| Pre-European Settlement |
Area inhabited by Bengalat balug (Clan) of the Wathaurong
Tribe |
| 1802 |
First European
explorers.
January : Lieutenant John Murray
April : Captain Matthew Flinders |
| 1803 - 1835 |
William Buckley the first European
living in the area |
| 1835 + |
Area investigated and surveyed by Wedge and Gellibrand |
| 1836 + |
Area occupied by squatters |
| 1843 |
Anne Drysdale & Caroline Newcomb take up land at Coriyule |
| 1848 |
Alexander McLarty opens "Black Bull" Hotel |
| 1849 |
 | Free Presbyterian school opened |
| Anne Drysdale & Caroline Newcomb move into Coriyule although the homestead was not
quite completed |
|
| 1851 |
Bellarine (later Drysdale) laid out by Government Surveyor |
| 1852 |
Bucks Head Hotel opened |
| 1853 |
| Anne Drysdale died at Coriyule |
| Catholic Church school opened |
|
| 1854 |
Church of England school opened |
| 1855 |
Tuckfield Chapel built |
| 1863 |
Foundation stone laid for Drysdale Wesleyan Church |
| 1868 |
Coriyule House plus 80 acres of grazing land advertised to be
let |
| 1871 |
Foundation stone of St. James Church of England laid by
Bishop Perry. Foundations completed 18/11/1871 |
| 1872 |
| Drysdale Jetty proposed by Bellarine Shire |
| Cobb & Co mail coaches commenced to Curlewis, Drysdale, Portarlington &
Queenscliff, Sundays excepted |
| St. James Church opened by Bishop of Melbourne |
| First piles driven at Drysdale Jetty |
| Ketch "James & Amelia" broke up in a gale off Drysdale : it had been
wrecked in a storm 13/9/1872 |
| Name of McLeod's Waterholes changed to Lake Lorne |
|
| 1873 |
Drysdale Jetty completed |
| 1874 |
| Roman Catholic school at Drysdale closed because authorities had refused to lease the
building to the Education Department |
| Rev. James Tuckfield appointed as Minister of Wesleyan Church |
|
| 1875 |
Drysdale State School started on land next to St. James
Church of England : school completed 9/7/1875, opened 2/8/1875, amalgamating the church
schools |
| 1876 |
| Temperance Hall opened |
| Colonial Bank established |
|
| 1879 |
| Tender accepted for construction of Drysdale Railway Station |
| Wooden Council Chambers to be replaced with a new brick building which would also house
the Court of Petty Sessions |
| Electric telegraph established at Drysdale |
|
| 1880 |
Foundation stone laid for new Shire Hall & Court House :
opened 28/10/1880 |
| 1881 |
| Kerbing of Drysdale streets proceeding |
| New Free Library completed : opened 6/10/1881 |
|
| 1882 |
Light snow fell for the first time |
| 1885 |
| Wesleyan Parsonage erected opposite the church |
| 18 Ton weighbridge erected near Drysdale Railway Station |
|
| 1887 |
New Wesleyan Church under construction |
| 1888 |
Rev. J D Dodgson sells Coriyule |
| 1889 |
New telephone service between Drysdale & Clifton Springs
opens |
| 1890 |
Scarborough Railway Station near Drysdale closed |
| 1891 |
United Service Home opened in Drysdale |
| 1897 |
Mr. McDermott purchased Coriyule Estate |
