Some events in the history of Indented HeadĀ :-
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 |
Jul 1835 | Buckley learned of the presence of white men at Indented Head and that his fellows intended to attack them |
Aug, 1835 | Batman and his family joined the Port Phillip Association camp at Indented Head before proceeding to the settlement on the Yarra |
1835 + | Area investigated and surveyed by Wedge and Gellibrand |
1861 | Indented Head Farmer's Association was successful in having the licence for the squatting run |
1863 | At its December meeting the Indented Head Road Board considered a letter from the chairman of the Indented Head Farmer's Association seeking information from the Board to lay before ratepayers at a meeting of the Association |
late 1800s | The Ozone was one of the many stately vessels that graced the local seascape during the late 1800s and early 1900s |
19th Century | Indented Head = theĀ Bellarine Peninsula |
20th Century | Indented Head = the Town of Indented Head |
1920 | Batman Park formed |
1925 | The hull of the 314 hp bay steamer, the Ozone, was sunk off Indented Head to form a breakwater. Its paddle wheels are still visible |
1929 | Foreshore Committee was formed for the Indented Head area |
1929 | Batman Memorial erected to honour the pioneer |
May 1985 | Re-enactment of John Batman's historic 1835 landing at Indented Head |