Rosebud - Culture and History

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Rosebud - Culture and History

The newly-created Union Jack was raised for the first time in Australia in 1802 at Point King which is about 16 km west of present-day Rosebud. This occurred during a 25-day exploration of Port Phillip Bay by Lieutenant Murray and party in the Lady Nelson. He was quickly followed by Matthew Flinders who mistook Port Phillip Bay for Western Port and only discovered his mistake after climbing Arthurs Seat (see entry on Dromana).

Two French ships were also exploring the southern waters at this time and, largely to forestall French claims to any part of the continent, the first European settlement on Port Phillip Bay was established in 1803, though it was abandoned the following year (see entry on Sorrento). White settlement of the peninsula was not resumed until the 1830s after the establishment of Melbourne). Pastoralists began bringing livestock into the area late in the decade and fishermen soon followed.

Rosebud is named after a schooner which ran aground on a sandbank here in 1851. The settlement developed after fishermen gathered to scavenge planks and damask.

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