Places near Lorne Victoria Australia
Lorne has many popular places and districts nearby.
Some places near Lorne include:
- Aireys Inlet
- Allenvale
- Cumberland River
- Deans Marsh
- Eastern View
- Kennett River
- St George River
- Stony Creek
Allenvale
Allenvale property was established by Jesse Allen (1857-1946) in 1880 when he went in for farming there, having selected 100 acres on the St George River. For 87 years, only Jesse and Abe have owned the property. Abe and son Ron opened up the Golf Links on the property in 1955, which became a great...Read more
Cumberland River
Under Construction Great Ocean Road and the mouth of the Cumberland River. Lorne 1940s SLV Sources: State Library of VictoriaDeans Marsh
The name ‘Dean’s Marsh’ appeared first very early in the white settlement of what became Victoria. The name is older than those of Winchelsea Birregurra and Lorne. It was the name given to a 7000-acre pastoral lease in the 1840s – which is only 5 years after John Batman first arrived in Port Phillip. Before...Read more
Little Colac
A residential area in North Lorne was known as Little Colac because many people from Colac built holiday homes in this area. Houses often had fibrous cement sheet cladding and were named after districts around Colac such as Nalangil and Warrion. Nalangil was an unpainted cement sheet house with a central gable over the porch....Read more
Rapids
Erskine River Rapids, Lindt photograph. Rapids c1900 The Sanctuary on the Erskine River. (LHS photo B589) Lorne’s first water system came from a pool at the head of The Rapids via a one and a half inch (37mm) galvanized pipe, but it provided only enough water for Erskine House and it’s fruit and vegetable gardens....Read more
Slaughterhouse
There is a substantial tract of land just beyond the limits of the Lorne township that has long been known as ‘the Slaughterhouse site.’ Similar sites can be found at the edges of most country towns. Lorne’s Slaughterhouse site is an exposed, windswept, rather wild, and very beautiful parcel of undeveloped land that stretches to...Read more
St George River
The St George River, along with the Erskine River, from the earliest times was known as a source of freshwater. The estuary of the St George River has been a popular beach area for Lorne people. From about 1905, saw millers built a timber tramway along the edge of the St George River to transport...Read more
Stony Creek
View from Hall Street of North Lorne, overlooking Stony Creek. (LHS photo B705) As we travel to and fro between Geelong and Lorne, we cross Stony Creek and perhaps wonder what historic stories may have been linked to this picturesque location. Many parents will know of the wonderful journey along Camel’s Walk to Lily Pond,...Read more
Teddy’s Lookout, Queens Park
Or the 23rd July 1881, a public meeting of Lorne residents resolved to make applications to the Honorary Minister of Lands and Agriculture, Melbourne to reserve a site for a Public Park. The site selected was an area of 63 acres 2 roods and 19 perches, situated on the southern boundary of the township of...Read more
