Victoria, Australia

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Timeline

• 1846, G.D. Smythe survey the coast and named Wye River and Kennet River
• 1882, A & D McCrae and A. McLennan established farms and fishing camp pn the flats of Wye and Kennet Rivers. A 2m track was later built some 37 kn to Forrest.
• 1895, E. Harrington, grazing lease
• 1899, Jetty built 107 m long at Wye River, replaced in 1910.
• 1900, Timber milling began. Blue gum timber and Transport company. Mill opened at Separation Creek, closed in 1912
• 1916, Mill expanded, tramline added to transport timber. Population of 150, school opened.
• 1932, Great Ocean Road, Lorne to Wye River completed.

Sources:

• Lorne Historical Society Collections
• ‘The Great Ocean Road’, Neptune Publishing, Loney J. 1984