Queenscliff, Borough of Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia
Postcode: 3225
Description: Small township
Location: 30 km south-east of Geelong, on Bellarine Peninsula
Named: By Lieutenant Governor Latrobe fter Queen Victoria. Formerly Whale Head then Shortlands Bluff. (Blake)
Formerly known as Whale Head. The name was changed to Shortland's Bluff in honour of Lieutenant John Shortland, who assisted in the surveying of Port Phillip. When land sales began in 1853, the name was changed to Queenscliff by Lieutenant Charles La Trobe, in honour of Queen Victoria. (Wikipedia)
Prahran Mechanics’ Institute
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Queenscliffe Historical Museum
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