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Heritage of the Gadubanud People
Cape Otway was originally inhabited by the Gadubanud people; evidence of their campsites is contained in the middens throughout the region. -
Captain James Grant maps Cape Otway
In late December Captain James Grant in the Lady Nelson examines the coast of what is now Victoria sighting and naming such features as Portland Bay, Cape Albany Otway and Cape Schanck. Between Cape Otway and Wilson's Promontory the Lady Nelson crosses the bight that leads to Port Phillip but Grant does not detect the entrance to the harbour. -
First Europeans set foot on Cape Otway coast
The first Europeans to set foot on
the Cape Otway coast were in fact
survivors of the wreck of the
Joanna, a schooner bound from
Launceston, Tasmania, to
Portland, Victoria, in 1843. -
The Cape Otway Lighthouse
The Cape Otway lighthouse was built in 1848 to guide ships arriving from Europe around the Cape and into Bass Strait. The coast has still seen a huge number of shipwrecks, the most famous being the Loch Ard, which sank in 1878 with the loss of 52 lives -
Shipwreck Marie
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Shipwreck Sacramento
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Schomberg Shipwreck
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Loch Ard shipwreck
The coast has still seen a huge number of shipwrecks, the most famous being the Loch Ard, which sank in 1878 with the loss of 52 lives. Tom Pierce and Eva Carmichael, the only two survivors, were washed ashore in the nearby Gorge, which today is a popular stop on the Great Ocean Road. The -
Logging
Parts of the Otways have been logged since the 1880s with many sawmills built. -
Joseph H. Scammell Shipwreck
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Fiji Shipwreck
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Casino Shipwreck
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Rader bunker established by the American armed forces during WWII
Following the German sinking of the American ship the SS, the Americans built a radar bunker on the cape in 1942 -
SS City of Rayville sinks during WWII
The first American vessel sunk during World War II, the SS City of Rayville,
