William Hilton Hovell papers and pictorial material, 1811-1875, with newscuttings to 1921

fonds

1811-1921

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings, Clippings, Paintings

447346

Digitised

0.12 metres of textual material (8 items in 1 box) - manuscript, printed
Drawings
Clippings
2 paintings - oil

William Hilton Hovell (1786-1875), sailor, explorer and settler, arrived in Sydney in 1813. In 1814 he joined a company led by Simeon Lord to trade in New Zealand flax. The following year the brig Trial, commanded by Hovell, and the schooner Brothers, under Captain William Burnett, sailed to New Zealand. At an anchorage which they named Trials (or Trial) Harbour the ships were attacked by Maoris in canoes, probably following a disagreement over the delivery of flax. Several men were killed and wounded. Hovell left the sea in about 1816, taking up residence at Narralling (Narellan). In 1824 he and Hamilton Hume set out from Hume's property near Gunning on an overland expedition to Westernport. On 16 December 1824 they sighted Corio Bay in Port Phillip, which they believed to be Westernport. Their journey opened the way for the settlement of Port Phillip. Hovell made a sea voyage to Westernport in 1826-1827. After Hovell was feted on a visit to Geelong in 1853, Hume became convinced that his contribution to the discovery of Victoria had been overlooked. In 1855 he released a pamphlet setting out his version of the 1824-25 expedition. Hovell replied with a publication of his own.

CORRESPONDENCE

Item 01
Letterbook, 1811-1860, containing copies of letters sent and received by Hovell, 6 Dec. 1811-31 Mar. 1853, with annotations by Hovell to 1860.

JOURNALS

Item 02
Remarks on a journey from Lake George, Lat. 35 deg. 5 min., Long. - , towards Western Port, 2 October-21 December 1824 / William Hilton Hovell

Item 03
Remarks on the voyage to Western Port 1826, 7 November 1826-25 March. 1827 / William Hilton Hovell

Item 04
Journal on the voyage to and at Western Port, New South Wales, 7 November 1826-25 March 1827, April 1827 / William Hilton Hovell

MISCELLANEA

Item 05
William Hilton Hovell miscellanea, including fragments of journals, speeches, letters and newspaper cuttings, 1815-1921, 1945

PRINTED MATERIAL

Item 06
Journey of discovery to Port Phillip, New South Wales in 1824 and 1825, by W. H. Hovell and H. Hume, Esquires (2nd edition, 1937), being interleaved copy with manuscript corrections and notes by Hovell, some added after 1870

Item 07
A brief statement of facts in connexion with an overland expedition from Lake George to Port Phillip in 1824 / by Hamilton Hume; edited by the Rev. William Ross, Goulburn. Sydney : J. Moore, 1855. Copy with manuscript comments by Hovell

Item 08
Reply to "A Brief statement of facts in connection with an overland expedition from Lake George to Port Phillip, in 1824", published in May last, by "Hamilton Hume." / by W. H. Hovell. 1869

PICTORIAL MATERIAL

Item 09
The South Australian Alps as first seen by Messrs. Hovell and Hume on the 8th November, 1824 / painted by George Edwards Peacock

Item 10
Portrait of Captain William Hilton Hovell, 1866