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Portarlington, Victoria
Portarlington, a coastal township on the north-east side of the Bellarine Peninsula, is 26 km. east of Geelong and 43 km. across Port Phillip Bay from the centre of Melbourne.
Surveyed town lots were first sold in Portarlington in 1851, about eight years after Anne Drysdale settled at nearby Drysdale on her pastoral run. The Bellarine Peninsula was an early agricultural region for cereal crops, and later for hay, onions, peas and potatoes. The condition of the roads to Geelong, and the placement of shire tolls on the rods, encouraged farmers to ship produce to Melbourne from the nearest port. Portarlington's first public jetty was opened in 1859
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foreshore camping ground is extensive, with access-ways named after some of
the Bay ships. The common is now a flora and fauna reserve, and foreshore
reserves separate the elevated town centre from the beach. Quite near the
foreshore is the Portarlington mill, a registered historic building. The churches,
public hall and other facilities are clustered around the shopping area, which
contains the prominent Grand Hotel.
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