Letters of Charles Joseph La Trobe: Index

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Letters of Charles Joseph La Trobe: IndexThis index includes people, places and other items that are subjects in La Trobe’s letters. ⋆For people who are recipients of letters, see the two documents referred to as:Australia, 1839-1854: Overview-recipientEngland, 1854-1874: Overview-recipientDates following a semi-colon will be found in letters written from England during the periodlate 1854 to 1874.a Beckett, Thomas; Apr 66a Beckett, Sir William; Apr 66, NAboriginal people, Dec 40, 23Jan 47, Sep 47, Feb 50Aboriginal stations, Dec 44, 18&20Jan 50; 15May 65, NAcacia latrobei, Oct 52Addis, Edward B., Dec 48, NAdmiralty; Jan 72Aides-de-camp, Oct 53, N, see also Bell, EdwardAirey, George Sherbrooke; Jan 60, 25May 65, NAirey, Lieut. John Cole More, 14 Mar 48, NAlbert, Prince of Wales, Mar 40Albert River, Apr 45Alice Brooks, ship, Mar 40Alpenstock/C. J. La Trobe, book; 16Feb 55America: journeys; 16Feb 55. politics; Apr 56. ships’ crews, 30Oct 53Amiet, Frederic; 20Feb 55, Apr 55, Aug 59, May 64 NAmiet, Rose (née Pellet), 29Apr 54; 20Feb 55, Apr 55, Aug 59, May 64, Dec 64, NAnderson, Col. Joseph; Mar 66, NAnderson’s Inlet, Apr 45Argo, ship, Sep 53Argus, newspaper; late 54, Dec 60, Mar 66Artesian water, Apr 48Arthur's Seat; Dec 70, NAthenaeum Club, London; 16Feb 55, NAustralia: records of colonisation; Jan 72. settlement of her colonies; Jan 72Australia Felix, Oct 39


Bacchus Marsh, 11Mar 48Back, Sir George, Dec 50, NBagshawe, Anne; Jan 58, 20Mar 74Bain, James; 29Jun 65, NBaltimore, Philadelphia, Jun 42Bank of Australasia, 29Apr 54Barfold, station, 26&28 Sep 48Barker, John; Mar 66Barnes, G. H.; 3 Feb 55, NBarry, Sir Redmond, 20Jan 50; Jun 62, Dec 65, Jan 66, Feb 66, Sep 73, NBass River, Apr 45Barwon Heads; Dec 70Barwon River, Mar 49Bates, John, Dec 48, NBatesford, Dec 48, NBathing 'loge', Oct 53Batman, John; Jan 72Baynton, Dr Thomas, 28Sep 48, NBéguin, Madeline (governess), 20Jan 50, 11Mar50, 12Mar 50, NBelcher, George Frederick, Oct 53, NBelcher, W. R., Oct 53, NBell, Edward, Apr 44, 20Jan 50; Aug 56, Jan 58, Jan 60, Jun 62, 25May 65, Aug 65, Oct 65,Jan 66, NBellarine Peninsula, Oct 53Benford, Mr, 20Jan 50Berwick, Sussex; 20Mar 74Berlin; Jan 64Betts, Alfred, Feb 49, NBetts, John; Jan 58, NBicheno, James E., 29Jan 47; Jan 64, NBig Hill, Port Phillip; Jan 72Bills of exchange see La Trobe, Charles Joseph - financial positionBishopscourt, Melbourne, 29Apr 54Black, Niel, Feb 50, NBlackwall, ship, Sep 53, 28&30 Oct 53; Apr 56


Blair, James, 14&16 Mar 48, Feb 49, NBlazes (tree marks); Jan 72Blindness of La Trobe see La Trobe, Charles Joseph - eyesightBluff see Shortland’s BluffBommerang, schooner, Oct 53Botanic Gardens, Melbourne; 15May 65, NBotanical specimens; 29Jun 65Bouker, Mr, 23Jan 47Bourke, Sir Richard, Oct 39, NBourne East, Hertfordshire; Mar 66Boyd, Ben, 12&14Mar 48, N'Brandy & Temperance'; Feb 66Braziers Park, Ipsden, Oxfordshire; Jan 58, NBrewster, Edward Jones; Jan 60Brief Statement of Facts in Connection with an Overland Expedition from Lake George to

Port Phillip in 1824/Hamilton Hume, book (1855); Jan 72Brockedon, William, May 42Browne family; 3Feb 55, Jan 58Browne, Gerrard; Jan 58Buffalo ranges, Jun 53Bunbury, Capt. Richard Hanmer, Dec 44; Jan 69, NBuninyong, 11,12&14 Mar 48Bunyips, 23Jan 47, Mar 47, Apr 47, Sep 47, Mar 49.Illus 23Jan 47Bush Inn, New Norfolk, 29Jan 47Bushland see La Trobe, Charles Joseph - as botanist. ScrubBushmen; Jan 72Cameron, Allan, 20Jan 50, NCampbell, Colin, 11Mar 48, NCamps, Mar 49; Jan 72Cape Liptrap, Apr 45Cape Otway, Aug 48, Mar 49, NCape Patterson, Apr 45Cape Patten, Mar 49Cape Schanck, Apr 45; Mar 66, N


