Some events in the history of Murradoc :-
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 |
1847 | William Harding's pre-emptive right of 640 acres encompassing Murradoc Hill |
1852 Jun | First rural subdivision in Parish of Bellarine - 480 acres near Murradoc Hill were offered in farms up to 40 acres in size |
1860 Jun | Church of England school - Joseph Ball, Head Teacher |
1873 | Mr & Mrs Lloyd - school teachers |
1879 | A.P. Burness running the Sunday School |
1881 |
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1882 | School No. 417 opened |
1899 | Miss C Stapleton was a teacher at Murradoc State School |
1910 | Murradoc described as a farming district with a coach to Drysdale and a post office - John McRae being the postmaster |
1931 | School No. 417 closed |