William Hovell

William Hovell
Australian explorer Captain William Hilton Hovell, July 1871
Born
William Hilton Hovell

(1786-04-26)26 April 1786
Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Died9 November 1875(1875-11-09) (aged 89)
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Known forExplorer

William Hilton Hovell (26 April 1786 – 9 November 1875) was an English explorer of Australia. With Hamilton Hume, he made an 1824 overland expedition from Sydney to Port Phillip (near the site of present-day Melbourne), and later explored the area around Western Port.

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