Some events in the history of Point Henry :-
| 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 |
