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=Hume and Hovell- Donny Nguyen, Kailash Ganeswaran, Quoc Pham=

**Hamilton Hume**

 * Hamilton Hume was born on the 19th of June 1797 in Paramatta, Sydney, New South Wales in Australia. Hamilton re ****ceived most of his education in his early life from his mother. At the early age of 17 he went exploring the country beyond Sydney with** **his brother John and a young aboriginal boy. He then developed good bushman skills. His father Andrew Hume migrated to the colony in 1779. Hamilton was the oldest son of Andrew Hume and Elizabeth nee Kennedy, his younger brother is John Hume.**

==**William Hovell **==
 * William Hovell was born on the 26th of April 1786 at Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. He went to sea as a boy and by 1808 and commanded a vessel that traded with South America. In November 1811 Hovell applied for permission to settlement in New South Wales. In London, 10th may 1810 he married Esther, daughter of a surgeon, Thomas Arndell. William Hovell and his family sailed to New South Wales on the Early Spencer and arrived at New South Wales on October 1813. Hovell soon became associated with Simeone Lord for whom he started commanding vessels which traded along the coast and with New Zealand. Hovell made many short explorations around the country after he settled his land grant (after he gave up sailing the sea). **

Hume and Hamilton's expedition[[image:excellentexplorers/map3.jpg width="417" height="283" align="right" caption="Hume and Hovell's journey in 1824 is outlined with the broken lines"]]

 * Hume and Hovell set out on October 1824, during their expedition they took with them a tent, two tarpaulins, guns and blankets. During their journey they set off to South Murrumbidgee to see what was on the other side of the country. These two explorers went with themselves, Australian born Hamilton Hume and English man William Hovell. These two explorers discovered the rivers and mountains and mapped what we know as Victoria. **



=Bibliography=
 * Hume, H.S n.d., Hume, Hamilton (1779-1873), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 14 June 2012 <[]>
 * Perry, T.M n.d., Hovell, William Hilton (1786-1785), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 14 June 2012 <[]>
 * Moreno, D, edited 2 May 2012, n.d., Hume and Hovell Expedition, Wikipedia organisation, accessed 14 June 2012 <[]>