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This is a discussion area for anyone who has an interest in family, local and regional history relating to the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria, Australia.  The area covered by this list includes the following :-

Barwon Heads Bellarine / Bellerine (also an early name for Drysdale) Clifton Springs Curlewis Drysdale East Bellarine (now Bellarine) Indented Head Kensington (now Leopold) Leopold Mannerim Marcus Hill Moolap Murradoc

Newcomb Newington Ocean Grove Point Henry Point Lonsdale Portarlington Queenscliff St Albans (now Whittington) St Leonards Tuckfield (now Drysdale) Wallington Whittington

  

The following are a couple of major sources of records and information for the Bellarine Peninsula :-

	Bellarine Historical Society Inc.
	Queenscliffe Historical Museum Inc.
	Geelong Heritage Centre (formerly Geelong Historical Records Centre)

The Queenscliffe Historical Museum caters specifically for the towns of Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale.

The Bellarine Historical Society caters for all the towns mentioned above - obviously our Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale collection is very small compared to the Queenscliffe Historical Society but they are not excluded from our Indexes and records.

The Geelong Heritage Centre inherited a lot of the key records from the Shire of Bellarine following the amalgamation / takeover into the City of Greater Geelong.   The Bellarine Historical Society has some copies of these records and photos in their collection, but more importantly we have indexes to many of the collections.

Obviously I will be encouraging everyone to make use of the Research facilities at the Bellarine Historical Society - either personally or via Research Requests.  The Society desperately needs your support to continue its great work of collection, cataloguing and indexing the records that just might bet the ones you're looking for.