Port Phillip Bay

Yass

The land that would become the town of Yass was first inhabited by the Ngunnawal ... continue

Frederick Henry Trouton

TROUTON, FREDERICK HENRY (1826-1896), master mariner and company manager, was born at Chester, Cheshire, England ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Edmund Charles Hobson

HOBSON, EDMUND CHARLES (1814-1848), physician and naturalist, was born on 10 August 1814 at Parramatta ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Augustus Henry Sandford

SANDFORD, AUGUSTUS HENRY (1859-1923), soldier, was born on 16 May 1859 at Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Sir Walter Ramsay McNicoll

Sir Walter Ramsay McNicoll (1877 - 1947), by unknown photographer, 1914-19, courtesy of National Library of ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

First wool exported

Port Phillip Bay was explored by Lieutenant Murray. Matthew Flinders, who circumnavigated Australia in 1802-03 ... continue