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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Hume and Hovell expedition
		The Hume and Hovell expedition was one of the most important journeys of explorations undertaken in eastern Australia.
		The Hume and Hovell expedition disproved the widely held view that the interior of Australia was an uninhabitable wilderness.
		Hume was a leader inThe Hume and Hovell expedition - Lake George - Melbourne in 1824 and occupied the land grant of Yass in 1828.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hume-and-Hovell-expedition (1975 words)

	Hamilton Hume
		Hamilton Hume (19 June 1797 - 19 April 1873) was the earliest Australian-born explorer of European descent (the Aborignal people had of course explored Australia for thousands of years before him).
		This famous overland journey is commemmorated by the Hume Highway, the principal road between Sydney and Melbourne.
		Hume and Hovell were also commemmorated by having their portraits printed on the Australian one-pound banknote between 1953 and 1966.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ha/Hamilton_Hume.html (99 words)

	Hume and Hovell
		Hamilton Hume was born in Parramatta,New South Wales on 18 June 1797.
		Hovell was older than Hume, with little bush experience, but he was a good navigator.
		William Hovell was born at Yarmouth, England, on 26 April 1786.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/humenhovell.htm (707 words)

	Hume and Hovell
		In 1824 Hamilton Hume and William Hovell, encouraged by Governor Brisbane, led an expedition overland to reach the Southern coast.
		Hovell miscalculated at the end, and they thought they were at Westernport.
		Once Hume and Hovell’s report became known, the settlers began to occupy the mainland west and north of Port Phillip.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~tathg/Events/HH/HumeHovell.htm (1108 words)

	Hume and Hovell expedition Information
		The Hume and Hovell expedition was one of the most important journeys of explorations undertaken in eastern Australia.
		The Hume and Hovell expedition disproved the widely held view that the interior of Australia was an uninhabitable wilderness.
		The expedition is considered to have been privately funded however a grant of 50 pounds was granted by Sir Thomas Brisbane, governor, for provisions.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Hume_and_Hovell_expedition (665 words)

	Hume Travel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In December Hume and the Murray, and also to find new grazing land between the "currency lad" (native-born) Hume and Hovell expedition was one of the journey, each claiming leadership, but today Hume is much the better remembered of the two.
		In December Hume and Hovell expedition disproved the widely held view that the interior of Australia was an unihabitable wilderness.
		Hume and Hovell expedition was one of the journey, each claiming leadership, but today Hume is much the better remembered of the two.
	pe70.motorists-mico.com /humetravel.html (1139 words)

	Hume And Hovell Expedition 175th Anniversary - 26/10/1999 - PRIV - NSW Parliament
		Ms HODGKINSON (Burrinjuck) [5.46 p.m.]: In the centre of the Burrinjuck electorate is the township of Yass, which boasts a magnificent heritage as one of this country’s earliest settlements.
		Events such as the Hume and Hovell commemoration allow all of us to stand proud and tall as we consider the efforts of those who have gone before us and helped to give us the New South Wales and Australia we enjoy today.
		Hume was Australian born, a bushie, a farmer with a spirit of the daring and the adventurous, not unlike many residents of Yass today.
	www.parliament.nsw.gov.au /prod/PARLMENT/hansArt.nsf/0/CA256D11000BD3AA4A25682A000C33CA (843 words)

	Yass
		Hume was different from many of his contemporaries in that he was born in Australia – in Parramatta, to free settlers in 1797.
		His first expedition was at the age of 17, accompanied by his brother and his Aboriginal friend Doual, and the trio discovered prime grazing lands in the Southern Highlands.
		Hume’s best-known exploration was when he paired with Hovell, an English sea captain, to head for Port Phillip Bay; you can follow in their footsteps on the Hume and Hovell Walking Track.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/newsouthwales/yass.asp (908 words)

	hume hovell
		Hume and Hovell expedition The Hume and Hovell expedition was one of the most important journeys of explorations undertaken in eastern Australia.
		The Hume and Hovell expedition was one of the most important journeys of explorations undertaken in eastern Australia In 1824 the Governor of New South...
		Hume and Hovell to Port Phillip, in 1824, is taken from the field note-book of Hovell, which is preserved in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.]...
	zatop.iespana.es /hume-hovell.html (535 words)

	about, prove, propositions, Earth, truths, truth, second, really, logical, first, always, while, state - Hume's fork
		First, Hume notes that statements of the second type can never be entirely certain, due to the fallibility of our senses, the possibility of deception (see e.g.
		Second, Hume claims that the cause-and-effect relationship of events is not certain like it may seem, just something people judge out of habit, and so it is impossible to state definite truths about the world or make definite predictions.
		Third, Hume notes that relations of ideas can be used only to prove other relations of ideas, and mean nothing outside of the context of how they relate to each other, and therefore tell us nothing about the world.
	www.alphasearch.org /Humes-fork.html (978 words)

