Moolap, Victoria#Point Henry

Among the first settlers in the area, in the early 1850s, was politician Horatio Wills and his family, including son Tom Wills, star cricketer and founder of Australian rules football.{{Citation |last=Sayers |first=C. E. |title=Horatio Spencer Howe Wills (1811–1861) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wills-horatio-spencer-howe-2799 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-12-17 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}

The first Moolap Post Office opened on 1 May 1864 and closed in 1890. A Point Henry Post Office opened on 1 January 1867 which was replaced by Moolap Railway Station in 1887 and by Moolap in 1893. This latter office closed in 1962. A Geelong East office open since 1871 was renamed Moolap West in 1921 and closed in 1951.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Moolap* | access-date = 6 April 2021 }}

In 1888, Richard Cheetham established his saltworks at Moolap - an industry which survived more than 100 years.{{Cite web |title=Cheetham Salt {{!}} Cheetham Salt History Timeline |url=https://www.cheethamsalt.com.au/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=www.cheethamsalt.com.au |language=en}} The Cheetham Saltworks site, located on Portarlington and Point Henry Roads, is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/result_detail/4820 "Cheetham Saltworks (H1157)"]. Victorian Heritage Register. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 2014-03-26.

Some events in the history of Moolap:

Pre-European Settlement the area inhabited by Bengalat balug (Clan) of the Wathaurong Tribe

First European explorers were Lieutenant John Murray (January 1802) and Captain Matthew Flinders (April 1802){{Citation |last=Parsons |first=Vivienne |title=John Murray (c. 1775–1807) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/murray-john-2496 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-12-17 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}

1803 to 1835 - William Buckley the first European living in the area{{Cite book |last=Sharp |first=Scott |url=https://jillongpocket.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/the-best-of-the-jillong-pocket.pdf |title=The early history of Geelong, told in easy-to-read short stories. |pages=12, 13}}

1854 - Whitehorse Hotel operating on the corner of Queenscliff Road and Whitehorse Road

1855 - Moolap Inn operating on the corner of Moolap Station Road and Bellarine Highway

1855 - Parsonage built on a site near the present State School

1858 - United Methodists Free Church chapel built

1871 - Moolap State School No. 1143 opened

1882 - 16 occupiers using Moolap address

1888 - Cheetham Saltworks established

Point Henry is an industrial peninsula of Geelong, located approximately 5 km east of the Geelong central business district. Only one sealed road leads to Point Henry, being Point Henry Road which leaves the Portarlington Road at Moolap and travels to the Alcoa Point Henry aluminium smelter and smaller surrounding industries. A small weather station is also located on the peninsula. Point Henry is named after Henry Reed's boat Henry.{{Cite web|url=http://zades.com.au/gandd/index.php/bellpen/towns2/phenry|title=Point Henry|website=zades.com.au|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-02-27}}

• 1921 - 319
• 1947 - 651
• 1991 - 565
• 1996 - 568
• 2001 - 554

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