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Ch. 9: Victoria

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SITUATION OF VICTORIA.
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CHAPTER IX.
VICTORIA.
Situation—Port Phillip—First settlers—Opposition of the Government— Counties —Harbours—Towns—Melbourne—Geelong—Soil and climate— Scenery — Population — Imports — Fertility of the colony—Educational statistics.
The colony of Victoria, recently separated from New South Wales, of which it formed a portion under the denomination of Port Phillip, is situated between Cape Howe and the Murray Kiver, forming the most southerly portion of the Australian continent, notwithstanding the name of its neigh­bour colony—South Australia. It is bounded by a line drawn from Cape Howe, in a north-west direction, to one of the branches of the Murray, dividing it from the county of Auck­land and the Maneroo district; on the north by the Murray to the South Australian frontier, at the 141st degree of east longitude; on the west by the South Australian frontier, and on the south by Bass's Straits, which separate it from Van Diemen's Land, the nearest port of which is Launceston. The coast line of the colony is about 600 miles, lying east and west; its breadth from north to south is about 250 miles; its super­ficial area is 80,000 square miles, or 51,200,000 acres. From the fertility of the soil, and the healthiness of the climate, Sir Thomas Mitchell, who may be said to be its practical, though
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