History Of The Port Phillip District

This major new history is an account of the establishment of European settlement in what is now the State of Victoria. The period from the first temporary convict camp of 1803 to the formal separation of Victoria from New South Wales in 1851 encompassed years of struggle, adversity and uncertainty. These are the years which Professor Shaw examines in his detailed narrative &mdash years which saw the future of the territory shaped by diverse figures: Aborigines, whalers, adventurers, squatter