	The Biography of Early Australia
		Hamilton Hume (q.v.), who was known to be a good bushman, and also with Hovell, and suggested that an expedition should be made to settle this question.
		Hovell was attached to this expedition, and when it arrived the error he had previously made in his longitude was soon discovered.
		In December 1853 Hovell was entertained at a public dinner in Geelong, his speech was inadequately reported in some of the newspapers, and Hume considered that Hovell had endeavoured to claim all the credit for their joint expedition.
	www.bendigolive.com /australia/h/hovell1.htm (898 words)

	Yass
		Hume established a pastoral station at nearby Gunning and Broughton was one of the first settlers in the Boorowa area.
		Hume & Hovell's expedition of discovery to Port Phillip Bay (1824) left from near Yass, and when rewarded by the Governor for his pioneering work, Hume chose to live here and in 1839 bought Cooma Cottage (built by pioneer Henry O'Brien in 1835) and 100 acres - later extended to 5000 acres.
		One of Yass's founding civic fathers, Hume over the years was generous in his donations to local development, and played an active role in the life of the town.
	www.argylecounty.com.au /towns/yass.html (1844 words)

	Wikinfo \| Charles Sturt (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1828 the Governor of New South Wales, Ralph Darling sent Sturt and Hamilton Hume to explore the area of the Macquarie River in western New South Wales.
		This expedition proved that northern New South Wales was not an inland sea, but deepened the mystery of where the western-flowing rivers of New South Wales went to.
		Sturt later undertook a second expedition to reach the centre of Australia, but his health broke down in the extreme conditions and he was forced to abandon the attempt.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Charles_Sturt (616 words)

	Hovell, William Hilton (1786 - 1875) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HOVELL, WILLIAM HILTON (1786-1875), sailor, explorer and settler, was born on 26 April 1786 at Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.
		Hovell and Hamilton Hume, who had been considered as the principals of Brisbane's party, decided to undertake the journey at their own expense, and on 17 October 1824 left Hume's station near Gunning for Westernport, the government having assisted them with some stores and equipment.
		Hume and Hovell were each rewarded with grants of 1200 acres (486 ha), and Hovell was given a grant of 1280 acres (518 ha) for his part in Wright's expedition, though under unfavourable conditions.
	www.adb.online.anu.edu.au /biogs/A010517b.htm (867 words)

	Explorers from the 1800's - EnchantedLearning.com
		They were chosen to lead the expedition across the inhospitable interior of Australia so that the state of Victoria could win the reward posted by the government of Australia for finding a north-south route.
		Scottish explorer John Rae determined that Franklin and his expedition had died of starvation and exposure in the Arctic; Eskimos at Pelly Bay told Rae of Franklin's fate.
		James Weddell (1787 -1834) was an English explorer, naturalist, geographer, and sealer who sailed on three expeditions to the Antarctic (in the years 1820-21, 1821-22 and 1822-23).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/1800.shtml (2776 words)

	Walkabout - Appin
		Consequently a punitive military expedition was undertaken resulting in the deaths of 14 Aborigines at Cataract Gorge (there is a monument recording this massacre near the car park at Cataract Dam), though it is believed many more rushed to their deaths at that location.
		About 8 km north of Appin, on Appin Rd, is a stone monument erected in 1924 to mark the centenary of the 1824 Hume and Hovell expedition to Port Phillip, which departed from a point nearby.
		The 1824 Hume and Hovell expedition to Port Phillip left from a point nearby on the Appin Rd which is marked by a monument erected in 1924 and made of stone taken from the Hume's house.
	www.walkabout.fairfax.com.au /smh/fairfax/locations/NSWAppin.shtml (2072 words)

	Charles Sturt
		His next expedition was in 1829 when he persuaded Governor Darling to allow him to follow the Murrumbidgee, which had been discovered by Hume and Hovell.
		This time the journey took just 40 days and he proved that the Hume and the Murray were one and the same river.
		This was Sturt's fourth major expedition and began in August 1844, when he was almost 50 years of age.
	www.davidreilly.com /australian_explorers/sturt/sturt.htm (1399 words)

	A brief History of the Wee Jasper District
		Accompanied by one of his convicts - Thomas Boyd, Hamilton Hume swam across the river with a rope and used the makeshift punt to transport equipment, provisions and non-swimmers to the other side.
		Hume and Hovell later crossed the Goodradigbee River (formerly known as "Little River") not far upstream from the modern day location of Wee Jasper village.
		This whole leg of their expedition was of crucial importance to the opening up of the Wee Jasper district.
	www.weejasper.org /history.html (585 words)

	Geelong Heritage - Historic Characters
		He went on to be involved with the survey of the Goulburn Plains and Lake Bathurst, and the discovery of the Yass plains and tablelands near Braidwood.
		Hume had the bush experience, while Hovell was a skilled navigator.
		Their expedition had discovered vast tracts of valuable grazing land between Gunning in New South Wales and Corio Bay.
	www.visitgeelong.org /heritage/historiccharacters.asp (1588 words)

