THE COLLINS SETTLEMENT
Site map of the First Settlement
On October 9th 1803 His Majesty's Ship Calcutta , a 56 gun frigate entered Port Phillip almost six months after leaving England with 300 convicts and a detachment of Royal Marines. The supply vessel Ocean with some 56 free settlers had arrived two days previously. The settlement was under the command of Lieutenant Colonel David Collins. A landing was made and a settlement established at Sullivan Bay, Sorrento. This was the first British settlement in Victoria. However by May 1804 the settlement was abandoned and transferred to the Derwent River in Tasmania, the beginnings of Hobart Town.
The entrance to the new 1803 Settlement Centre
The story of the First European Settlement at Sullivan Bay can be viewed at the new 1803 Setlement Centre and at the Sorrento Museum.
One of the new 1803 Settlement Centre display boards
Posted November 9th 2008 |
On the occasion of the bi-centenary in 2003 a monument commemorating the Collins Settlement and listing the names of the settlers was constructed beside Point Nepean Road on the approach to the new 1803 Settlement Centre.
The Bi-centennial Monument
Audio visual displays and illustrations can be seen at the newly constructed 1803 Settlement Centre at Sullivan Bay, by contacting the Friends of the Collins Settlement. Facilities are available for group tours of the site. The Centre is open every Saturday and Sunday between 1.30 and 4.00, and from Wednesday to Sunday during school holidays.
Contact: Richard Cotter 5988 0773
recotter@gmail.com
The new 1803 Settlement Centre |
