Mount William (Victoria)
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Mount William is a mountain of the Grampians Mountain Range, located within the Grampians National Park, in the Australian state of Victoria. The mountain is situated approximately 250 kilometres west
Looking east from Mount William, towards Ararat
Western vantage from Mount William
Western vantage from Mount William
Mount William depicted in Arthur Streeton's 1926 painting Land of the Golden Fleece
Horatio Wills
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Horatio Spencer Howe Wills was an Australian pastoralist, politician and newspaper owner.
Mount William (Victoria)
…point within the Grampians National Park. Sir Thomas Mitchell reached the summit with a group of explorers in 1836. The first settler in the area was Horatio Wills, who established a sheep run at Mount William in 1840, and named nearby Mount Ararat, after which the town is named. His son, cricketer and Australian…
Horatio Wills circa 1850s