Heaton’s Monument
Heaton’s Monument is a monument in Victoria, Australia. Heaton’s Monument is situated nearby to the park Point Nepean Quarantine Station, as well as near Norris Barracks.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Point Nepean Quarantine Station and Cheviot Beach.
Point Nepean Quarantine Station
Park
Photo: Timsabo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Point Nepean Quarantine Station is a former quarantine station and former military training facility, located on approximately 526 hectares, on Coleman Road in Portsea, on the Mornington Peninsula, in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Point Nepean Quarantine Station is situated 110 metres south of Heaton’s Monument.
Cheviot Beach
Beach
Cheviot Beach is a beach near Point Nepean in Victoria, Australia. It was named after the SS Cheviot, which broke up and sank nearby with the loss of 35 lives on 20 October 1887. Cheviot Beach is situated 2½ km west of Heaton’s Monument.
Fort Nepean
Castle
Photo: Honk squeak, Public domain.
Fort Nepean is a former defensive facility occupying part of Point Nepean, Victoria, Australia. It was part of a network of fortifications, commanded from Fort Queenscliff, protecting the narrow entrance to Port Phillip. Fort Nepean is situated 3½ km west of Heaton’s Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Point Nepean National Park and Queenscliff.
Point Nepean National Park
Photo: Junedee Balili, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Point Nepean National Park is a national park in Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. There are 70 registered Aboriginal archaeological sites within the Point Nepean National Park.
Queenscliff
Photo: andrewkneebone, CC BY 2.0.
Queenscliff is an historic maritime community perched on a small spit of land in the south-eastern most corner of the Bellarine Peninsula. Located in the Greater Geelong region of Victoria, the town was settled only a few years after Melbourne, and is characterised by its strong European heritage, maritime and seafaring character and its lasting connection to the sea.
Heaton’s Monument
- Type: Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-38.31177° or 38° 18′ 42″ southLongitude
144.69425° or 144° 41′ 39″ eastOpen location code
4RH6MMQV+7POpenStreetMap ID
node 631381270OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Norris Barracks and Point Nepean Information Centre.
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