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COAL OUTCROPS, CAPE PATERSON

Location CAPE PATERSON-INVERLOCH ROAD CAPE PATERSON, BASS COAST SHIRE Level Heritage Inventory Site

Statement of Significance

The site is significant as the location of the first discovery of coal in Victoria (Port Phillip District of New South Wales) in 1826. The site is also significant as a physical link to the short-lived military and convict settlement at Corinella, Western Port Bay.

Group

Landscape - Natural

Category

Other - Landscape - Natural