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PORT PHILLIP COLONY
Early Exploration and Settlement in Australia

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.

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.

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