1824-1853 Events
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Date | Person | Place | Event |
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1824 | Hume | Hume and Hovell travelled from New South Wales. They were the first while men to see the Kelly Country | |
1830 | Sturt explores the River Murray to the sea. | ||
1834 | Joe Byrne's grandfather, Joe Byrne arrives in NSW as a convict | ||
1835 | Mungarbareennah and Bonegilla settled near Albury
John Batman in Port Phillip.(area of Melbourne) | ||
1836 | Mitchell | Major Mithchell travelled through North Eastern Victoria | |
1837 |
Melbourne |
First squatters came from New South Wales to take up land in the upper Murray River valley. Some of them came down through the Monaro and others came down a route the follows the present line of the Hume Highway.They followed Major Mitchell's story of good land in "Australia Felix'. Many were pushed south by drought in New South Wales
Melbourne named | |
1838 | Kiewa, Mitta, Ovens & King valleys settled by squatters from the north. Also squatting runs at Euroa, Benalla, and Mansfield. | ||
4/1838 | Faithfulls Creek massacre of aboriginals | ||
1839 | Overland mail service established between Sydney and Melbourne, travelled through Albury and Benalla. | ||
1839 | Latrobe appointed superintendent of Port Phillip. | ||
1840 | |||
1841 | John Kelly | Ned Kelly's father John (Red) Kelly was sentenced and transported to Van Dieman's land | |
1842 | Red Kelly | Red Kelly arrives in Australia as a convict | |
1843 | |||
1844 | Quinn | James Quinn settled his family at Wallan. | |
1845 | |||
1846 | |||
1847 | By 1847 most of north eastern Victoria was settled by squatters | ||
1848 | Red Kelly | Tasmania | Red Kelly given a Certificate of Freeedom |
1849 | |||
1850 | Gold discovered in Victoria | ||
15/11/1850 | Kelly Mrs | Melbourne | Red Kelly and Ellen Quinn married in Melbourne |
1851 | .
Balarat Victoria Mansfield |
Black Thursday bushfires in most of North Eastern Victoria
Gold found at Ballarat. Victoria becomes a separate Colony town of Mansfield founded | |
25/2/1851 | Kelly Mrs | Beveridge | R ed Kelly and Ellen Quinn first child died soon after birth |
1852 | gold found on Woorajay, Beechworth,
Sadlier, Chomley, Winch, and Nicolson joined the Victoria Police as cadets Jack Lloyd married Kate Quinn Brooke Smith joined police | ||
1853 | .
. . Sherritt |
Greta
Ovens Ireland |
Town of Greta reserved
Ovens gold riot First steamers come up the River Murray into Victoria. Baber joined Victoria Police as a cadet Mr and Mrs Sherritt married in Ireland |
11/1853 | Kelly Mrs | Anne born to Red Kelly and Ellen | |
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