Cape Bridgewater
- Local Government Area
- Glenelg
- Postcode
- 3305
- Population
- 151
- Area
- 78.29 km²
- Coordinates
- -38.3270, 141.4149
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Cape Bridgewater
Cape Bridgewater is a locality in the Australian state of Victoria located on the western shore of Bridgewater Bay about 21 kilometres (13 mi) south-west of Portland and about 383 kilometres (238 mi) west of Melbourne. The area was settled in the 1860s by the Henty family who had settled nearby Portland, and a post office opened in 1863 (closed 1968) though known as Bridgewater Lower for some years. Both Cape Bridgewater and Bridgewater Bay were named after the Duke of Bridgewater (1756-1829), by Lieutenant James Grant sailing on the Lady Nelson on 4 December 1800.
Description from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nearby localities
- Cashmore 7 km
- Gorae West 10 km
- Portland West 11 km
- Portland North 14 km
- Gorae 16 km
- Portland (Vic.) 17 km