Sorrento Ocean Beach and Coppins Lookout. Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne, Australia
The Shire of Mornington Peninsula is a local government area in the outer south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located to the south of the Melbourne city centre on the Mornington Peninsula. It has an area of 724 square kilometres and in June 2018 it had a population of 165,822.[1] The Mornington Peninsula Shire came into existence on 15 December 1994 when the state government amalgamated the previous Shires of Flinders, Hastings and Mornington. Sorrento is a coastal suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, located on the shores of Port Phillip on the Mornington Peninsula, about one and a half hours by car south-west of Melbourne’s city centre. It is thought that the name 'Sorrento' (after the Italian seaside town) was conferred upon what was known as Sullivans Bay when the area was first opened for housing development in 1869. The Boon wurrung people occupied the area now known as the Mornington Peninsula for tens of thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans. In February 1802, Lieutenant John Murray of the HMS Lady Nelson led the first British force to enter Port Phillip Bay. Murray chose to base the Lady Nelson off what is now known as Sorrento Beach. On the 17th February the crew landed ashore and were greeted by about 18 local Aboriginals. The crew, with their dinners in hand, showed how they ate bread. While one of the crew was handing out bread to everyone, they were ambushed. In response, several Aboriginal Australians were shot at by musket fire, with three receiving likely mortal wounds. Murray then ordered grapeshot and round shot to be fired from the carronades aboard the ship at the fleeing attackers. This occurred at a place Murray named Bowen's Point which is now referred to as the Western Sister headland on the Sorrento foreshore. After exploring the southern part of the bay, Murray formally took possession of the area on 8 March 1802 for King George III of Great Britain in a small ceremony at a place now known
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Location: Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne, Australia
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