Mitchell's fourth expedition was into Queensland in 1845-46. He was convinced that a significant river must flow north-west into the Gulf of Carpentaria, this being the main thrust of the endeavour.On ...
Born in Scotland on 15 June 1792, he was son of John Mitchell of Carron Works and was brought up from childhood by his uncle, Thomas Livingstone of Parkhall, Stirlingshire. On the death of his uncle, ...
The lake was named after Princess Alexandrina, niece and successor of King William IV of Great Britain and Ireland. When the princess ascended the throne and took the name Queen Victoria there was som ...
The reaches of the Murrumbidgee in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) are now affected by the complete elimination of large spring snow melt flows and a reduction of average annual flows of almost ...
The Queensland headwaters of the Darling (the area now known as the Darling Downs) were gradually colonised from 1815 onward. In 1828 the explorer Charles Sturt and Hamilton Hume were sent by the Gove ...
From its origin the Macquarie River flows for 626 kilometres (389 mi) and drops around 517 metres (1,696 ft) over its length. Lake Burrendong at 346 metres (1,135 ft) is the only dam along the length ...
The southern section of the Bay near the Heads is covered by extensive sand banks, known as the "Great Sand". A shipping channel was dredged in an east-west direction from the Heads to near Arthur's S ...
Port Phillip Bay formed between the end of the last Ice Age around 8000 BC and around 6000 BC, when the sea-level rose to drown what was then the lower reaches of the Yarra River, vast river plains, w ...
When Hamilton Hume and William Hovell arrived at the bay in 1824 they met with the local Wautharong people who referred to the bay as "Jillong" and the surround land "Corayo", but by the time the area ...
The Gunning region was originally home to two Australian Aboriginal language groups, the Gundungurra people in the north and the Ngunnawal people in the south.The region (specifically Gundaroo) was fi ...
Apart from Hume and Hovell, there were six convict members of the expedition. These men played their own valuable role in making the journey a successful one.Claude Barrois (stated as Bossawa in recor ...
Hovell was born in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. His father was captain and part owner of a vessel trading to the Mediterranean, which, during a voyage in 1794, was captured by the French and taken into ...
Early exploration He was born on 19 June 1797. When only 17 years of age, Hume began exploring the country beyond Sydney with his younger brother John and an Aboriginal boy as far to the south-west as ...
Brisbane was born at Brisbane House in Noddsdale, near Largs in Ayrshire, Scotland, the son of Sir Thomas Brisbane and Dame Eleanora Brisbane. He was educated in astronomy and mathematics at the Unive ...
Mount Blaxland, actually a hill, is located about 25 kilometres south of Lithgow in longitude -33.548500061, latitude 150.117904663. Its significance lies in the fact that it was the furthest point re ...
