Some events in the history of Point Lonsdale (events extracted from 'A history of Point Lonsdale' by N.A. Dunn) :-
| 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 |
| 1839 | Captain George Tobin obtained first sea pilot's licence |
| 1842 - 43 | First lighthouse constructed from local stone at Shortlands Bluff - later replaced by "Black Lighthouse". The first light shone in April 1843. |
| 1848 | Schooner "Thetis" and "Sophia" wrecked on a reef opposite Point Lonsdale |
| 1849 | "Princess Royal" wrecked on Point Lonsdale Reef |
| 1850 - 53 | "David", "James Foored", "Conside", "Portland",and "Isabella" and "Sacramento" (among others) all wrecked at Port Phillip Heads highlighting the need for a lighthouse at Point Lonsdale. |
| 1853 | Auditor General allocated £15,000 for lighthouse |
| 1854 | Captain Preston began building the signal station - there were no houses so it is presumed the Captain and his niece Fanny Green may have lived in tents until the station was completed. |
| 1857 - 58 | "House on the Hill" built by a gang of convict labour |
| 1860 | Small farms and lime kilns of Messrs James Hutchins and J Coopser had been started |
| 1863 | Salt works started |
| 1863 - 64 | Old Queenscliff lighthouse moved to Point Lonsdale. Captain Richards was in charge of the lighthouse - his assistants were Moore and Martin |
| 1864 | Governess Miss Jones drowned and was believed to be the first burial in the Queenscliff cemetery at Point Lonsdale. |
| 1865 - 66 | Another gang of convicts arrived to build a house in the Reserve below the lighthouse |
| 1867 - 68 | Salvage opportunities afters wrecks of the "Black Swan" and "Light of Ages" |
| 1869 | Miss Fanny Green left to become post mistress at Malmsbury |
| 1874 | Passenger steamers and Cobb & Co coming to Point Lonsdale |
| 1876 | Government land sale - Admans and Simpson some of the early buyers, paying £5 an acre for land north of the cemetery |
| 1878 | Telephones came into use between Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale |
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| 1881 - 1882 | Wesleyan Camp Meeting held at end of December and beginning of January |
| 1882 | Crouch family arrive in Point Lonsdale to build a house - the first of many people from Ballarat to chose Point Lonsdale for their holidays or home |
| 1885 |
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| 1886 |
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| 1888 | "Retreat Villa" erected for Tom McBain, assistant lightkeeper |
| 1889 - 90 | Cottee's Coffee Palace erected |
| 1890's | Pier built and paddle steamers came to the Point |
| 1899 | William Golightly erected a large twelve-roomed house for Mr McBain adjacent to "Retreat Villa". This became the boarding House "Merrilyn" |
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| 1903 | Blasting of the rock in the Rip damaged the lighthouse |
| 1906 | First wireless message from Australia to Devonport in Tasmania - sent from near the National Fitness Camp at Point Lonsdale |
| 1910 | First Post Office opened - Edward Gill appointed Postmaster |
| 1946 | House in the Reserve below the lighthouse demolished |
