Shoreham, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Shoreham
state = vic


caption =
lga = Shire of Mornington Peninsula
postcode = 3916
pop = 984 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC26617 | name = Shoreham (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
est =
stategov = Nepean
fedgov = Flinders
dist1 = 80
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 17
location2= Rosebud
near-nw = Red Hill
near-n = Point Leo
near-ne = Point Leo
near-w = Red Hill
near-e = Point Leo
near-sw = Flinders
near-s = Flinders
near-se =

Shoreham is a town south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the southern Mornington Peninsula region on the Western Port. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is a coastal recreation resort notable for its pine-covered cliffs and foreshore reserve. At the 2001 census, Shoreham had a population of 984.

History

Shoreham began as a port for timber exports from the surrounding area. Early reports of the area suggested the region was "thick with honeysuckle and sheoak" and early settlers in the Balnarring and Hastings region were involved in wattle bark stripping and cutting piles and sleepers for shipping to Melbourne via the town. [cite web|url=http://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Documents/SE/PlanStrategic/HastHeritageStudyVol2.pdf|title=Volume 2, Environmental History|author=Graeme Butler & Associates|work=Hastings District Heritage Study Stage Two|accessdate=2006-11-27]

Shoreham Post Office opened on 1 October 1881. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

Today

Shoreham today is a small coastal town containing a Post Office, general store, tennis courts, community hall and CFA, while the area contains picnic and barbecue facilities, a boat ramp and various accommodation options such as B&Bs, caravan parks and camping sites. [Map 257, Melway street directory (28th ed., 2001)]

Shoreham is served by the 782 bus route operated by Peninsula Bus Lines between Frankston and Flinders. [ [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/979 782 Frankston-Flinders] , effective 19 April 2004. Accessed 2006-11-27.]

Shoreham has always been a place where artists have resided. Several homes bear testimony to their work. There is iron work by Matcham Skipper and frescos by Clifton Pugh.

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