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Port phillip explored
Bay 'found'
Lieutenant John Murray in the Lady Nelson discovered the entrance to Port Phillip in late 1801. Rough weather and the dangerous waters prevented him from entering the bay. He made another attempt early in 1802 and 'took possession' of the bay for Britain, calling it Port King. It was later changed to Port Phillip, in honour of Captain Arthur Phillip who led the First Fleet. -
Landing at sorrento
<a href='http://www.nepeanhistoricalsociety.asn.au/1803SettlementCentre.htm' >Britain was worried the French would beat them in the race to settle Port Phillip. So they dispatched Lieutenant Colonel David Collins and his party in two ships on 27 April 1803. On board were 19 settlers, 26 settlers' wives and children, 50 marines, civil officers, 299 male convicts and 29 convicts' wives and children. They arrived in October and established the bay's first white settlement at Sullivan Bay, near wha -
Melbourne settled
In 1835, Van Diemen's Land grazier John Batman and a bunch of like-minded men started work to develop Port Phillip, even though they fell out with the government of the day. Desperate for new land, Batman headed an expedition that landed at Indented Head. He made a treaty for most of the land around the bay with local Aborigines near what is now Melbourne. Batman met a fellow Van Diemen's Land resident camped near the Yarra River, John Pascoe Fawkner. Fawkner had similar ideas about creating a n -
Victoria is formed
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First Australian Parliament
