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Batman Park

Location

The Esplanade, INDENTED HEAD VIC 3223 - Property No 311983

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

C Listed - Local Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Batman Park commemorates the landing of John Batman and his party in 1835 and it was set aside as a reserve probably in the 1930's. It extends along the foreshore at Indented Head bounded by the Esplanade and it contains the Batman Memorial and the Ozone Monument. The Park is now developed as a camping ground with ablution amenities and boating sheds.

Batman Park has aesthetic, historic and social value to the Indented Head community and to holiday visitors.

Batman Park has high visual qulaities with views along the shore line and across the Bay. It is associated with Batman's early exploration of the Bellarine Peninsula and the annual summer holiday influx of visitors.

Itis of LOCAL cultural significance.

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees

Category

Other - Parks, Gardens & Trees