notice · 1837
Governor Bourke's proclamation laying out the first towns of the Port Phillip District: names Hobson's Bay and orders the sites of two towns surveyed — the future MELBOURNE (on the right bank of the Yarra) and WILLIAMSTOWN. The founding town plan of Melbourne. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 10 April 1837.
PORT PHILLIP. GOVERNOR directs it to be notified that the Bay at the northern extremity of the waters called in the …
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PersonFlinders
OfficialE. Deas Thomson
PlacePort Phillip
PlaceHOBSON'S BAY
PlaceWILLIAMS TOWN
PlaceMELBOURNE
PlaceYarra River
OfficialGOVERNOR
LocationSydney
LocationPORT PHILLIP
LocationHOBSON'S BAY
LocationWILLIAMS TOWN
New South Wales Government Gazette, No. 272, 19 April 1837.
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