382 INDEX 



Port Albert (Alberton), i., 207, 269, 316 ; visited 1841 by McMillan, 319 ; and by 

 Orr's party, 321. 



Port Phillip, discovered, surveyed and taken possession of by Lieut. Murray 

 and Mr. Bowen in the Lady Nelson, Feb. and March, 1802, i., 20, 21, 22; 

 entered and surveyed by Flinders in the Investigator, April and May, 

 1802, 23, 24 ; its shores surveyed by Lieut. Bobbins and Surveyor Grimes, 

 Jan. and Feb., 1803, 25 ; eligible settlement on the Yarra, 26, 46 ; 

 abortive convict settlement on shores of, 1803, 27-46. 



Port Phillip Association, its objects and plans, i., 102, 131; Batman "purchases" 

 country on northern and western shores from blacks, 108, 109 ; opposi- 

 tion to claims, 132 ; stock brought from V.D.L., 140 141, 142 ; pro- 

 claimed trespassers, 136 ; claims ignored by Bourke, 157 ; Mercer's negotia- 

 tions in England, 145, 182, etc. ; legal opinions of Lushington, 188, 189 ; 

 of Burge, 191, 192 ; its proceedings and collapse, 179-194. See Batman, 

 Gellibrand, Mercer, Wedge. 



Port Phillip District, character and prospects of settlers, 1836, i., 154, 155 ; 

 opinions of the Sydney and Launceston Press, 159, 309 ; visited by Gov. 

 Bourke, March, 1837, 163-168; a Lieut. -Govern or, Judge and establish- 

 ment recommended, 168, 169 ; population, 1837, 209 ; Supreme Court 

 opened, 1841, 258; main provisions of the Constitution Act of N.S.W., 

 1842, 278, 279 ; six representatives from district chosen, 1843, 258 ; several 

 resignations and vacancies filled, 282 ; at next Election, 1848, no candidates 

 proposed, 293 ; Earl Grey elected for Melbourne, 294 ; fresh writ issued, 

 Geelong the place of nomination, 295 ; Australian Government Act, 1850, 

 passed separating district from N.S.W. and formation of the colony of 

 Victoria (q.v.), 296-302; in 1850 "avast sheep walk," 316; self-govern- 

 ment in July, 1851, ends the romantic era of the colony's existence, 334, 

 335 ; fifty years after, ii., 327. See Melbourne, Portland Bay, Separation, 

 Western Port, etc. 



Portland Bay, whalers at, 1832, i., 77 ; arrival of the Hentys in 1834, 77 ; 

 visited by Mitchell, 1836, 81, 93 ; by Wedge, 127 ; acts of aggression upon 

 aborigines, 184 ; the outlet for district between the Wannon and Glenelg, 

 315; Portland town surveyed and land sales, 1839-40, 85, 86, 207, 269, 

 314 ; officials appointed, 314. See Henty family. 



Presbyterian bodies, i., 326 ; their union, 326. 



Press, pugnacity of, i., 262-266; attitude towards transportation, 275; Sydney 

 press denounce P.P. Association, 180; press panegyrics on Latrobe, 

 241 ; denunciations of him, 258, 302 ; of Melbourne Corporation, 266 ; 

 issues stopped during rejoicings for five days on receipt of " Separation 

 Act," 300 ; power of press, 325 ; on the gold discovery, 338 ; goads the 

 Government into expenditure, 381 ; journalistic nagging against Latrobe, 

 388 ; press and mining centres, ii., 21 ; ungenerous taunts towards Latrobe 

 and Hotham, 73. Early newspapers : Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, 

 V.D.L., Fawkner), i., 159, 166; Sydney Gazette, 159; True Colonist (Hobart), 

 160 ; Melbourne Advertiser (Fawkner), 170, merged in P.P. Patriot (Bour- 

 siquot), 241, 263, 324 ; P.P. Gazette (Arden, McCombie), 170, 241, 266, 

 324, 325; P.P. Herald (Cavenagh), 266,309, 324; Argus (Kerr, Edward 

 Wilson, Higinbotham), 242, 275, 325, 340, 347 ; Geelong Advertiser, 313 ; 

 Diggers' Advocate, ii., 30. See Age, Argus. 



Price, John, Inspector Penal Department, murder of, ii., 103. 



Privy Council, Judge Willis' appeal, i., 261 ; case Ah Toy v. Musgrove, ii., 

 273 ; Right of Appeal to P.O. under Commonwealth Act, 338. 



Produce, exports of, 1851, i., 305 ; 1852-54, 380 ; 1885-91, ii., 297 ; 1898-99, 324 ; 

 1900, butter, wine, wheat, rabbits, etc., 353-355. See Agriculture, Gold, 

 Imports, Wheat, Wool. 



Protection : Customs Tariff, simplicity of, during gold fever, 1852-54, i., 377 ; 

 protection to native industry, and its advocates, 1864-65, ii., 115; its 

 results in Victoria, 1895, 116 ; causing 45 per cent, of the population to 

 gravitate to Melbourne and suburbs, 117 ; protection most needed by the 

 operatives : Factory Acts, Wages Boards and Courts of Arbitration, 117 ; 



