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What year was Melbourne found?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Settlement of the Port Phillip district was begun in 1835 after a purchase of land from the local Aboriginal chiefs. On a visit by Governor Bourke in 1837, Melbourne was founded and named for Viscount Melbourne, the Prime Minister of Britain, on the 8th of March. The Colony of Victoria was created on the 1st of July, 1850, and named for Queen Victoria.

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