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Australia Felix (Latin for "fortunate Australia" or "happy Australia") was an early name given by Thomas Mitchell to lush pasture in parts of western Victoria he explored in 1836 on his third expedition. On this expedition Mitchell was instructed to travel to Menindee, then down the Darling River to the sea, if it flowed there; or, if it flowed into the Murray River to go up the Murray to the inhabited parts of the colony. The reports of excellent farming land from Mitchell's return to Sydney with the news, started a land rush.

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  • Australia Felix (Latin for "fortunate Australia" or "happy Australia") was an early name given by Thomas Mitchell to lush pasture in parts of western Victoria he explored in 1836 on his third expedition. On this expedition Mitchell was instructed to travel to Menindee, then down the Darling River to the sea, if it flowed there; or, if it flowed into the Murray River to go up the Murray to the inhabited parts of the colony. However lack of water forced Mitchell to follow the Lachlan River to the south-west as the only practicable route. He reached the Murrumbidgee on 12 May and followed it to the Murray. At the end of May, Mitchell reached the Darling and turned north upstream. He soon decided, while still about 200 km (120 mi) in a direct line from Menindee, to abandon the survey of the deserts around the Darling and to use his resources to explore the more promising country along the Murray. Retracing his steps Mitchell went up the Murray until 20 June when he reached the junction of the Loddon where the country seemed so promising that he turned south-west into what is now Victoria and was so enchanted by the area he called it “Australia Felix”. The reports of excellent farming land from Mitchell's return to Sydney with the news, started a land rush. (en)
  • Australia Felix è latino per "Australia felice" ed indica il nome dato da Thomas Mitchell ai pascoli lussureggianti di alcune parti dello Stato australiano del Victoria occidentale che egli esplorò nel 1836 durante la sua terza spedizione. Nel corso di questa spedizione, a Mitchell vennero date istruzioni di raggiungere Menindee, quindi discendere il fiume Darling fino al mare, se questo lo avesse raggiunto; o, se si fosse gettato nel Fiume Murray risalire il Murray fino alla parte disabitata della colonia.Tuttavia, la carenza d'acqua costrinse Mitchell a seguire il fiume Lachlan verso sudovest come sola rotta praticabile. Egli raggiunse il fiume Murrumbidgee il 12 maggio e lo seguì fino al Murray. Alla fine di maggio, Mitchell raggiunse il Darling e lo risalì verso nord. Decise presto, mentre era ancora a 209 km in linea retta da Menindee, di abbandonare il sopralluogo dei deserti intorno al Darling e di usare le sue risorse per esplorare i paesi più promettenti lungo il Murray. Tornando sulle sue orme, Mitchell risalì il Murray fino al 20 giugno quando raggiunse la confluenza con il fiume Loddon dove il paese sembrava così promettente che si diresse a sudovest in quello che è ora lo Stato del Victoria e rimase così incantato dalla regione da chiamarla Australia Felix. I rapporti sull'eccellente terra da pascolo vergati da Mitchells al suo ritorno a Sydney, scatenarono una . (it)
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  • Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell (en)
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  • Australia Felix (Latin for "fortunate Australia" or "happy Australia") was an early name given by Thomas Mitchell to lush pasture in parts of western Victoria he explored in 1836 on his third expedition. On this expedition Mitchell was instructed to travel to Menindee, then down the Darling River to the sea, if it flowed there; or, if it flowed into the Murray River to go up the Murray to the inhabited parts of the colony. The reports of excellent farming land from Mitchell's return to Sydney with the news, started a land rush. (en)
  • Australia Felix è latino per "Australia felice" ed indica il nome dato da Thomas Mitchell ai pascoli lussureggianti di alcune parti dello Stato australiano del Victoria occidentale che egli esplorò nel 1836 durante la sua terza spedizione. Alla fine di maggio, Mitchell raggiunse il Darling e lo risalì verso nord. Decise presto, mentre era ancora a 209 km in linea retta da Menindee, di abbandonare il sopralluogo dei deserti intorno al Darling e di usare le sue risorse per esplorare i paesi più promettenti lungo il Murray. (it)
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  • Australia Felix (en)
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