COLLINS SETTLEMENT SITE

POINT NEPEAN ROAD SORRENTO, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE

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    COLLINS SETTLEMENT SITE - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: The site marks the first officail attempt to establish a European settlement in Victoria in 1803. A contingent of over 450 people arrived at Sullivans Bay in early October. Lieutenant - Colonel David Collins decided, after some months, to transplant the settlement Van Diemens Land (Hobart). The final party left Sullivans Bay in May 1804. Although there is some doubt the graves date from this period, the site definitely marks the location of this first brief settlement.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    COLLINS SETTLEMENT SITE - Heritage Inventory Description

    Site of Lt Governor Collins' 1803 settlement. "Seat of Government" on summit of Eastern Sister. The most significant feature of this site is a group of graves on the Eastern Sister headland. They are thought to contain the remains of four of the thirty people who died at the settlement in 1803-4. A monument, lookout and a visitor centre are also on the site.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: Archaeological potential for subsurface remains of some structures although development and subdivision would have destroyed most evidence. Historical significance as a contact settlement site.

    Recorded by: P.J.F. Coutts, also Ray Supple et al in the LCC survey of historic sites in the Melbourne East Study Area. Date Recorded: 1981

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