Melbourne as "Melburnians". The city was founded on 30 August 1835, in what was the British colony of New South Wales, by free settlers from the colony of Van Diemen’s Land. It was incorporated as a Crown settlement in 1837 and named in honour of the British Prime Minister, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne. It was declared a city by Queen Victoria in 1847, after which it became the capital of the new colony of Victoria in 1851. In the wake of the 1850s Victorian gold rush, the city entered the "Marvellous Melbourne" boom period, transforming into one of the most
Alfred William Lamb Cemetery. Alfred William Lamb Alfred William Lamb (March 18, 1824 – April 29, 1888) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Stamford, New York, Lamb moved with his parents to Ralls County, Missouri in 1836. He attended Doctor Ely's school in Ely, Missouri. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Hannibal, Missouri. Lamb was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854 and resumed the practice of law. He died in Hannibal, Missouri and was interred in