| 1836 Captain William Lonsdale is appointed as first Police Magistrate (later Superintendent, then Sub-Treasurer and subsequently Colonial Secretary). |
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1847 Charles Joseph La Trobe climbs Station Peak (now Flinders Peak) in the You Yangs and as a keen botanist delights in the wildflowers among the granite rock. |
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| 1848 The Argus newspaper is taken over by Edward Wilson and becomes an unrelenting critic of Charles Joseph La Trobe. |
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| 1851 Licences are first issued to gold diggers in Victoria. |
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| 1851 Gold is discovered at Ballarat. |
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| 1853 Charles Joseph La Trobe lays the foundation stone of the Geelong Railway Terminus. |
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1854 The first locomotive steam railway line in Australia opens between Melbourne and Sandridge (Port Melbourne), a distance of two and a quarter miles. |
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| 1854 The first Statistical Register of Victoria, compiled by William Archer and proofread by La Trobe, is published. |
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| 1854 The first cricket match is played on the Melbourne Cricket Ground. |
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