Person

Hovell, William Hilton (1786 - 1875)

Born: 26 April 1786
Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Died: 9 November 1875
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Explorer

Summary

William Hovell, in conjunction with H. Hume, was involved in a major expedition of discovery to Port Phillip overland from Sydney in 1824-1825.

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

Gold Family - Records, 1827, ML MSS 846; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
William Hilton Hovell - Records, 1825, Safe 1/9a; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
William Hilton Hovell - Records, 1827, ML MSS 846; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

William Hilton Hovell - Records, 1824 - 1837, MS 8459; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

Perry, T. M., 'Hovell, William Hilton (1786-1875), sailor, explorer and settler' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 556-557. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010517b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

Scott, E., 'Hume and Hovell's Journey to Port Phillip', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 7 (1921). Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q974540. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/23543121. Details
'Hovell, W H (1786-1875)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-551959. Details

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