	Hume and Hovell expedition - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		In November they discovered what they called "a noble stream" which they named the Hume (now the Murray River) near the site of Albury, and then advanced into what is now Victoria.
		In December Hume and Hovell crossed the Victorian ranges, and were able to see the sea from the hilltops.
		The Hume and Hovell expedition disproved the widely held view that the interior of Australia was an unihabitable wilderness.
	www.music.us /education/H/Hume-and-Hovell-expedition.htm (524 words)

	Hume & Hovell - NSW Department of Lands (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hume & Hovell - NSW Department of Lands
		The Hume and Hovell Walking Track stretches over 440km between Yass and Albury and allows walkers to rediscover the route of explorers Hamilton Hume and William Hovell on their expedition to Port Phillip in 1824.
		It has three track heads (major access points and are ideal for car-based camping) approximately 100 kms apart - James Fitzpatrick at Wee Jasper, Thomas Boyd on the Goobarragandra River 23 kms from Tumut and Henry Angel on Burra Creek near Tumbarumba.
	www.lands.nsw.gov.au /recreation/hume_and_hovell_walking_track (333 words)

	Highway, Sydney, Melbourne, route, through, highway, Goulburn, Albury, towns, north, bypassed, Victoria, Great - Hume ...
		The coast of New South Wales from the Queensland border almost to the Victorian border is separated from the inland by an escarpment, generally to the east of the Great Dividing Range, which is difficult to cross.
		The route used by the Hume Highway is situated between two parallel river gorge systems (the Wollondilly and Shoalhaven Rivers) and requires the crossing of some reasonable rough country from Sydney to reach it.
		The area around it was first discovered by Hume and Hovell in the 1820s and the township was founded in 1837 when the surrounding area was open for farming.
	www.alphasearch.org /Hume-Highway.html (3472 words)

	Charles Sturt - Japan
		This expedition proved that northern New South Wales was not an inland sea, but deepened the mystery of where the western-flowing rivers of New South Wales went to.
		In place of Hume, who was unable to join the party, George MacLeay went "as a companion rather than as an assistant".
		Sturt later undertook a second expedition to reach the centre of Australia, but his health broke down in the extreme conditions and he was forced to abandon the attempt.
	charles-sturt.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Charles_Sturt (1531 words)

	Hume and Hovell expedition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Route of Hume and Hovell expedition 12 to 21 November 1824
		Route of Hume and Hovell expedition 1 to 14 December 1824
		Route of Hume and Hovell expedition 15 to 19 December 1824
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hume_and_Hovell_expedition (760 words)

	Discoverers Web: Hamilton Hume (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hovell was an English sea captain, eleven years older than Hume, with little bush experience but was a capable navigator.
		They left Hume's station at Lake George on 17 October, with 6 servants and 16 weeks' supplies on a couple of carts drawn by four bullocks, two horses, a spare horse and a spare bullock and an unspecified number of dogs, which they later found very useful when they were hunting kangaroos.
		Hume in 1825 and 1826 was still reporting on his expedition to Western Port, but by 1855 he was saying he knew all the time that he had been at Port Phillip.
	www.win.tue.nl /~engels/discovery/hume.html (728 words)

	Romsey Australia - Early settlers in Victoria 1803
		The expedition landed on the shores of Port Phillip, near Sorrento, and several explorations of the country were made, but in the course of a few months the attempt at colonisation was abandoned, as the place was believed to be unsuitable for settlement.
		In 1824 Hume and Hovell undertook exploration of the territory to the south and west, the western arm of Port Phillip, not far from the present town of Geelong.
		In 1826 another expedition, under Captain Wright, was sent from Sydney to form a settlement at Western Port, but returned by order of Governor Darling after one year's trial, although the reports of Hume and Hovell and of the officers of the military were favourable to a continuation of the occupation.
	home.iprimus.com.au /foo7/rombook1vic.html (486 words)

	News in Science - Cloning resurrects ailing Hovell tree - 11/01/1999
		William Hovel carved the words Hovell NovR17/24 into the trunk of the Hovell Tree while he camped with fellow explorer Hamilton Hume on the banks of the Murray River near what is now the NSW town of Albury.
		Hume and Hovell were the first Europeans to cross the Murrumbidgee River and discover the massive 'Hume River', which was later re-named the Murray.
		A termite infestation in the early 1900s prompted residents to scrape the decaying wood from the ailing eucalypt and plug the hole with 2 tonnes of concrete.
	www.abc.net.au /science/news/stories/s18249.htm (394 words)

	H is for Holden Cars - Fun Facts, Questions, Answers, Information
		Hume and Hovell expedition commenced on 2nd October 1824 from HumeÂ’s house at Appin (NSW).
		This expedition helped in opening up VictoriaÂ’s heartland causing a new wave of settlement that ultimately caused Melbourne to be founded.
		Hume and Hovell also charted the rivers that flowed from the Snowy Mountains.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/subtopics/H-is-for--Holden-Cars-195527.html (1832 words)

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