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The Victorian era remains a seminal period for the historic architecture of many Australian cities and towns. Over the period, the foundations of the popularity of many Australian sports took root. Intercolonial cricket in Australia started in 1851 [31] and Sheffield Shield inter-state cricket continues to this day.
Susie Steinbach. Victorian era, the period between about 1820 and 1914, corresponding roughly to the period of Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901) and characterized by a class-based society, a growing number of people able to vote, a growing state and economy, and Britain’s status as the most powerful empire in the world.
- Susie Steinbach
This article describes the history of the Australian state of Victoria . Before British colonisation of Australia, many Aboriginal peoples lived in the area now known as Victoria. After the first Europeans settled there in October 1803, in September 1836 the area became part of the colony of New South Wales, known as the District of Port Phillip.
The influx of thousands of ex-goldminers into Sydney in the 1860s and 70s ushered in an era of growth and prosperity that was to transform Sydney from a struggling backwater town into an international city and major regional centre.
9. Aug. 2010 · Victoria's early history, 1803-1851. A guide to researching the history of Victoria's foundation and early settlement based on published and digitised sources.
- Sarah Matthews
- 2010
A contingent of British troops was dispatched, along with Her Majesty's Colonial Steam Sloop Victoria. In July 1863 British troops invaded the Waikato area and news of the continuing campaign spread through the Australian colonies.
Victorian gold rush. In the newly established colony of Victoria, men began to flood north to the New South Wales goldfields. The Victorian Government responded with the offer of a reward of £200 to anyone finding gold within 200 miles of Melbourne. Within six months, gold was discovered in Clunes, and then Ballarat, Castlemaine and Bendigo.
