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The 1800's

1801 - Saturday, March 28

Lieut. James Grant prepared ground to plant wheat, onions and other vegetables and fruit trees on Churchill Island, the first land cultivated in Victoria.

1802 - Tuesday, January 5

John Murray names Port Phillip Bay.

Group of Chinese find a nugget at Dunolly, Victoria, called The Precious, which yields 50.418 kg of pure gold.

1802 - Wednesday, January 27

Matthew Flinders in the 'Investigator' reached the head of what he named the Great Australian Bight on the South Australian coast at the eastern limit of the explorations of D'Entrecasteaux in 1792.

1803 - Sunday, January 23

Charles Grimes and party, exploring Port Phillip Bay from the 'Cumberland', climbed Arthur's Seat.

1803 - Friday, November 25

First child born to English settlers in Victoria (William Thorne, son of Sergeant Samuel Thorne), at Sullivan Bay in Sorrento. Christened in Sorrento on 25 December 1803.

1803 - Tuesday, December 27

The convict, William Buckley, escaped with three others from the Sullivan Cove settlement in Sorrento and was later to live amongst the Aborigines for 32 years.

1806 - Tuesday, January 14

Sir Charles Hotham, Lieutenant Governor and first Governor of Victoria from 1854-5, was born in Dennington, Suffolk, England.

1806 - Monday, July 28

Sir William A'Beckett, Victorian Chief Justice, was born in London.