06 May

Churchill Island

Publié par Hortense

un peu d'histoire....

First walked by Boonwurrung Aboriginal people, Churchill Island now has an important place in the history of European settlement in Victoria. Lt. James Grant disembarked from the Lady Nelson in 1801 and named the island after the man who had given him seeds that he planted, making Churchill Island the site of the first European agricultural pursuits in Victoria.

Since the 1850s this fertile 57 hectare island has been continuously farmed and in 1872 when Samuel Amess, former Mayor of Melbourne, purchased the island for both holiday and farming use, he built a substantial house and outbuildings. Other families on the island have included the Pickersgills and Rogers and buildings from these island inhabitants still stand today.

pour traduire:

Nous avons fait le tour de l'île à pieds afin d’admirer les paysages et les animaux et ensuite nous avons clôturer notre petit weekend par la visite de la ferme qui s'y trouve, datant des années 1800 où vivaient les premiers colons