1803 Port Phillip Survey Map - Charles Grimes GPO He survived for 32 years

He survived for 32 years in the bush around Port Phillip Bay

A photograph from 1914 of the building on the south east corner of Collins and Russell Streets

Howitt had studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and practised in both Leicester and Nottingham

A photograph of the intersection of Collins and Elizabeth Streets around 1914

with the outfitters of London Stores completing the block as it meets Elizabeth Street

1803 Port Phillip Survey Map - Charles Grimes GPO He survived for 32 yearsIn 1802 the Governor of New South Wales, Philip King, instructed his Surveyor General Charles Grimes to travel from Port Jackson to the Port Phillip Bay area and to explore and survey the area, and report on any suitable sites for settlement. (Previously, Lieutenant John Murray commanding HMS Lady Nelson was the first European party to enter the Bay on the 14th February 1802, and Murray named it Port King in honour of the Governor of New South Wales