Portland Bay Explained

Portland Bay
(Kardermudelar / Pathowwererer)
Location:Victoria
Pushpin Map:Australia Victoria
Pushpin Relief:1
Coords:-38.3289°N 141.6361°W
Type:Bay
Basin Countries:Australia
Frozen:never

Portland Bay (Dhauwurdwurrung: Kardermudelar / Pathowwererer)[1] is a small bay off the coast of Victoria, Australia. It is about west of Melbourne. The city of Portland is located on the bay. The western end of the bay is marked by the headland of Point Danger.

The bay was named after the Duke of Portland, a Secretary of State and later Prime Minister of Great Britain, by Lieutenant James Grant sailing on the Lady Nelson, on 7 December 1800.[2] [3] The town of Portland later took its name from the bay.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Clark, Ian D. . Dictionary of Aboriginal placenames of Victoria . 2002 . Victorian Aboriginal Corp. for Languages . Melbourne . 9780957936065 . 182-3.
  2. , cited in Bird (2006)
  3. Web site: Bird . Eric . 12 October 2006 . Place Names on the Coast of Victoria . The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS) . 2008-07-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110218121208/http://www.anps.org.au/documents/VIC_coastal.pdf . 18 February 2011 . dmy-all .