Moolap : Timeline
Some events in the history of Moolap :-
| 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 |
| 1854 |
Whitehorse Hotel operating on the corner of Queenscliff Road
and Whitehorse Road |
| 1855 |
Moolap Inn operating on the corner of Moolap Station Road and
Bellarine Highway |
| 1855 |
Parsonage built on a site near the present State School |
| 1858 |
United Methodists Free Church chapel built |
| 1877 |
Moolap State School No. 1143 opened |
| 1882 |
16 occupiers using Moolap address |
| 1888 |
Cheetham Saltworks established |
If you have additional information you would like to see added to this timeline, please
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Created by : Susie Zada
© 1997 Susie Zada, Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia
Last revised : July 17, 2004.
Email : szada@zades.com.au
