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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 127 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PHILLIP, JOHN (1817-1867)
PHILLIP , the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of See also:

Melbourne, See also:

Victoria, See also:

AUSTRALIA

Australia. An almost circular, landlocked See also:

SHEET

sheet of See also:

WATER

water, it is 31 M. See also:

long, 20 M. at its widest, with an See also:

AREA

area of Boo sq. m. A narrow channel flanked by bold cliffs forms its entrance, and when the See also:

TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide recedes through it a strong current is encountered outside. The broken and somewhat dangerous See also:

sea thus caused is called " the Rip. " Within the port on the eastern See also:

side are suburbs of Melbourne, such as See also:

SORRENTO (anc. Surrentum, q.v.)

Sorrento, Mornington, Frankston, Carrum, Mordialloc, Redcliff, See also:

BRIGHTON

Brighton and St Kilda. The wharves of Port Melbourne and See also:

WILLIAMSTOWN

Williamstown stand at the See also:

head of the port on an See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm known as Hobson's See also:

BAY

Bay. On the western side the port of See also:

GEELONG

Geelong and the port and watering-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of Queens-cliff are the only towns of importance. Port Phillip is well fortified with strong batteries at its entrance. The harbour was discovered in 1802 by Lieut. See also:

Murray, who named it in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain Phillip, first See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of New See also:

South See also:

WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales. The See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of Victoria was originally called the See also:

DISTRICT

district of Port Phillip.

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