Back to search results » Back to search page »   Print 

Memorial to Founding of Geelong

Location

Point Henry Rd, POINT HENRY VIC 3221 - Property No 271639

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

C Listed - Local Significance

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."

Group

Public Art

Category

Memorial