| 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 (Flinders sees Point Henry from the You
Yangs) |
| 1803 - 1835 |
William Buckley the first European
living in the area |
| 1835 |
Batman lands at Indented Head |
| 1841 - 49 |
Point Henry becomes the landing place for squatters and new
settlers to the western districts and Indented Head (the Bellarine Peninsula) |
| 1849 |
Californian Tea Gardens established |
| 1850 |
Church of England school operating |
| 1850s |
Ships unloaded diggers for the goldfields |
| 1861 |
South Channel cut through the sandbar |
| 1870 |
Victoria Tea Gardens operating |
| 1877 |
School closes - replaced by new Moolap school |
| 1881 |
Hopetoun Channel
commenced. |
| 1889 |
New pier constructed - 1,865 feet long |
| 1890 |
Dairy, poultry farm and butter factory established |
| 1893 |
Hopetoun Channel
completed & opened |
| 1963 |
Alcoa Australia began operating |
