Peterborough (Victoria)

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Peterborough
Peterborough coast gamenerd.jpg
The Peterborough coast
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of Victoria (Australia) .svg Victoria
Coordinates : 38 ° 36 ′  S , 142 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 36 ′  S , 142 ° 52 ′  E
Area : 40.1  km²
Residents : 247 (2016)
Population density : 6.2 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10)
Postal code : 3270
LGA : Shire of Moyne
Peterborough (Victoria)
Peterborough
Peterborough

Peterborough is a small town on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria , Australia that lives from tourism and fishing. The village is 235 kilometers from Melbourne and 54 kilometers from Warrnambool and is located on the Shipwreck Coast . In 2016 the place had 247 inhabitants. The Bay of Islands Coastal Park begins west of Peterborough and extends to Warrnambool. East of Peterborough is Port Campbell National Park with attractions such as the Twelve Apostles and London Arch .

history

The fact that Aborigines have lived in this area for millennia is testimony to historical rubbish pits and clam and snail shells to the west of Peterborough. According to oral tradition of the Aboriginal tribe of the Kirrae-Wurrong , there was a massacre of Aborigines, with the men being driven off the cliff and the fleeing women and children being killed in the nearby swamp. This happened in Massacre Bay , part of the Bay of Martyrs .

It is believed that the place was formed when the schooner SS Schomburg was shipwrecked on what is now known as Schomburg Rock off the coast in 1855 . Some of the people who came to see the wreck are said to have settled there. A post office was not set up until April 10, 1890.

In the coastal area of ​​Peterborough other ships went down over the years, such as the schooner Young Australia in 1877 , with no human life to be complained about and five years later one kilometer east of the Newfield , with several men and the captain killed and in the cemetery of Port Campbell were buried. The Falls of Halladale ran aground in heavy fog in 1908 and was lost along with its cargo.

today

Peterborough has two public tennis courts and beaches, and a nine-hole golf course on Schomberg Road .

Peterborough has a caravan park, the Great Ocean Road Touristic Park .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Peterborough (Vic.) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c smh.com.au : Peterborough , February 8, 2004, in English, accessed February 28, 2012
  3. ↑ Bay of Martyrs - History and Nature on the Great Ocean Road , online uf: greatoceanroadmelbournetours.com.au / ...
  4. ↑ Massacre Hill , Portal Monuments Australia, online at: monumentaustralia.org.au / ...
  5. ↑ Premierpostal.com : Peterborough , in English, accessed 28 February 2012
  6. ↑ golfselect.com.au : Peterborough , accessed in English, 28 February 2012
  7. ↑ smh.com.au : Peterborough , in English, accessed February 28, 2012