Capel Sound; Mar 72Cardwell, Mr; 25Jun 65Carey, Capt. John Le Marchant, 28&30 Oct 53, NCarlsruhe, 26Sep 48Carriages, 20Jan 50Cary, Mr; Dec 60Cassell, James H. N.; 3Feb 55, NCatalogue of the Melbourne Public Library (1861), book; 29Jun 65. errors; 29Jun 65Cay, Robert, 20Jan 50, NChalet (The), see Jolimont (Melbourne)Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; Jan 58Chevy, Bellarine Peninsula, 30Oct 53, NChief Harbour Master; Jan 69Chief of Water Police; Jan 69Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley, Apr 54; Feb 71, NCider; Feb 66Clapham House; Jan 69, Dec 70, Feb 71, Jan 72, 20Mar 74Cleary, Michael; Aug 65, Oct 65, Feb 66, NCleary, Mrs M.; Oct 65Clubs, London; Jan 58Coal discoveries, Apr 45, Mar 49; Jan 72Coastal ranges, Apr 45Coastline changes, Sep 47; Dec 70Colac, Feb 50Cole, Capt. George Ward, Dec 48; Jan 69, NCole's Wharf, Dec 48, NCollingwood, Oct 53; 25 May 65Collins, David; Mar 72Collins Street, Melbourne, 28 Oct 53; Aug 65Colonial Governors Pension Act; 25May 65, 25Jun 65, Aug 65, Oct 65, Nov 65Colonial Office, London; late 54, Jan 64, 25May 65, 25Jun 65, Jan 72Colonial Secretaries, Mar 40Colony of Victoria see VictoriaConnor, George, Dec 48, NConvicts, Sep 53


Convicts, transportation, Sep 53Corangamite, Feb 50Corio Bay, Apr&Dec 44; Apr 70, Dec 70, Jan 72Corio South, Apr 44Corner Inlet, Apr 45Cornwall; 25May 65Corruption, Aug 48, NCorsair, pilot cutter, 28&30 Oct 53Cottages (Jolimont) see Jolimont (Melbourne)Coulon, Louis; Apr 55Courtenay, George H., 23Jan 47, Aug 53; Jan 64, NCoverdale, Capt., Sep 47Cowies Creek, Apr 44, NCracroft, Sophie; Jan 64, NCrimean War; late 54, 3Feb 55, Apr 56, Jan 64, NDalgety, Frederick Gonnerman; late 54, NDaly, Mr (overseer), 14 Mar 48Dana, Capt. Henry Edward Pulteney, Apr 45, Feb 49, 20Jan 50, Feb 50, NDandenong, Apr 45, Sep 47Dandenong Creek; Jan 72Dardell, James H., May 47, NDarling, Sir Charles; Dec 65, Jan 66, Apr 66, Jan 72, NDecameron, station, 12&14 Mar 48, 20 Jan 50, Nde Castella, Paul Frederic; Aug 59, NDeed of conveyance; Jan 60de La Salle, Amelie Henriette (née Goldsmith); Jun 62, NDelatite River, Jun 53Denison, Sir William Thomas, 29 Jan 47; 16 Feb 55, NDevonshire; 25 May 65Discovery, Survey and Settlement of Port Phillip/G.W. Rusden, book; Dec 71, Jan 72,28Mar 74Dividing ranges, Jun 53Donald, James, 12Mar 48, NDonald, John, 12Mar 48, N


Drought, 11Mar 48, Apr 48, Dec 50Dunlop, Mr, Feb 50Dursley, Gloucestershire; Jan 58‘Dutch nightingale’, May 42Eagle Hawk Neck, Mar 47Eardley-Wilmot, Sir John; 16Feb 55East Channel, Oct 53Elections, Port Phillip, Aug 48Ely Place, Holborn; Jan 58Eucalypts: identification, Oct 52. red gums; Jan 72Executive Council, 28Oct 53Explorers, Dec 50; May 60. Hume & Hovell; Jan 72, 28Mar 74Fagus, tree, Jun 53Falmouth, Van Diemen’s Land; Jan 64Fawkner, John Pascoe; Dec 69, Jan 72Fenwick, Anne, 30Oct 53; Jan 58Fenwick, Fairfax, Oct 53, NFenwick, George, Oct 53Fenwick, Nicholas Alexander, Oct 53, NFenwick family; Jan 58Ferguson, Capt. Charles, 28&30 Oct 53; Oct 65. amputation; Jan 69. career; Jan 69.death; Jan 69. funeral; Jan 69, NFerguson, Sir William; Jan 69Ferguson family, 28Oct 53; Oct 65, Jan 69Fires, Collins Street, Melbourne, 28Oct 53Fishing, 30Oct 53FitzRoy, Sir Charles, Oct 52‘Flying Pieman', nickname, Oct 52Fonts; July 55, N. see also St Peter’s Church, MelbourneFossil trees, 23Jan 47Fossils, Mar 47Foster, John Leslie Fitzroy Vesey, 28 Oct 53, NFoster, William Henry; Aug 1856, NFranco-Prussian War; Dec 70


