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Historical records of Port Phillip

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Historical records of Port Phillip (1879)
edited by John Joseph Shillinglaw

the first annals of the colony of Victoria

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HISTORICAL RECORDS

of

PORT PHILLIP:


the


First Annals of the Colony of Victoria


edited by

JOHN J. SHILLINGLAW,

Fellow of tho Royal Geographical Society of London; Author of "Arctic Discovery," &c.



[From Papers presented to Parliament in return to an Order of tho Legislative Assembly of Victoria, on the motion of Mr. W, J. O'Hen, M.P., 14 August 1878.]


By Authority:

JOHN FERRES, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE


1879

CONTENTS.

I.— Letter to the Honourable Graham Berry.
II.— Prefatory Note by the Editor.
III.— Journal of Exploration of Port Phillip made by Charles Grimes, Surveyor-General of New South Wales, 1802-3.
IV.— Order Book of Lieutenant-Governor Collins during the stay at Port Phillip, 1803-4.
V.— Journal of the Rev. Robt. Knopwood, Chaplain to the Settlement. From 24th April 1803 to 31st December 1804.


Sketch.— The Heads of Port Phillip. page
Portrait of Mr. James Hobbs 15
Fac-simile Chart of the Survey of Port Phillip by Grimes 15
Portrait of Lieutenant-Governor Collins 30
"Rev. Robert Knopwood 64
"Captain Woodriff, R.N., H.M.S. Calcutta 65

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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