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A roadside monument erected by the great grandson of Hamilton Hume. Hume & Hovell stopped at this site then called Broughton's Yards on the 12/10/1824. They journeyed from Appin to Western Port in Victoria & then returned. In all they covered 1200 miles in 4 months.
The Hume and Hovell expedition was one of the most important explorations undertaken in eastern Australia. In 1824 the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane, commissioned Hamilton Hume and former Royal Navy Captain William Hovell to lead an expedition to find new grazing land in the south of the colony, and also to find an answer to the mystery of where New South Wales's western rivers flowed.
The Hume and Hovell expedition was one of the most important explorations undertaken in eastern Australia. In 1824 the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane, commissioned Hamilton Hume and former Royal Navy Captain William Hovell to lead an expedition to find new grazing land in the south of the colony, and also to find an answer to the mystery of where New South Wales's western rivers flowed.
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