Portarlington
History
PORTARLINGTON has been a holiday resort for more than 100 years, with thousands of melburnian holidaymakers taking a one-hour trip on the steamer from williamstown in the nineteenth century.
The township of PORTARLINGTON was formally surveyed around 1850 and was at that time named drayton. It was renamed PORTARLINGTON in 1851, reportedly in honour of the english peer, sir henry bennet , 1st earl of arlington.
Mussels are the dominant shell species found in evidence…
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