Franklin, Lady Jane, Dec 40, 29 Jan 47; May 60, Jan 64, Jan 66.and Emma, Queen of Hawaii; Nov 65Franklin, Sir John, Dec 40, Dec 50; May 60, NFraser, Mr; Jan 64French exploration in the Pacific; Jan 72Fruit (from Van Diemen’s Land), Apr 47Fyans, Capt. Foster, 20 Jan 50; Feb 66, NGardens: Launceston, Mar 47. St Kilda, May 47. see also Jolimont (Melbourne)Geelong, Mar 40, Dec 44, Sep 47, Feb 50, 28&30 Oct 53; Apr 70, Dec 70, Jan 72Geelong Harbour Master; Jan 69Geelong keys, Sep 47, Apr 48; Apr 70, Dec 70, Feb 71.Illus Apr 70Gellibrand River, Mar 49, NGeographical Club, London; Jan 58Gilmore, Capt., Mar 47Gipps, Lady Elizabeth, Oct 39Gipps, Sir George, Oct 39, Mar 40, NGippsland, Apr 45, Sep 47, Jun 53. wild cattle, Apr 45Glenelg district, Apr 48Glenelg River, 12&16 Mar 48Glenwyllyn, station, 12&14 Mar 48Gold discoveries, Mar 49, Aug 53. impact on ports; Jan 69Goldfields, Feb 52, Aug 53, Sep 53; Jan 64, 25 May 65, Feb 66Gold-mine (first), Mar 49Gold region, 20 Jan 50Goldie, James; Jan 66, NGoldsmith, Amelie Henriette, see de la Salle, Amelie HenrietteGoldsmith, Henry Adolphus, 11&12 Mar 48, Feb 49, 20 Jan 50; Jan 60, Jun 62,25May 65, Oct 65, Dec 70, N. health; Jun 62Goring, south Oxfordshire; Jan 58Goulburn Protectorate station, 20Jan 50Goulburn River, Dec 44Government (England); 3Feb 55Graham, James, 14Mar 48, Apr 54; Mar 65, 15&25 May 65, 25Jun 65, Aug 65, Oct 65, Nov 65Dec 65, Jan 66, Feb 66, Mar 66, Apr 66, Nov 69, Dec 69, Dec 71, Mar 72, Sep 73, NGraham, Mary; 25Jun 65, Oct 65, Dec 65, Jan 66, Feb 66, Apr 66, Sep 73


Grampians, Victoria, Dec 44, 12&14 Mar 48, Apr 48, Mar 50, NGrant, James, ‘Tallygoram’; Jan 64, NGreat Britain, ship; 29Jun 65Greene, Anne, 12&14 Mar 48, NGreenway, Cheltenham, England; Jan 58, NGreeves, Augustus Frederick Adolphus, Apr 44, NGrey, Earl Henry George, Aug 48, NGrimes, Edward, 12&14 Mar 48, 26Sep 48, 28Oct 53, NGrovellers (mud-grovellers), Aug 48Guillaume, F. A.; 8 Jun 65, NGunn, Margaret, Apr 47, Aug 48, Dec 50, Jun 53, Aug 53Gunn, Ronald Campbell, 23&29 Jan 47, Mar 47, Apr 47, May 47, Sep 47, Apr 48, Aug 48,Mar 49, Dec 50, Feb 52, Oct 52, Jun 53, Aug 53; Jan 64, Jan 66, N. health; Jan 64Gunn, Dr (son of Ronald Campbell), Dec 50Gunn, William, 23Jan 47, Jun 53, Aug 53, NHale, Mr, 18Jan 50Hall, Charles Browning, 20Jan 50, NHall's Gap, Mar 50, NHam, Thomas; Jan 72, NHamilton, William Bogle, 12Mar 48, Feb 50, NHanover Square, London; 16 Feb 55Hansard; 25 Jun 65Harris & Marks, 28 Oct 53, NHart, Mr; late 54, 3Feb 55Hastings, Sussex; Apr 66Hatton Garden, London; Aug 65, NHaymarket, London; 29Jun 65Hebonheath, ship; July 55Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire; Mar 66, NHenty family, Oct 39Herefordshire; Jan 64Hermitage (The), house, Shortland’s Bluff, Apr 44Hindostan, ship, Mar 40Hobart Town, 29Jan 47


Hobson, Edmund Charles, Apr 47, Apr 48, Aug 48, 28Oct 53, NHobsons Bay shipping; Jan 69Hoddles Range, Apr 45Hopkins River, Mar 49, Feb 50Horses see La Trobe’s horsesHotham, Sir Charles; late 54, Apr 56, NHovell, William Hilton; Jan 72, 28Mar 74Howitt, Dr Godfrey, 14Mar 48, 20Jan 50, NHuckson, Robert; Jan 60, NHume, Hamilton; Jan 72, 28Mar 74Hurricane, ship, 28&30 Oct 53Hutton, Mrs (Melbourne), 28Oct 53Ightham Mote; Apr 56IlIawarra district, Oct 52International Exhibition, London; Jun 62Investments see La Trobe, Charles Joseph, investmentsIrvine, Alexander, 12Mar 48, NJames, ship, Mar 40Jefferson, Thomas; Apr 56, NJeffreys, Edward, 18Jan 50, 20Jan 50, NJerusalem, ship; Jan 69Jolimont (Melbourne), Oct 39, Dec 40, Jun 42, 20Jan 50, Sep 53, 30Oct 53; May 60, N.gardens, 14Mar 48, Aug 48, Oct 52. house plan, Mar 40. land sale see La Trobe,Charles Joseph, Jolimont land sales. stables, 20Jan50; Apr 66. tenants, Apr 54Journey of Discovery to Port Phillip, New South Wales/Hamilton Hume, book; Jan 72Kaye, William, 20Jan 50Kent, England; 20Feb 55Kermode, Robert Quale; Jan 64, NKeys mystery, Sep 47, Apr 48; Apr 70, Dec 70, Feb 71.Illus Apr 70King's College Hospital; Jan 69Kyneton, 18Jan 50Lake Burrumbeet, 12Mar 48, N


