Hume & Hovell - Ebden, Vic, Australia
S 36° 09.241 E 147° 01.585
55H E 502376 N 5998967
A dark stone tablet is the Historical Marker at this obelisk.
Waymark Code: WM10J2W
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 05/12/2019
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In the early colonisation of Australia there was soon seen the need to expand beyond the early settlement around Parramatta and Sydney. Hamilton Hume (1797-1873) who lived near Appin south of Sydney, wanted to explore the 'unexplored', possibly even to Spencer Gulf in South Australia. He was introduced to William Hovell (1786-1875) a sailor, who leaved near Narellan, and together they self-funded and supplied the bullocks, horses and food for four months worth. Wiki:
Hume &
Hovell
From the New South Wales State Library:
"In 1824, Hamilton Hume and William Hovell led an expedition of discovery to find new grazing land for the colony. They and their party trekked south from Appin to Lake George, then on into Victoria, keeping west of the Great Dividing Range and ending up at Corio Bay, on the Victorian coast, where present day Geelong is situated. Hovell mistakenly believed they had arrived at Westernport, and did not realise his mistake until after his return." Hume and Hovell
The dark-coloured stone tablet is on the step, at about half up of the Obelisk, and reads:
HUME and HOVELL
Passed Here
21st November 1824
Erected November 1924
Address: Murray Valley Highway, Ebden, Vic, 3691 Australia
Visited: 1438, Monday, 31 December, 2018