Some events in the history of Wallington :-
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 |
1840 | Fairfax FENWICK's property "Deep Gully" on the north east shores of Lake Connewarre - later known as Wallington |
1853 | Fenwick's subdivision fronting Queenscliff Road |
1855 | Wallington Hotel - Alfred Pike licencee |
1861 | Wallington Hotel - John Baxter proprietor |
1863 | Fenwick's gully flooded - £50 from Hon. J.M. Grant to cover flood damage |
1864 | Wallington Hotel - Peter Pascoe licencee |
1866 | Peter Pascoe started school with his daughter (a teacher) in a rented wooden building |
1868 | Wallington Hotel - Samuel Coleman licencee |
1871 |
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1872 | Thomas B. Gibb - "Rugby Park", Wallington |
1874 | Wallington Hotel enlarged, redecorated & refurnished |
1875 | R.Q. McWilliams - Electoral Registrar |
1880 | Alliance Cricket Club formed |
1882 | Cobb & Co advertised - Geelong to Wallington |
1883 |
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1886 | David Rhind bought part of "Chevy" Estate |
1896 | Wallington Hotel - George Ashmore licencee |
1899 | Newington School moved to Wallington |
1900 | Wallington School opened in Newington School building moved to present site |
1957 | New school built |