settlement of the district
known
as Port Phillip.
DISCOVERY
Early
survey voyages sent from Port Jackson (Sydney)
to
explore the coastline and suitability for colonization
of
the district to the south.
HISTORY
The
history of the discovery and settlement of the district
known
as Port Phillip.
DIRECTORY
A
directory of the people of Port Phillip district in the
mid
to late 1840s. The directory gives names, position
or
occupation and their location or address within the
colony
of Port Phillip.
PROPERTY
OWNERS
A
list of property owners, mainly from the Geelong and
Portland
district as well as some from Melbourne and
other
areas of the Port Phillip district in the late 1840s.
The
spelling
of place names has been left as it was in the
original
spelling in the records:
Williams
Town for Williamstown
Gipps Land
for
Gippsland
Weirabee
for
Werribee
etc.
If there
are errors, I apologize and would appreciate
any
additional
information or corrections.
PORT
PHILLIP SHIPPING
Early
shipping arrivals at Port Phillip up to 1870.
The
list contains many (not all) shipping arrivals at
Port
Phillip in the early years of its development.
Where
known, the type of ship, departure port, actual
date
and year is given. In some of the listings, the
purpose
of the voyage is given.
CONVICT
ASSIGNMENTS
Convicts
were assigned to landholders and business people
in
the early 1840s in the Port Phillip District to overcome
the
problem of labour shortages.
Port
Phillip was never classed as a penal settlement.
This
list gives many (not all) convict assignments.
It
contains:
Convicts
name
Ship
and year of transportation
Assignee's
name or employment