Safety Beach, Victoria
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Safety Beach is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula
.
Safety Beach occupies slightly less than half the area of land between the foothills of Mount Martha and Arthurs Seat
and borders Port Philip Bay
to its west.
There is a large inland harbour and residential development in Safety Beach named Martha Cove, named after its location in the cove at the foot of Mount Martha. The project was heavily protested by residents. The project began in 2004, but is experiencing considerable financial difficulties.
Golfers play at the course of the Mount Martha Valley Golf Club on Country Club Drive, or at the Safety Beach Golf Course nearby.
regulations.
The purchase included all of the present suburb of Safety Beach . The area is known as Jamieson's Special Survey
in cadastral surveys.The survey extended east as far as Bulldog Creek Rd.Henry Dunn had leased the Survey from 1846 until 1851 and was succeeded by tenants such as the Griffith, Eaton,Peatey,McLear,Clydesdale, Wilson, Cottier and Gibson families, which were involved with the History of Dromana, and in the case of William Cottier, the establishment of the first of three Rye Hotels, in Dromana! Cottier and John Campbell built a second hotel east of Lyons St,(Rye) using the same name and licence, thus bestowing a new name on the limeburning settlement. Edward Louis Tassell leased the northern 1000 acres (4 km²) for some time near the creek that is named after him. Big Clarke later owned the survey and his son in law, Bruce received this land as a wedding present. Maria Stenniken, who married Godfrey Burdett Wilson, used to work at Bruce's house as a servant during the summer. At the eastern end of the Survey, many of the pioneers worked at goldmining for Bernard Eaton.
(Sources: A Dreamtime of Dromana, Lime Land Leisure, Rate records, 1888 Post office directory.)
Safety Beach Post Office opened on 1 October 1953 and closed in 1974.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula
Shire of Mornington Peninsula
The Shire of Mornington Peninsula is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located to the south of the city of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula. It has an area of 723 square kilometres...
.
Safety Beach occupies slightly less than half the area of land between the foothills of Mount Martha and Arthurs Seat
Arthurs Seat, Victoria
Arthurs Seat is a hill and locality on the Mornington Peninsula, within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, about 75 km south east of Melbourne, Australia....
and borders Port Philip Bay
Port Phillip
Port Phillip Port Phillip Port Phillip (also commonly referred to as Port Phillip Bay or (locally) just The Bay, is a large bay in southern Victoria, Australia; it is the location of Melbourne. Geographically, the bay covers and the shore stretches roughly . Although it is extremely shallow for...
to its west.
There is a large inland harbour and residential development in Safety Beach named Martha Cove, named after its location in the cove at the foot of Mount Martha. The project was heavily protested by residents. The project began in 2004, but is experiencing considerable financial difficulties.
Golfers play at the course of the Mount Martha Valley Golf Club on Country Club Drive, or at the Safety Beach Golf Course nearby.
History
In 1841, Hugh Jamieson purchased 5120 acres (2,072 ha), or eight square miles, of land from the Crown for ₤1 an acre under the terms of the short-lived Special SurveyPort Phillip District Special Surveys
In August 1840, the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners of the British Government decided to allow the purchase of land anywhere in the Port Phillip District of New South Wales – now Victoria, Australia. Special Surveys could be requested to enable the purchase of , or eight square...
regulations.
The purchase included all of the present suburb of Safety Beach . The area is known as Jamieson's Special Survey
Jamieson's Special Survey
In 1841, Hugh Jamieson purchased , or eight square miles, of land near Dromana on the Mornington Peninsula approximately 60 km south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
in cadastral surveys.The survey extended east as far as Bulldog Creek Rd.Henry Dunn had leased the Survey from 1846 until 1851 and was succeeded by tenants such as the Griffith, Eaton,Peatey,McLear,Clydesdale, Wilson, Cottier and Gibson families, which were involved with the History of Dromana, and in the case of William Cottier, the establishment of the first of three Rye Hotels, in Dromana! Cottier and John Campbell built a second hotel east of Lyons St,(Rye) using the same name and licence, thus bestowing a new name on the limeburning settlement. Edward Louis Tassell leased the northern 1000 acres (4 km²) for some time near the creek that is named after him. Big Clarke later owned the survey and his son in law, Bruce received this land as a wedding present. Maria Stenniken, who married Godfrey Burdett Wilson, used to work at Bruce's house as a servant during the summer. At the eastern end of the Survey, many of the pioneers worked at goldmining for Bernard Eaton.
(Sources: A Dreamtime of Dromana, Lime Land Leisure, Rate records, 1888 Post office directory.)
Safety Beach Post Office opened on 1 October 1953 and closed in 1974.