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Australia Felix is also a novel by Henry Handel Richardson. See The Fortunes of Richard Mahony.

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.

  • "Brief Account of the Aborigines of Australia Felix". Republished in the July 1998 edition of the Rowville-Lysterfield Community News. First published by the Public Library of Victoria in 1898. Retrieved 2006-10-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  • Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Mitchell at Project Gutenberg
  • Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell at Project Gutenberg


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