Apollo Bay
Baudin's name for Cape Patten, "on account of various protests the staff made to me at the time," about 35 km north east Cape Otway. Horner, Frank, French reconnaissance : Baudin in Australia 1801-1803 ,Melbourne, 1987, p.212 Cape Albany Otway James Grant's name for Cape Otway; William Albany Otway was a captain in the Royal Navy and a Commissioner of the Transport Board. Grant, James,The narrative of a voyage of discovery, performed in His Majesty's ves ,London, 1803, p.72 and chart. Cape Desaix Freycinet's name for Cape Otway. Scott, Ernest,Terre Napoleon a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia ,London, 1910, p. 60 Cape Marengo Freycinet's name for Point Franklin near Cape Otway. Scott, Ernest,Terre Napoleon a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia ,London, 1910, p. 58. Cape Suffren Freycinet's name, after a celebrated privateer, for Cape Patten, about 35 km north east of Cape Otway. Horner, Frank, French reconnaissance : Baudin in Australia 1801-1803 ,Melbourne, 1987, p.212 Cape Volney Freycinet's name for Moonlight Head about 25 km north west of Cape Otway. Scott, Ernest,Terre Napoleon a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia ,London, 1910, p.60. Middleton So known 1874-75. Called Krambruk 1875-1952. It was then officially named Apollo Bay but this name had been popularly used earlier; it is about 15km north west of CapeOtway. Aplin, Graeme , Foster, S.G.,Mckernan,Michaely, Australians Events and Places, Sydney, 1987, p.421. Krambruk Wimba A forgotten railway station between Gelibrand and Beech Forest, about 25 km south of Colac. Said to mean a wallaby. O'Callaghan,Thomas, Names of Victorian Railway Stations with their origins and meanings, Melbourne, 1918, p.97. |