| 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 |
| Jul 1835 |
Buckley learned of the presence of white men at Indented Head
and that his fellows intended to attack them |
| Aug, 1835 |
Batman and his family joined the Port Phillip Association
camp at Indented Head before proceeding to the settlement on the Yarra |
| 1835 + |
Area investigated and surveyed by Wedge and Gellibrand |
| 1861 |
Indented Head Farmer's Association was successful in having
the licence for the squatting run |
| 1863 |
At its December meeting the Indented Head Road Board
considered a letter from the chairman of the Indented Head Farmer's Association seeking
information from the Board to lay before ratepayers at a meeting of the Association |
| late 1800s |
The Ozone was one of the many stately vessels that graced the
local seascape during the late 1800s and early 1900s |
| 1920 |
Batman Park formed |
| 1925 |
The hull of the 314 hp bay steamer, the Ozone, was sunk off
Indented Head to form a breakwater. Its paddle wheels are still visible |
| 1929 |
Foreshore Committee was formed for the Indented Head area |
| 1929 |
Batman Memorial erected to honour the pioneer |
| May 1985 |
Re-enactment of John Batman's historic 1835 landing at
Indented Head |
