An aerial view of Point Lonsdale.

Buckleys Cave, used as a shelter by escaped convict William Buckley, beneath the Point Lonsdale lighthouse.

Point Lonsdale is a coastal township on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia. The traditional owners of this area are the Wathaurong people of the Kulin nation. The escaped convict William Buckley is the first known European to have resided in the area, having lived with the local people between 1803 and 1835. A signal station was built in 1854. Permanent European settlement began at Point Lonsdale in the latter half of the 19th century with the construction of a lighthouse in 1863 and the extension of the railway line from Geelong to Queenscliff in 1879. Since settlement numerous ships have been wrecked here on the rocky reefs at the entrance to Port Phillip Bay. Image File history File links Point_lonsdale_aerial. ... Image File history File links Point_lonsdale_aerial. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x822, 54 KB) 1means the typographical arrangement and layout of a published work. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x822, 54 KB) 1means the typographical arrangement and layout of a published work. ... William Buckley William Buckley (1780 - January 1, 1856), was an English convict who was transported to Australia, escaped, was given up for dead and lived in an Aboriginal community for many years. ... The Bellarine Peninsula is a peninsula located south-west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Corio Bay and Bass Strait. ... Queenscliff is a small town that lies on the Bellarine Peninsula. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th)  - Land 227,416 km²  - Water 10,213 km² (4. ... The Kulin alliance is one of the Indigenous Australian nations of Australia who lived in central Victoria, Australia, around Port Phillip and Western Port, up into the Great Dividing Range and the Loddon and Goulburn River valleys. ... The Kulin alliance is one of the Indigenous Australian nations of Australia who lived in central Victoria, Australia, around Port Phillip and Western Port, up into the Great Dividing Range and the Loddon and Goulburn River valleys. ... William Buckley William Buckley (1780 - January 1, 1856), was an English convict who was transported to Australia, escaped, was given up for dead and lived in an Aboriginal community for many years. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ... - - Nickname: City by the Bay Geography Area: 1,240 km² Coordinates: Time Zone UTC +10:00 Population (2003) 200,067 Among Australian cities: Density: persons/km² Political Mayor: Shane Dowling Governing body: City of Greater Geelong Geelong is a port city of 200,067 people (2003 census) located on Corio... There is also Local Government Area called the City of Port Phillip. ...

The town is named after police officer William Lonsdale and is the birthplace of former Premier of Victoria Thomas Hollway. Thomas Tuke Hollway (Ballarat, 2 October 1906 — Point Lonsdale, Victoria, 30 July 1971) was Premier of Victoria from 1947 to 1950, and again for a short period in 1952. ...

References

External links

• Sydney Morning Herald
• Photos of Point Lonsdale

Coordinates: 38°17′S 144°36′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...