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Melbourne, 1880, ii., 221 ; address of loyalty to Her Majesty, 1882, 231 ; 

 Jubilee celebrations, 1887, 262 ; 1897, 321 ; signs Charter of the Common- 

 wealth, 333 ; the one ruler through the history of the District of Port 

 Phillip and the Colony of Victoria, 339. See Governors. 

 Victoria, Colony of, constituted and proclaimed, 1851, i., 296-302 ; address to 

 Queen desiring the Colony to be constituted the seat of Supreme Govern- 

 ment in Australia, 359 ; its unique and noble heritage in 1856, ii., 70, 71 ; 

 progress under administration of Governor Barkly, 92 ; interest of the 

 Colony in exploration, 105 ; loss to Victoria of pride and place owing 

 to Protection, 116, 350, 351 ; basking in prosperity, 1865, in depths of 

 despondency, 1895, 116 ; talk of " cutting the painter," 128 ; visit of 

 Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, 1867-68, 149 ; intense loyalty of his 

 reception, 150 ; prestige of the Colony raised by Exhibition of 1880, 222 ; 

 peace, progress, prosperity, 1883-86, 219, 252; the era of extravagance, 

 253 et seq. ; Victorian annals prior to this largely parliamentary, 257 ; 

 days of trial, lean years that closed the century, 291, 326 ; Colony becomes 

 a State of the Commonwealth, 327 ; retrospect and prospect, 327, 356 ; 

 material comfort of the people, 350 ; clogs upon the wheels of progress, 

 352 ; no privileged classes, 353 ; increase of population fairly distributed, 

 necessary to develop resources and make Victoria the ideal State of 

 Australia, 356. See Colonial Office, Government, Governors. 



WAKEFIELD land system referred to, i., 314. 



Walker, Thomas, Sydney merchant, elected for N.S.W. Legislative Council, 

 P.P. district, 1843, i., 280; speaks in favour of Separation, 288. 



Walker, W. F., M.L.A., Commissioner of Customs, ii., 253. 



Warrnambool town surveyed, land sale, etc., i., 207, 315, 316. 



Waterworks, Yan Yean (inaugurated Nov., 1853), i., 330, 384 ; ii., 97 ; Water 

 Conservation Act, 1883, 246 ; loans, 254, 256, 296. See Irrigation. 



Webb, R. S., first collector of Customs at Melbourne, i., 156 ; purchases town 

 lots, 212, 394. 



Wedge, J. H., surveyor in Tasmania, i., 100; joins P.P. Association, 102; 

 surveys Port Phillip, 122, 125, 132 ; warns Fawkner's party, 123 ; visits 

 Portland, 127; names the "Yarra," 129; sojourning at Indented Head, 

 149 ; at first public meeting, Melbourne, 150, 151 ; expenses allowed, 196 ; 

 purchaser of town lots, 210, 392. 



Welsh, P. W., director P.P. Bank, i., 172. 



Wentworth, Wm., and Committee of Legislative Council, N.S.W., advise 

 conditional transportation of convicts, i., 272 ; introduces Wool Lien 

 Bill, 282 ; its effect, 283 ; opposed Murrumbidgee boundary for new colony 

 of Victoria, 302 ; on Australian Federation, ii., 329, 331. 



Were, J. B., committed by Judge Walpole, i., 260 ; advocates Separation, 284. 



Wesleyan town allotment, Melbourne, valued 40, eventually realised 40,000, 

 i., 211 ; immigrants' home established, 1852, 367. 



Westby, Edmund, member Melbourne Town Council, i., 267. 



Western Port discovered by Bass, Jan., 1798, i., 15 ; visited by Lieut. Grant, 

 1801, 18, 19 ; by Lieut. Murray, 1802, 19 ; excursion thither by Lieut. 

 Tuckey, 42 ; examined and condemned for settlement by Bobbins and 

 Oxley, 1804, 47 ; French expedition there, 1826, 63 ; Government expedi- 

 tion to, 1826-27, settlement formed and abandoned, 62-67 ; Batman and 

 Gellibrand's projected settlement, 1827, 101, 113 ; visited by Fawkner's 

 party, 119 ; by Gellibrand and others, 140 ; settlers around in 1840, 317 ; 

 visited by Strzelecki, 319. 



Westgarth, Wm., i., 323, 338 ; joins Anti-transportation League, 276 ; elected 

 to N.S.W. Legislative Council in place of Earl Grey, 1850, 294 ; on Gold- 

 finding Committee, 337 ; elected to first Victorian Legislative Council, 

 338 ; on Committee for increased police protection, 347 ; on Goldfields 

 Commission, ii., 53. 



Wetherell and Wright, Capts., expedition to Western Port, 1826-27, i., 63-67. 



Wharves at Melbourne begun, i., 246; Melbourne Harbour Trust, 257. 



