Some events in the history of Clifton Springs :-
| Pre-European Settlement | Area inhabited by Bengalat balug (Clan) of the Wathaurong Tribe |
| 1802 | First European explorers. January : Lieutenant John Murray April : Captain Matthew Flinders |
| 1803 - 1835 | William Buckley the first European living in the area |
| 1835 + | Area investigated and surveyed by Wedge and Gellibrand |
| 1836 + | Area occupied by squatters |
| 1853 - 54 | Bellarine Flour Mill established |
| 1868 | Clifton, Drysdale : the residence of Thomas Bates |
| 1870 | Mineral Springs found on property of Thomas Bates near Drysdale |
| 1871 |
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| 1872 |
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| 1875 |
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| 1876 | Meeting at "Bucks Head", Drysdale, to form a Clifton Springs Company |
| 1877 |
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| 1878 | 6 roomed house erected above Clifton Springs to accommodate visitors |
| 1879 | Publican's license granted to D. O'Leary at Clifton Springs |
| 1880 | Provisional directors form Clifton Mineral Springs Company |
| 1881 | Application for license for 12 room hotel at Clifton Springs |
| 1884 | Application for license for 16 room hotel at Clifton Springs |
| 1886 | Clifton Sea Mineral Springs Company formed |
| 1887 | Contract allotted for erection of Clifton Springs Hotel at a cost of £4000 |
| 1889 | Schooner "Georgina Smith" the first vessel to use the new Clifton Springs Jetty |
| 1890 | Hot sulphur baths at Clifton Springs |
| 1893 | Clifton Springs Hotel in 30 acres of land with Mineral Springs and a 2,160 foot Jetty was for auction : 11/9/1893 |
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| 1900 | Clifton Springs Hotel sold to T.B. Nunan on Melbourne |
