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The Point Nepean Quarantine Station is a former quarantine and military training facility in Portsea, Victoria, Australia on the Mornington Peninsula.It was established as a quarantine in 1852 following the Ticonderoga's arrival at the heads of Port Philip with a significant number of passengers with scarlet fever.
(Australian War Memorial) Morning Peninsula vineyard. The Mornington Peninsula is a notable wine region, producing small quantities of high quality wine from around 60 wineries. While most varieties are grown, the cool, maritime climate of the Peninsula is particularly noted for pinot noir. [13]
Soldiers from the 4th Division near Chateau Wood, Ypres, in 1917. In Australia, the outbreak of World War I was greeted with considerable enthusiasm. Even before Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914, the nation pledged its support alongside other states of the British Empire and almost immediately began preparations to send forces overseas to engage in the conflict.
It is developing a chic, Hamptons-style scene with wineries, farmer’s markets, boutique hotels and now world-class spas with laid-back, eco-friendly vibes. In short, the Mornington Peninsula is ...
Australia's first major oil spill occurred off Point Nepean in 1903, with the wreck of SS Petriana. It remained Australia's largest oil spill until 1975. [7] Point Nepean Post Office opened on 1 April 1859 but was closed by 1865. [8] Fortifications were built from 1878. Gun batteries were installed at Fort Nepean in 1886 and Eagles Nest in 1888.
Mornington Cemetery is a cemetery serving the Mornington Peninsula area of Melbourne. It is located at 40 Craigie Rd, Mount Martha. [1] The cemetery was first Surveyed in 1855, and was originally called the Mt. Martha Cemetery, then the Moorooduc Cemetery. It contains a number of pioneer graves for the district. [2]
The County of Mornington is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located to the south-east of Melbourne, including the Mornington Peninsula, French Island and Phillip Island. The county was proclaimed in 1849.
The history of Australia from 1901 to 1945 begins with the federation of the six colonies to create the Commonwealth of Australia. The young nation joined Britain in the First World War, suffered through the Great Depression in Australia as part of the global Great Depression and again joined Britain in the Second World War against Nazi Germany in 1939.