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Hume & Hovell : 10-August-2011
Hume & Hovell : 10-August-2011

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders

The monument commemorates the explorers Hume and Hovell who passed through the area in 1824. It was unveiled in 1924, the centenary year of their exploration. 

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.

Monuments, cairns or plaques commemorating this expedition were erected at Allan`s Flat, Avenel, Back Creek, Barjarg, Bellbridge, Broadford, Bulla, Deer Park, Ebden, Euroa, Everton, Hansonville, Hume Reservoir, Kilmore, Lara, Lima South, Meadow Creek, Molyullah, Mount Buffalo, Moyhu, Murmungee, Myrtleford, Samaria, Samaria West, Seymour, Staghorn Flat, St Albans, Stanley, Strath Creek, Swanpool, Tatong (Dodd`s Crossing), Violet Town, Warrenbayne West, Werribee, Whorouly, Woodfield,Yarck and Yea.

The location of the plaques erected at Lima South is unknown.  It is believed that the plaque at Hansonville has come from another location as the date on the plaque does not match the date that the expedition was there.

 

Location

Address:Maroondah Highway & Growlers Gully Road, Woodfield, 3715
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.012914
Long: 145.756497
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Exploration
Actual Event Start Date:02-December-1824
Actual Event End Date:02-December-1824
Link:https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/h…

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Tuesday 2nd December, 1924
Front Inscription

Hume & Hovell

Passed here 2nd 12th 1824  

Erected 2nd 12th 1924.

"They blazed the track that we might inherit the land"

Source: MA
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au