PLOT c/18R8-N3 · version 1
The writer reports that in May 1836 his sheep, and the flocks of several earlier settlers, were landed at Williamstown and kept by shepherds near the beach.
In the first week of May 1836, I left George Town, Van Die- men's Land, with a small flock of sheep, in the brig Henry. Five days after embarkation they were landed at Williamstown, Port Phillip, where I found several, if not all, of the first settlers, with their flocks, all of which had been brought from Van Diemen's Land within the five or six previous months, and which were left in charge of the shepherds near the beach until suitable runs could be procured. Historical passage
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- Reported by source
- Who said it
- Other
- Period
- 1853-10-06 to 1853-10-06
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Cite as: PLOT record c/18R8-N3 v1, Letters from Victorian pioneers, being a series of papers on the early occupation of the colony, the aborigines, etc (1853-10-06 to 1853-10-06), reported by source