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Memorial to Founding of Geelong
Point Henry Rd, POINT HENRY VIC 3221 - Property No 271639

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Statement of Significance

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Inscription read:
"Below this headland named Point Henry in 1836, but known to the Aborigines as Maloppio, many pioneer squatters landed their stock. Here Geelong began and here for more than twenty years, the masts of ocean going vessels soared above incoming settlers."

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