12 Apostles Interps Manual
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Updated: 11 Feb 2019
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1848: Cape Otway Lighthouse built1845: Wreck of the 'Cataraqui'1798: Bass and Flinders prove the existence of Bass Strait1830s: Henty brothers (first European settlers) establish a whaling station at Portland Bay1835: John Batman claims land on the Yarra, which becomes Melbourne1845: Charles La Trobe surveys the Otways1803: Penal colony established at Port Phillip, quickly abandoned1843: Wreck of the 'Joanna'1869: Wreck of the 'Marie Gabrielle'1891: Wreck of the 'Fiji'1861: Cape Wickham Lighthouse built (King Island)1878: Wreck of the "Loch Ard"2002-2006: Great Ocean Walk constructed2008: Twelve Apostles Lodge built2005, 2009: Ninth and eighth Apostles fall1990: London Bridge collapses1909: Tunnel dug into Point Ronald to drain Gellibrand River1870s: Port Campbell founded2005: Great Otway National Park declared1980s onwards: conservationists campaign to end logging in OtwaysTurn of 19th Century: First European habitation as sealers establish camps around Bass StraitPeriods
1803-1835: William Buckley lives with the Wathaurong1919-1932: Construction of Great Ocean Road50,000 years of indigenous occupation and custodianshiplate 1800s: Charles Ryan makes his home at Ryan's Den
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