Pritchard, G. B. (George Baxter), 1869 - 1956.
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George Baxter Pritchard was head of the school of mines at the Working Men's College (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) 1897-1934. Robert Hoddle arrived in New South Wales in 1823 and worked with J. Oxley in Queensland and the Blue Mountains. In 1837 he was appointed senior surveyor at Port Phillip and designed Melbourne, Geelong, Williamstown and many other Victorian settlements.
From the description of Notes [manuscript]. 1962. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224329162
From the description of Newspaper cuttings [manuscript]. 1892-1947. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224425359
George Baxter Pritchard was head of the school of mines at the Working Men's College (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) 1897-1934. Robert Hoddle arrived in New South Wales in 1823 and worked with J. Oxley in Queensland and the Blue Mountains. In 1837 he was appointed senior surveyor at Port Phillip and designed Melbourne, Geelong, Williamstown and many other Victorian settlements. Captain Benjamin Baxter arrived in Australia in 1837 and took out a pastoral lease of an area of 15,360 acres in the districts now known as Langwarrin and Moorooduc to run cattle on the land. The original name for the area was Mornington Junction but it was changed to Baxter in 1911. The Baxter village was named after him.
From the description of Photo album. 1870. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224329033
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