Lake Colac, Apr 48Lake Constance; Dec 70Lake Corangamite, Feb 50Lake Country, Van Diemen’s Land, Mar 47Lake Geneva; 25May 65Lake Purrumbete (Manifolds’), 11Mar 50Lake St Clair, 23&29 Jan 47, Mar 47, NLa Lance, Switzerland; Apr 55Langhorne, George; 15May 65, Jan 72, NLa Trobe, Agnes Louisa, Mar 40, Jun 42, Apr 45, 30Oct 53; 20Feb 55, Apr 55, Jan 58,Jan 60, May 60, 25May 65, Oct 65, Mar 66, Dec 70, NLatrobe, Benjamin Henry (Jr), Jun 42La Trobe, Cécile see La Trobe, Mary CeciliaLa Trobe, Charles Albert, 14Mar 48, 26Sep 48, Mar 50, Sep 53, Oct 53; 20Feb 55,Apr 55, Jan 58, May 60, 25May 65, Oct 65, Sep 73, N. photographs, 25May 65La Trobe, Charles Joseph[Note dates of letters: ‘1839 to April 1854’; and ‘late 1854 to 1874’]and Judge Willis; Feb 66. and Athenaeum Club, London; 16Feb 55. and MelbourneTown Council, Aug 48, 28Oct 53. and official role, Oct 39, Mar 40, Jun 42, Aug 48,Mar 49, Feb 52, Aug 53, Sep 53; 3&16 Feb 55, Apr 56, Jan 64, Jan 69, Nov 69,Dec 69, Sep 73. as author; 16Feb 55as botanist, Dec 44, Sep 47, 14Mar 48, Aug 48, Mar 49, Oct 52; 29Jun 65.as geologist, Dec 44, Sep 47, Apr 48, Mar 49, Feb 50; Dec 70, Jan 72. as historian;Dec 71, Jan 72. as natural historian, Aug 48, Feb 52, Oct 52; 16Feb 55. as patron;Feb 66. as public servant; 16Feb 55children (general refs to his family), May 42, Apr 44, Apr 45, 29Jan 47, Mar 47,11,12,14,16&19 Mar 48, Aug 48, 26Sep 48, Dec 48, Feb 49, 20Jan 50, Feb 50;Aug 59, Jun 62, Jan 64, Dec 64, 25May 65, Oct 65, Mar 66, Apr 66, Dec 71, 20Mar 74.children’s inheritance; May 60. clothing, 20Jan 50. donations to Melbourne PublicLibrary; 29Jun 65excursions, Australian: on foot, Mar 49. on horseback, Mar 40, Apr 44, Dec 44,Apr 45, Mar 47, 11&12 Mar 48, Apr 48, Feb 49, Mar 49, Feb 50, Mar 50; Jan 72.excursions, European based; Jan 58, Oct 65, Dec 70. excursions, UK based; Jan 58,25May 65, Mar 66, Apr 66eyesight; Jan 64, Dec 64, 25May 65, Aug 65, Oct 65, Nov 65, Dec 65, Jan 66, Feb 66,Mar 66, Apr 66, Dec 70, Feb 71. faith, Jun 42, Apr 55. family photographs;25May 65, Aug 65, Oct 65, Mar 66, Sep 73.financial position, Oct 39, Mar 40; 3Feb 55, Apr 56; Jan 60, May 60, Dec 60, Jan 64,Mar 65, 25May 65, 25Jun 65, Aug 65, Oct 65, Oct 65, Nov 65, Dec 65, Jan 66, Mar 66.goldfields issues; Jan 64. health, Mar 40, 11&12 Mar 48, Dec 48, Feb 49; 20Feb 55,Jan 64, Oct 65, Dec 70. hobbies; Jan 64, 20Mar 74


