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Excerpt from Victoria Its History, Resources and Prospects; An Exhibition Memorial A detailed account of early discoveries by Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch navigators on the Australian coasts, north, east and west of the territory which now constitutes Victoria, will be studied with the deepest interest by all who desire to master the general history of the Great South Land; but we are exclusively concerned, in the present sketch, with the particular colony in which the Centennial International Exhibition of 1888 is held, and which is attracting visitors at this moment not only from all parts of Australia, but from many countries in the northern hemisphere. It is universally admitted that the seaboard of Victoria was first observed by Captain Cook at Point Hicks, now called Cape Everard, in Gippsland, situated between Cape Howe and Snowy River, when he was on his way up from New Zealand to examine the coast-line of the mysterious continent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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