Sorrento, Victoria
| Sorrento Melbourne, Victoria |
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 Sorrento Beach |
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| Population: | 1529(2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1830s | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3943 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 7 km² (2.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 91 km (57 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Shire of Mornington Peninsula | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Nepean | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Flinders | ||||||||||||
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Sorrento is a township in Victoria, Australia, located on the shores of Port Phillip on the Mornington Peninsula, about one and a half hours south of Melbourne. It is a largely upper-class, seaside resort area, but is also a quiet seaside township in the off-peak months of the year.
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[edit] History
In 1803, 30 years before the founding of Melbourne, Sullivan Bay in Sorrento became the site of Victoria's first European settlement.
Due to a lack of fresh water the settlement was short lived and subsequently moved to Hobart in Tasmania. Victoria's first magistrates' court, public hospital, postal service and government printing office were established in Sorrento. The first Victorian wedding, christening and funeral services were held at Sullivans Bay.
The first settlement site overlooking Sullivans Bay includes graves believed to be of first settlers.
Sorrento Post Office opened on 10 January 1871.[2]
A horse and steam powered tram which ran between the foreshore and the back beach opened in 1890 and closed in 1920.[3][4]
[edit] Today
The town has a number of grand historic homes and hotels which date back to the 1860s, almost all of which have been constructed with local limestone. The Mechanics' Institute, Sorrento was built in 1877 using local limestone and the building, which is now classified by the National Trust of Australia, houses the Nepean Historical Society's museum.
Sorrento has regular bus routes and a vehicular ferry, Peninsula Searoad Transport, operates an hourly service between Sorrento and Queenscliff.
The Sorrento Park, established in 1870, contains a variety of trees, including an Aleppo Pine grown from the seed of the Lone Pine of Gallipoli.[5]
[edit] Sport
The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League who won the flag in 2008 and 2010.
The Sorrento Cricket Club, coached by former Melbourne CC player and guru Nic Davern, competes in the Provincial Division of the Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association, having won the District Division in 2005/2006.
Golfers play at the course of the Sorrento Golf Club on Langford Road.[6]
[edit] Trivia
Australian singer Tina Arena released a song "Sorrento Moon (I Remember)" in 1995. The song is about Arena's childhood memories of summers past with her family at Sorrento beach in Victoria, Australia.
[edit] Gallery
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Continental Hotel
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Sorrento Hotel
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Sorrento (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC21617&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, December, 1960 pp181-185
- ^ "The Sorrento Steam Tram", TMSV Running Journal, http://www.tramway.org.au/reflections.php?p=the_sorrento_steam_tram, retrieved 2010-11-28
- ^ http://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/documents/other/Complete%20Amendment%20C23.pdf
- ^ Golf Select, Sorrento, http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=323, retrieved 2009-05-11
[edit] External links
- Sorrento - Official state tourism site
- Sorrento Museum and Heritage Gallery
- Watts Cottage
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Coordinates: 38°20′20″S 144°44′27″E / 38.338825°S 144.740947°E
