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Anglesea Point and Point Marquis
Anglesea Point was at the southern end of Bathers Bay (Manjaree). It was named after the Marquis of Anglesea, which was wrecked there. Neither 'point' still exists as such: both have become part of shore realignments. Point Marquis has been flattened and built over by the roadway leading out to the southern lighthouse. Both the Long and Short (Fishermen's) Jetties used to extend from Anglesea Point, which was roughly at the western end what is now Bathers Beach House - the former Fishermen's Cooperative building - and has become part of the shoreline at the southern end of Bathers Beach, near the point where the fishing harbour breakwater goes out to sea.
My photo taken 2021May15 standing on what was Point Marquis looking across a completely empty Bathers Bay to what was Anglesea Point, at the extreme right edge of the snap.
Early map showing where the two points were at the time of colonisation. Note that South Bay (to the right) was later 'reclaimed' to form Esplanade Park.
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Alfred Pickering's photo from about 1897 showing Anglesea Point only changed to the extent of having the two jetties extending from it.
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The power station built on (previously quarried) Arthur Head was pretty much on what was Point Marquis. This was taken in 1913, from the end of South Mole after it had been extended out from the point.
References and Links
See also: Fishingboat Harbour.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 15 May, 2021 and hosted at freotopia.org/places/anglesea.html (it was last updated on 14 December, 2023). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.