The international geography . te province of Port Phillip, and on the lower Yarra, where Melbourne now stands. In 1836 explorations thence to the west and north revealed the rich volcanic district of Australia Felix—as it was then called. Adelaide, the capital of the independent colony of South Australia, was founded in 1836, and thenceforth exploration in the centre and the west proceeded rapidly. A further impulse to occupation and settlement was given by the influx of population that resulted from the discovery of gold in 1851-52. Greys explorations on the west coast; Eyres journey round th
The international geography . te province of Port Phillip, and on the lower Yarra, where Melbourne now stands. In 1836 explorations thence to the west and north revealed the rich volcanic district of Australia Felix—as it was then called. Adelaide, the capital of the independent colony of South Australia, was founded in 1836, and thenceforth exploration in the centre and the west proceeded rapidly. A further impulse to occupation and settlement was given by the influx of population that resulted from the discovery of gold in 1851-52. Greys explorations on the west coast; Eyres journey round the Bight to King George Sound ; Leichhardts overland route from Darling Downs to Port Essington ; Sturts expedition to the Barrier Range and the Stony Desert ; Mitchell s discoveries in north-eastern Australia ; Stuarts crossing of the continent from Adelaide to Van Diemen Gulf ; and the wanderings of the brothers Forrest and Gregory in the west and north; with the relief parties sent out after Burke and Wills, and the still. 586 The International Geography more numerous expeditions dispatched in search of Leichhardt after hisdisappearance in 1847—soon shed so much light on AustraHan geographyas to leave little for future explorers to fill in. The distant dependency ofNew Zealand had in 1840 been withdrawn from the control of New SouthWales, and in 1851 the Port Phillip district likewise attained its majorityas the colony of Victoria. Shortly after (1855) responsible governmentwas conferred on all the eastern colonies; Western Australia alonecontinuing under Crown control, until the rapid increase of populationconsequent on the gold finds of 1890 paved the way for its contemporary history of Australia, as a whole, closes with the pro-clamation of a sixth colony in 1859, when the Moreton Bay District, aftera protracted struggle for separation from New South Wales^ became aself-governed State under the name of Queensland. In 1901 the six colonies of New South Wale
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