in America; 16Feb 55. in Mexico Jun 42; 16Feb 55. in V.D.L. see Van Diemen's Land.investments; Jan 60, May 60, Aug 65, Feb 66. Jolimont Cottage see Jolimont, (Melb.).Jolimont land purchase, Oct 39, Mar 40. Jolimont land sales; 3Feb 55, Jan 60, May 60,Jan 64, 25May 65, Oct 65, Nov 65, Dec 65, Jan 66, Feb 66, Mar 66, Apr 66.legacy; 15May 65, Nov 69, Dec 69. lifestyle, Mar 40; Jan 64. loneliness,28&30 Oct 53; 20Feb 55. mountain climbing, Dec 44, 23Jan 47. moving from: PortPhillip, 28&30 Oct 53, Apr 54: Whitbourne Court; 25May 65, 25Jun 65, Mar 66,Apr 66. nicknames, Oct 52.pension; Jan 64, Mar 65, 25 Jun 65, Aug 65, Oct 65, Nov 65, Dec 65. photographs, Sep 73.plant exchanges, Dec 44, Mar 47, May 47, Aug 48; Jan 64. Port Phillip welcome, Oct 39.power of attorney for; Aug 65, Oct 65, Jan 66. reputed fortune; 3Feb 55, 25May 65.retirement plans, Aug 53; 25May 65salary, Mar 40, Sep 53; Oct 65. sense of exile, Dec 40, Jun 42, Aug 53; Jan 64.servants, Apr 47, Dec 48, 20Jan 50, 28Oct 53; 20Feb 55, May 60, Dec 64. temporarycottage, Oct 39. unpopularity, Aug 48, Dec 50, Oct 52; 15May 65, Mar 66, Jan 72La Trobe, Charlotte Louisa, Mar 40, Jun 42, Sep 53; 25May 65 NLa Trobe, Christian Ignatius; 29Jun 65La Trobe, Eleanora Sophia (Nelly), May 42, Jun 42, Apr 44, Mar 47,14Mar 48, 26Sep 48, Mar 50; Jan 58, May 60, May 64, Nov 65, Dec 65La Trobe, Frederick Benjamin, Mar 40, Jun 42La Trobe, Isabelle Castellane Helen; Jan 58, Jan 64La Trobe, Janetta Margaret (née Brett), 20Jan 50, Sep 53 NLa Trobe, John Antes, Mar 40; 29Jun 65Latrobe, John Hazelhurst, Jun 42Latrobe, Julia, Jun 42 NLa Trobe, Louisa (Lulu), Sep 53La Trobe, Margaret Rose (Daisy); Jan 58, Jan 64, Dec 70La Trobe, Mary Cecilia (Cécile), 14Mar 48, 26Sep 48, Mar 50; Apr 55, Jan 58,Jun 62, N. eyesight; Oct 65Latrobe, Mary Elizabeth (née Hazelhurst), death Jun 42, NLa Trobe, Rev. Peter, Mar 40, Apr 45, Sep 53; Jan 58, Jan 64, N

La Trobe, Rose Isabelle; Aug 59, May 60, Jan 64, Dec 64, 25May 65, Oct 65,Mar 66, Apr 70, Dec 70, Feb 71, 20Mar 74, N. personality; Jan 58, NLa Trobe, Sophie, Oct 39, Mar 40, Dec 40, May 42, Jun 42, Apr 44, Apr 45,29Jan 47, Mar 47, Apr 47, May 47, 14Mar 48, Mar 49, Dec 50, Feb 52. andthe carpenter, 11Mar 48. anxiety, Apr 48, 26Sep 48, Dec 48, 20Jan 50. fallfrom horse, Feb 50. health, Aug 48, 26Sep 48, Feb 50, Mar 50, Sep 53.lifestyle, 20Jan 50. pregnancy 14Mar 48. overseas, Aug 53, Sep 53, 28&30Oct 53. death, 29Apr 54; Jan 64. memorial tablet; July 55; NLa Trobe River, Apr 45


La Trobe’s cottage see Jolimont (Melbourne)La Trobe’s gardener, Apr 47La Trobe’s governesses, see Béguin, Madeline; Norton, Susan (née Meade)La Trobe’s holiday cottage see Shortland’s BluffLa Trobe’s horses, Apr 45, 19Mar 48, Mar 49. Blazes, 20Jan 50. Bluebeard, Dec 48.Hassan, Apr 44. Hottentot (Bell’s), Apr 44. Prince, 28Oct 53. Vic, 20Jan 50, Feb 50La Trobe’s livestock; May 60, Sep 60, 20Mar 74Latrobea genus, Oct 52Launceston, Mar 47Learmonth, Dr John, Feb 50, NLegislative Council, New South Wales, Aug 48Legislative Council, Victoria, Sep 53Leslie, Mr; Dec 60Letters from Victorian Pioneers; Mar 72Lewes, Sussex; Jan 69, Dec 70, Feb 71, Jan 72, 20Mar 74Lieutenant-Governor see La Trobe, Charles Joseph, and official roleLifeboats, 30 Oct 53Lighthouses, Aug 48, Mar 49, 30Oct 53; Mar 66, Jan 69Lightning, ship; Apr 56Lillie, John, 23&29 Jan 47, NLime kilns, Sep 47; Apr 70, Dec 70Little River, Apr 44, Dec 48, NLivingston, Dr David; Jan 58Loddon District, Dec 44London, Sep 53; late 54, 3&20 Feb 55, Apr 55, July 55, Jan 58, Jan 60, May 60, Dec 60,Jan 64, Jan 72London, ship; Feb 66Lonsdale, Oswald; Dec 60Lonsdale, Capt. William, Oct 39, 23Jan 47, 28Oct 53; late 54, Dec 60, Jan 72, N.in England, Jan 60. son ‘Teddy’, Jan 60McArthur, Caroline; late 54, 3Feb 55, July 55, Apr 56, Jan 60, May 60, Dec 60, Nov 65McArthur, David Charteris, 29Apr 54; late 54, 3Feb 55, July 55, Apr 56, Jan 60, May 60,Dec 60, Jun 62, 25May 65, 25Jun 65, Aug 65, Oct 65, Nov 65, Dec 65, Jan 66, Apr 66, NMcCrae, Andrew Murison, Feb 50 NMcCulloch, Sir James; Dec 65, N


