PLOT c/RDC8-ZQ · version 1
The writer describes Williams Town at Gellibrand's Point, across from the anchorage, and reports that no fresh water had been found there, so water was brought by boat from Melbourne.
Williams Town is formed opposite the anchorage, on the western side of the mouth of the Yarra, at Gellibrand's Point, and would be a thriving township but for the want of fresh water, of which none has been found, and the only supply at present is brought from Melbourne in boats. Historical passage
- Kind
- Reported by source
- Who said it
- Other
- Period
- 1837
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- Reviewed (step 3 of 4): PLOT checked the claim against its source. This is not independent verification. Checked by a person.
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Cite as: PLOT record c/RDC8-ZQ v1, Letters from Victorian pioneers, being a series of papers on the early occupation of the colony, the aborigines, etc (1837), reported by source