Discoveries In The Interior 1817-1836
Oxley. After the passage over the Blue Mountains had been discovered--in 1813--and the beautiful pasture land round Bathurst had been opened up to the enterprise of the squatters, it was natural that the colonists should desire to know something ... Discoveries In The Interior 1860-1886
Burke and Wills. In the year 1860 a merchant of Melbourne offered L1,000 for the furtherance of discovery in Australia; the Royal Society of Victoria undertook to organise an expedition for the purpose of crossing the continent, and collected sub... Explorations In The Interior 1840-1860
Progress of Exploration. The coasts of Australia had all been examined before the year 1815. From that date those who wished to make fresh discoveries were obliged to penetrate into the interior; and we have already seen that, previous to the yea... New South Wales 1800-1808
Governor King. Governor Hunter, who left Sydney in the year 1800, was succeeded by Captain King, the young officer who has been already mentioned as the founder of the settlement at Norfolk Island. He was a man of much ability, and was both activ... New South Wales 1808-1837
Governor Macquarie. In 1808 the English Government held an inquiry as to the circumstances which had caused the expulsion of Governor Bligh; and though they cashiered Major Johnstone, and indeed ordered the whole of the New South Wales Corps to b... New South Wales 1838-1850
Gipps. In 1838, when Governor Bourke left Australia to spend the remainder of his life in the retirement of his native county in Ireland, he was succeeded in the government of New South Wales by Sir George Gipps, an officer who had recently gaine... New South Wales 1851-1860
Effects of Gold Discovery. For some years after 1851 the colony of New South Wales passed through a severe ordeal. The separation of Port Phillip had reduced her population by one-fourth and decreased her wealth by fully a third; the discoveries ... New South Wales 1860-1890
The Land Act. Sir John Young became Governor of New South Wales in 1861. He was a man of great talent; but, at this stage of the colony's history, the ability of the Governor made very little difference in the general progress of affairs. The pol... New Zealand 1843-1890
Otago. Meantime the New Zealand Company had not been idle, and E. G. Wakefield's busy brain was filled with fresh schemes. In 1849 an association had been formed at Glasgow in connection with the Free Church of Scotland, to send Scottish families... New Zealand Colonised
Kororarika. All this fighting of the Maori tribes made them more dependent on the trade they had with white men. They could neither make guns nor powder for themselves, and the tribe that could purchase none of the white man's weapons was sure to... Port Phillip 1800-1840
Discovery of Port Phillip. The discovery of Bass Strait in 1798 had rendered it possible for the captains of ships bound for Sydney to shorten somewhat their voyage thither; and as this was recognised by the English Government to be a great advan... Queensland 1823-1890
Moreton Bay. When Captain Cook, in 1770, sailed into the wide opening of Moreton Bay, several of his friends on board observed the sea to be paler than usual, and formed the opinion that, if a careful search were made along the shores, it would b... South Australia 1836-1841
Edward Gibbon Wakefield. In 1829 a small book was published in London which attracted a great deal of attention, not only by reason of its charming style and the liveliness of its manner, but also on account of the complete originality of the ide... South Australia 1841-1850
Governor Grey. The colonists of South Australia had, in 1841, received a sharp but salutary lesson, and we have seen that they profited by it. They had discovered that the land was their only source of wealth, and many, who had sufficient means t... South Australia 1850-1890
Temporary Decline. In 1851 the prosperity of South Australia was somewhat dimmed by the discovery of gold in Victoria; for, before the middle of the following year, the colony was deserted by a very large proportion of its male inhabitants. The c...

The Discovery Of Gold White Men And Maoris The Convict Settlement At Sydney 1788-1800 South Australia 1850-1890 Port Phillip 1800-1840 The Times Of The Maoris Explorations In The Interior 1840-1860 New Zealand 1843-1890

Discoveries In The Interior 1860-1886 Tasmania 1837-1890 Queensland 1823-1890 South Australia 1841-1850 The Discoveries Of Bass And Flinders Victoria 1851-1855 West Australia 1829-1890 Discoveries In The Interior 1817-1836