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Descriptor English: Victoria
Descriptor Spanish: Victoria
Descriptor Victoria
Scope note: Estado en el sudeste de Australia, el estado más al sur. Su capital es Melbourne. Fue descubierto en 1770 por el Capitán Cook y los primeros asentamientos fueron de inmigrantes de Tasmania. En 1851 se separó de Nueva Gales del Sur como colonia independiente. Consiguió el autogobierno en 1851 y se convirtió en un estado en 1901. Recibió el nombre en memoria de la Reina Victoria en 1851. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1295 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, p574).
Descriptor Portuguese: Vitória
Descriptor French: Victoria
Tree number(s): Z01.639.100.992
Z01.678.100.373.992
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014739
Scope note: A state in southeastern Australia, the southernmost state. Its capital is Melbourne. It was discovered in 1770 by Captain Cook and first settled by immigrants from Tasmania. In 1851 it was separated from New South Wales as a separate colony. Self-government was introduced in 1851; it became a state in 1901. It was named for Queen Victoria in 1851. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1295 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, p574)
Annotation: a state of Australia
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
Previous Indexing: Australia (1966-1987)
History Note: 88
DeCS ID: 23055
Unique ID: D014739
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Date Established: 1988/01/01
Date of Entry: 1987/03/09
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Victoria - Preferred
Concept UI M0022658
Scope note A state in southeastern Australia, the southernmost state. Its capital is Melbourne. It was discovered in 1770 by Captain Cook and first settled by immigrants from Tasmania. In 1851 it was separated from New South Wales as a separate colony. Self-government was introduced in 1851; it became a state in 1901. It was named for Queen Victoria in 1851. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1295 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, p574)
Preferred term Victoria



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