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Hume and Hovell and the pathfinders

Hume and Hovell and the pathfinders

ABC Rewind vor 4 Jahren

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A deep dive into the past told by the people who lived through it. The Rewind podcast interrogates the events and characters that have shaped our world and revisits history through archives, interviews, and compelling storytelling.

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In 1824 Hamilton Hume and William Hovell with 6 convicts began an
expedition south-west of Sydney into the unknown. Governor
Brisbane wanted to find an inland route from Sydney all the
way to Bass Strait.

The country however was neither unknown nor uninhabited. Hamilton
Hume's friendship with and assistance from local Aboriginal
groups throughout the journey enabled the opening up of some of
the most pristine land in New South Wales and Victoria