McDowell family, Mar 40M’Euen, Charles, Jun 42Mackenzie River, 14Mar 48McLachlan, Capt., 20 Jan 50, NMcMahon, W., Sep 53; July 55McPherson family, Mar 40Maiden Hill, Mar 49, NMaiden’s Punt, 20 Jan 50, NMagnet, ship, Mar 40Mallalieu, Mrs, Mar 40Mallalieu & Co.; Oct 65, Mar 66Malvern Hills; Jan 58, Jan 64Manifold, Peter, 11Mar 50, NManifold, Thomas, 11Mar 50, NManifolds’ Lake see Lake PurrumbeteMaria Island, Mar 47Marks (Harris & Marks), 28Oct 53Marshes, Apr 45; Jan 72Mary, ship, Mar 47, Dec 48May Day hills, Jun 53Mayoral ball, 28 Oct 53Meade, Susan see Norton, Susan (née Meade)Meisner, Dr Carl, Oct 52Melbourne, Dec 40; July 55. Government livestock, Oct 39. Government Paddock,Oct 39. parks and gardens; 15May 65, Nov 69, Dec 69. settlement; Jan 72.water supply; Nov 69. weather; late 54Melbourne Botanic Gardens; 15May 65, Nov 69, Dec 69Melbourne Gaol and stockades, 28Oct53; Jan 69, Dec 69Melbourne Public Library; 8&29 Jun 65, Mar 72Melbourne Town Council, Aug 48, 28Oct 53Melbourne wharves; Jan 69Memorial Portraits see under VictoriaMeteorology, Sep 47Meuron, Adolphe de, Jan 50, Feb 50, NMeuron, Rose Isabelle de (née de Montmollin) see La Trobe, Rose Isabelle


Mexican journey, Jun 42; 16Feb 55Meyer, Dr John, Aug 53; Jan 64, 25Jun 65, NMichie, Sir Archibald; Dec 65, Jan 66, NMicroscopes, 29 Jan 47Mitchell, Sir William Henry Fancourt, 26&28 Sep 48; late 54, NMolesworth, Sir William, Mar 40, NMollison, Alexander Fullerton; Apr 66, Apr 70, Dec 70, Feb 71, NMollison, Elizabeth; Apr 70, Feb 71, NMollison, Jane; Dec 70Mollison, William Thomas; Apr 66, NMontmollin, Rose-Augustine de (née de Meuron); Apr 55Montmollin, Rose Isabelle de see La Trobe, Rose IsabelleMontmollin, Sophie de see La Trobe, SophieMoonlight Head, Mar 49Moor, Henry; late 54, 25 Jun 65, Aug 65, Oct 65, Apr 66, NMoravian Church, Mar 40; Jan 58Moravian missionaries; Jan 58Mt Aberdeen, Jun 53Mt Abrupt, Feb 50, Mar 50Mt Buller range, Jun 53Mt Macedon, Sep 47, 18 Jan 50Mt Moriac, Feb 50, NMt Rouse, Feb 50, Mar 50Mt Shadwell, Feb 50Mt Sturgeon Inn, Mar 50Mt Talbot, station, 14 Mar 48, NMt Wellington, 23 Jan 47Mt William, Dec 44Muëller, Baron Ferdinand von, Oct 39, Oct 52, Jun 53; 29Jun 65, NMullen, Mr (Shortland’s Bluff), Apr 44Murray, Hugh, Feb 50, NMurray, John (1778-1843), Dec 40, NMurray, John (1808-1892); Jan 58Murray River, Apr 48Murrumbidgee River, 23Jan 47


Music of the church/John Antes La Trobe, book; 29Jun 65Muspratt family, Feb 50Mustons Creek, Feb 50, Mar 50Native Police Corps, Sep 47, Feb 50, NNeuchâtel, Switzerland; Apr 55, May 60, Dec 70New Norfolk, 29Jan 47, NNew South Wales: Governors' despatches; Jan 72. exploration; Jan 72, 28Mar 74.settlement records; Jan 72New Zealand settlement; Jan 72New Zealand War; Dec 60Newark, Nottinghamshire; 20Feb 55Newspapers, Oct 39, Mar 40, see also: Argus, newspaperNorfolk Island, Sep 53North West Passage; May 60Norton, Susan (née Meade), Dec 48, NOld colonists; Jan 66, Feb 66, Dec 69, Mar 72, NOvens District, Jun 53Overland mail see Postal delaysPalmer, Sir James Frederick, Feb 50, 28Oct 53, NPalmer’s Inn, Feb 50Parker, Edward Stone, 18&20 Jan 50, NParsonage, South Corio, Apr 44Partington, Mrs; Jan 72, NPau, France; Jan 60, 25May 65, Oct 65, Mar 66, NPedestrian, The/C. J. La Trobe, book; 16Feb 55Pellet, Charlotte, 29Apr 54; 20Feb 55, Apr 55, Aug 59, May 64, Dec 64, NPellet, Rose see Amiet, RosePension see La Trobe, Charles Joseph, pensionPentridge, (subsequently Coburg), 28Oct 53Penzance, Cornwall; 25May 65Perry, Bishop Charles, 14Mar 48, 26Sep 48, Feb 50; Apr 55, Aug 56, Aug 65, Nov 65, NPerry, Frances, 14Mar 48, 26Sep 48; 20Feb 55, Apr 55, Aug 56, Oct 65, Nov 65Pidcock family; Jan 58


