Biography - William Howitt - Australian Dictionary of Biography - 0 views
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Peter Beckwith on 03 Apr 13Biography of William Howitt. English Author who came to the Victorian Goldfields and wrote about his experiences
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William Strutt - 0 views
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Another great White Hat page, have a go at the White Hat Quiz at the bottom. Great way to start questions about famous Victorians
Heritage 0608_Voices Clacy.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views
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An edited extract from Ellen Clacy's description of her travels through the Victorian Goldfields
Characters of the Goldfields.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views
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pdf document featuring short Bios of 15 prominent early Victorians
Port Phillip papers | State Library of Victoria - 0 views
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Collection of original documents written by early Victorian settlers.
William Buckley - 0 views
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This is a Culture Victoria web page about William Buckley. It contains sources from the State Library of Victoria and the Koorie Heritage Trust
The Extraordinary Story of William Buckley - 0 views
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This is the official ABC website for the telemovie of the same name.
The Hentys at Portland - 0 views
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This page is part of the Ergo website produced by the State Library of Victoria for secondary students. It provides a couple of primary sources as well as a desription of the Hentys
William Buckley article - 0 views
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This is an 1856 newspaper article from the Argus in Melbourne telling the story of William Buckley. It comes from Trove.
The Henty Family settle at Portland Bay - 0 views
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I can't quite work out who published this but it contains some interesting primary sources in a diary entry and a letter by Edward Henty
Trove Newspapers - 0 views
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This site is provided by the National Library of Australia who are digitising most of Australia's newspapers. Type in the name of the person you are researching to see if there are any newspaper articles about them. Hopefully you will find reports from the time they were alive (a contemporary source). Be careful! - there may be too many articles. Your job will be to use the titles to decide which articles might be the most relevant to your research.
Australian Dictionary of Biography - 1 views
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This site is managed by the Australian National University and provides biographical information on important Australians. It is sometimes very adult language but may be a good place to start your research. It also provides ideas of other references.
Charles La Trobe | Ergo - 0 views
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A page from the State library of Victoria about Governor La Trobe
Obituary - Hugh Victor McKay - Obituaries Australia - 0 views
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Hugh McKay Obituary
Biography - William Strutt - Australian Dictionary of Biography - 0 views
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Bio of William Strutt
THE BOTANIST - 0 views
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St Kilda Cemetry page about Frederick Von Mueller
Robert O'Hara Burke (1820/1 - 1861) - 0 views
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Slightly ambiguous page about Robert O'Hara Burkes grave
Biography - Sir Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von Mueller - Australian Dictionary of Biography - 0 views
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Ferdinand Von Mueller, famous botanist
McKay, Hugh Victor (1865-1926) - People and organisations - Trove - 0 views
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Trove site on McKay and his inventions
Biography - Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke - Australian Dictionary of Biography - 0 views
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Long winded Bio, but well worth the gems about his life hidden within