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Victoria grew from Port Philip to a vast British colony
In a lengthy chronicle the text notes Melbourne celebrations after 1850s political shifts, the creation of the Colony of Victoria on July 1, 1851, and Lang’s political activity as a Sydney resident who wrote a colony history, followed by a report on a Workmen's Place Association meeting, peace congress plans in Paris, Ultramontane clashes over Gambetta, and a fatal Abercarne colliery disaster with poignant parish testimonies of widows and orphans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Port Philip
Victoria
Great Britain
Lang
Sydney
Workmen’s Place Association
Buckingham Street
Strand
Benjamin Lucraft
Sagliadini
W. R. Cremer
Tuileries
Pavilion de Flore
M. Adolphe Franck
College de France
M. Garnier
Institute
France
Buonaparte
Congress
Victor Hugo
Paris
M. Tolain
Louis Blanc
Garnier
Lockroy
M. Gamberra
Daily News
Rome
Mgr. Freppel
Angers
Gambetta
England
Assemblée Nationale
the Pays
Daily Telegraph
M. Gambetta
Romans
République Francaise
M. de Marcere
Republic
Grenoble
Abercarne
The
South Wales
Mynyddyslwyn
D. R. Davis
Risca
Cross Keys
James Whatley
Frank
James Whately
Jacob
James Lovell