Pidcock, Henrietta; Jan 58Pilots, 28&30 Oct 53; Jan 69Pilot Station, 30Oct 53, NPinner, Middlesex; Jan 69Pinnock family, 28Oct 53Piper, W.; May 60, 25May 65, Aug 65, Oct 65, N. wine speculation; Feb 66Plymouth, Devon; May 60, 25May 65Point Grant, Apr 45, NPoint Lonsdale, 30Oct 53; Jan 69, Dec 70Point Nepean; Dec 70Police force; Jan 69. barracks, Oct 39. mounted police, Oct 39; see also Native PoliceCorpsPolice Magistrates; Jan 69Port Albert, Apr 45Port Arthur, Mar 47Port Fairy, 19Mar 48, Apr 48, Feb 49Port of Melbourne; Jan 69Port Phillip Bay, Oct 39, Sep 47, 28&30Oct 53; Dec 70, Mar 72. exploration; Jan 72.harbour masters; Jan 69. safety; Jan 69Port Phillip District, Dec 40, 23&29 Jan 47, Mar 49, Feb 50; 16Feb 55, Mar 65, N.climate, Mar 40. exploration; Jan 72, 28Mar 74. land reserves, Oct 39. landspeculation, Oct 39. population, Dec 40, Jun 42, Feb 52. settlement, Mar 40,Dec 40; Dec 71, Jan 72Port Phillip Harbour Master; Jan 69Port Phillip Heads, 20Jan 50, 28&30 Oct 53; Jan 69Portland, Oct 39, Sep 47, 11,12,14&16 Mar 48, Apr 48, Feb 49, Mar 49; Jan 69Ports (Victoria); Jan 69Postal delays, Jun 42, Sep 53; 3Feb 55, 25Jun 65, Nov 65Pourtalès, Comtesse Marie-Louise-Elisabeth de Castellane-Norante de; Apr 55Power of Attorney see under La Trobe, Charles JosephPowlett, Frederick Armand, 18Jan 50, 28&30 Oct 53, 29Apr 54; late 54, July 55,Apr 56, Aug 59, Jan 60, Jan 64, Dec 64, N. and government employment; May 60,Dec 60, 25May 65. and Lady Franklin; Nov 65. death; Aug 65, Mar 66. finances;Jun 62. health; May 60Powlett, Horatia, Oct 53; Jan 60, May 60, Dec 60, 25May 65, 25Jun 65, Aug 65President, hulk; Jan 69Prison hulks; Jan 69


Prostanthera, Sep 47, Mar 49Pyrenees (Vic), Dec 44, 12Mar 48, Apr 48, Mar 49, 20Jan 50, Mar 50, NQuarantine Ground, Oct 53; Jan 69Queen Emma; Nov 65, NQueenscliff, 30Oct 53; see also Shortland’s BluffRambler in North America/ C. J. La Trobe, book; 16Feb 55Rambler in Mexico/ C. J. La Trobe, book; 16Feb 55Rangers, house; Jan 58Raven, ship, Aug 48Red Jacket, ship; July 55Reeves, Robert; Jun 62, NRhine River; Dec 70Riddell, John Carre, 28 Oct 53, NRitchie, John, Feb 49, NRiver flats; Jan 72Robinson, George Augustus, Oct 39, NRose, Phillip Davies, 12,14&16Mar 48, NRose's Gap, 14Mar 48, Mar 50, NRoss, Sir James Clark, Dec 40, NRoyal Geographical Society medal; May 60, NRoyal Society of Tasmania see Tasmanian SocietyRusden, George William, 28Oct 53; Nov 69, Dec 69, Dec 71, Jan 72, 20&28 Mar 74, NSacred lays & lyrics/John Antes La Trobe, book; 29Jun 65Sacremento, hulk; Jan 69Sandbars; Jan 72Sarrebruck, Germany; Dec 70Scarlet fever, 28 Oct 53Scrub, Apr 45Seddon, Rev. David; Aug 56Seeley family, Mar 40Separation, Dec 40, Aug 48, Dec 50; Jan 69Settlement Point; Jan 72, Mar 72


Seymour, Frederick; Jan 64, NSeymour (Victoria), 20 Jan 50Shamrock, ship, Mar 47, Apr 48, Mar 49, Dec 50Ship in distress (American), 30 Oct 53Shipping. crew numbers; Jan 69. deserters; Jan 69. intercolonial 29Jan 47, Apr 48,Mar 49, Dec 50. Port Phillip Bay, Mar 40, 30Oct 53; Jan 69. steamers, Dec 48;Jan 69Shortland’s Bluff, Apr 44, 20Jan 50, 28&30Oct 53, N. cottage ruin 30Oct 53Simpson, James; late 54, 3Feb 55, NSimpson, Mrs James, 20Jan 50; late 54Snipe shooting (Victoria); Dec 60Society Islands; Jan 72Solace of Song/John Antes La Trobe, book; 29Jun 65Solicitors’ charges; Jan 60South America; 16Feb 55Southampton mail; Aug 65, Jan 66, Jan 72South Foreland Lighthouse, England; Jan 69Southwell, Nottinghamshire; 20Feb 55Squatters; Jan 72Squatting map of Victoria (Port Phillip District, New South Wales); Jan 72St James’ Church, Melbourne, 28Oct 53St Kilda, May 47, NSt Kilda beach, Aug 48St Peter’s Church, Melbourne; July 55, N. font; July 55Station Peak, Sep 47Stevens, John Whitehall, 30Oct 53;late 54, Jan 58, NStevens, Mrs J. W., Feb 49Stieglitz, Baron Frederick Lewis von; Jan 64, NStockyards (Dandenong Creek); Jan 72Stony Rises, Feb 50, NStoreroom, London; Jan 58Strzelecki, Count Paul Edmond de, Apr 45, Mar 47; 16Feb 55, NSturt, Charles, Aug 48, NSturt, Evelyn Pitfield Stirling; Aug 65, Oct 65, Nov 65, Jan 66, Mar 66, NSubalpine flora, Jun 53


