Victoria, Australia
A Brief History of Aireys Inlet
The first reported European in the area was convict William Buckley, having escaped from the Sorrento prison settlement in 1803.
The name “Aireys Inlet” is believed to have come from either John Moore Airey who was granted a pastoral lease in the area in 1842 or from George, his brother, who was a Crown Lands Commissioner in the district of Geelong.
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