British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia. Born on 30 January 1771 at Aswarby, a hamlet near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, the son of a tenant farmer, George Bass, and a local beauty named Sarah . Wikipedia
One of the most important journeys of explorations undertaken in eastern Australia. Expedition to find new grazing land in the south of the colony, and also to find an answer to the mystery of where New South Wales's western rivers flowed. Wikipedia
Early explorer of the present-day Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria. Expedition that first took an overland route from Sydney to Port Phillip . Wikipedia
Story of the land and peoples of the continent of Australia. Aboriginal Australians first arrived on the Australian mainland by sea from Maritime Southeast Asia between 40,000 and 70,000 years ago, and penetrated to all parts of the continent, from the rainforests in the north, the deserts of the centre, and the sub-Antarctic islands of Tasmania and Bass Strait. Wikipedia
British officer and explorer of Australia, and part of the European exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from Sydney and later from Adelaide. Wikipedia
Sentences forWilliam Hovell
- The Hume Highway was named after Hamilton Hume, who with William Hovell were the first Europeans to traverse an overland route between Sydney and Port Phillip, in what later became Victoria.Hume Highway-Wikipedia
- The area was first sighted by Europeans during an expedition of Hamilton Hume and William Hovell in 1824 and was noted as an agricultural settlement called "Swampy".Benalla-Wikipedia
- Australian-born Hamilton Hume and British immigrant William Hovell passed through the region in November 1824 when they passed to the south, near the future site of Tumut.Gundagai-Wikipedia
- Brisbane was also in touch about this time with William Hovell on the same subject, but it is not quite clear which of the men was the first to be approached.Hamilton Hume-Wikipedia
- In 1839 William Hovell followed the Lachlan River to near the site of present-day Hillston and took up a pastoral holding called "Bellingerambil" (later named "Cowl Cowl").Hillston, New South Wales-Wikipedia
- Coal was discovered by explorer William Hovell at Cape Paterson in 1826, and was subsequently mined from the Powlett River fields in the region, between 1859 and 1864.Wonthaggi-Wikipedia
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