Success, hulk; Jan 69Suffolk, ship; May 60Summer Ramble in the Tyrol/ C. J. La Trobe, book; 16Feb 55Superintendent of Port Phillip see La Trobe, Charles Joseph, official roleSussex directory; 20Mar 74Swamps, Apr 45; Jan 72Swainson, William John, Oct 52, Jun 53, NSwiss cousins; Jan 58Swiss in Port Phillip District, May 47Switzerland, Dec 44; late 54, 16&20 Feb 55, Oct 65, Dec 70Sydney, Mar 40, Aug 48, Dec 50, Sep 53Tahiti; Jan 72Tarwin River, Apr 45Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science, Apr 47, Sep 47, Aug 48Tasmania, Oct 52; 25May 65Tasmanian Society, Mar 47Temperance Society; Feb 66Terry's Huts, Van Diemen’s Land, 23Jan 47The Chalet see Jolimont (Melbourne)The Hermitage, Shortland’s Bluff, Apr 44Therry, Sir Roger, Apr 44, Feb 50, NThomson, Dr Alexander; late 54, NTimboon, Feb 50Times, newspaper; Apr 56Tonbridge Wells, Kent; Apr 56, Apr 66Tours, France; Oct 65, Dec 70Tracks (followed), Apr 45, Mar 49Tree ferns, Apr 45, Mar 49Trees, historic; Jan 72Tulk, Augustus; 8&29 Jun 65, NTyers, Charles James; Jan 60Tyrol; 16 Feb 55Union Bank of Australia; Jan 60


Upper Norwood, south London; Apr 66Valentine, Dr (Van Diemen’s Land), 29Jan 47Van Diemen's Land, 23&29 Jan 47, Mar 47, May 47, Mar 49, Sep 53;3&16 Feb 55, Jan 64, NVesta, steamer, Dec 48, NVictoria; 16Feb 55. geology see La Trobe, Charles Joseph, as geologist. MemorialPortraits project; Dec 65. political situation, Aug 53; Jun 62, Nov 65, Dec 65, Jan 66,Feb 66, Apr 66, Jan 69. population growth, Feb 52; Aug 65. prosperity; 3 Feb 55,Apr 56, 25 May 65. wine industry; Feb 66; see also Port Phillip DistrictVictoria, Queen, Mar 40Victoria, ship, Sep 53Victoria Inn, Geelong, Dec 48Victoria Range, Dec 44, 12Mar 48, Mar 50, NVignerons, May 47Vimiera, ship, 30Oct 53Von Mueller, Baron Ferdinand von, Oct 39, Oct 52; 29Jun 65, NVon Stieglitz, Baron Frederick Lewis; Jan 64, NVoyage to South Africa/C. I. La Trobe, book; 29Jun 65Wando River, 16Mar 48Warrnambool, 19Mar 48, Apr 48, Feb 49Water table, Apr 48Waterloo banquet, Melbourne; Jan 66, Feb 66Wengierski, Count Charles J.; Jan 58Wengierski, Countess Fanny; Jan 58Western Port Bay, Apr 45, Jun 53; Mar 72, Jan 72Western Port District, exploration, Apr 45, Jun 53; Jan 72. settlement; Jan 72Western Range, Victoria; Jan 72Western Tier, Van Diemen’s Land, 29Jan 47, NWest Indies, Jun 42; 16Feb 55Whitbourne Court; Aug 59, Jan 60, Dec 60, Jun 62, Jan 64, May 64, Dec 64, 25May 65,8,25&29Jun 65, Aug 65, Nov 65, Dec 65, Jan 66, Feb 66, Apr 66. description; Jan 58,May 60. hay crop; 25Jun 65. lease; Jan 58Williamstown Court; Jan 69Williamstown doctors; Jan 69Willis, Judge John Walpole; 3Feb 55, Feb 66, N


Wilmot, Sir John Eardley see Eardley-WilmotWilson, Mr; Feb 71Wilsons Promontory, Apr 45, Jun 1853.Wimmera district, Apr 48Wimmera River, 11&14 Mar 48, Mar 50, NWintle, George; Dec 69, N'Withering Curse', nickname, Oct 52Wombats, Sep 47Worcester ; Jan 58, Aug 59, Jan 60, May 60, May 64, 25May 65, 8&29 Jun 65, Nov 65,Dec 65, Jan 66, Feb 66Wright, Capt. William Henry, 11,12&14 Mar 48, 18&20 Jan 50, Feb 50; May 60Wright, Capt. Samuel; Jan 72, NYan Yean Reservoir; Nov 69Yarra River, Sep 47; 15 May 65, Jan 72Young, Lady Augusta; Jan 64Young, Sir Henry Edward Fox; Jan 64, NZurich; Oct 65⋆ Source: Letters of Charles Joseph La Trobe, edited by L. J. Blake, Melbourne: Government Printer,1975, pp.91-96 (with additions and amendments)

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