Everything about Charles Joseph La Trobe totally explained
Charles Joseph La Trobe (
20 March 1801 –
4 December 1875) was the first
lieutenant-governor of the colony of
Victoria (now a state of
Australia).
Early life
La Trobe was born in
London, the son of
Christian Ignatius Latrobe, a family of
Huguenot origin. He seems to have been educated in
Switzerland; active in
mountaineering, he made a number of ascents in the
Alps 1824-1826. In 1832 he visited the
United States along with Count
Albert Pourtales, and in 1834 travelled from
New Orleans to
Mexico with
Washington Irving. La Trobe published several travel books describing his experiences:
The Alpenstock (1829),
The Pedestrian (1832),
The Rambler in North America (1835), and
The Rambler in Mexico (1836).
Lieutenant-Governor
In 1837 he was entrusted with a government commission in the
West Indies and reported on the future education of the recently emancipated slaves. He then was sent to the
Port Phillip district of
New South Wales in 1839 as superintendent though he'd little managerial and administrative experience.
Melbourne had a population of around 3000 at the time and was rapidly expanding. La Trobe commenced works to improve sanitation and streets . Since the keys have long been lost their exact origin can't be verified. However, research by Geologists Edmund Gill and P.F.B. Alsop showed the age of the deposit they were found in dated to 2330-2800 years old, making La Trobe's dating implausable. The error by La Trobe is quite understandable according to Gill and Alsop, given that in 1847 most people thought the world was only 6000 years old. .
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