| Cape Paterson Victoria | |||||||||
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 Surf Beach Road | |||||||||
  Cape Paterson | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°40′18″S 145°37′11″E / 38.6717°S 145.6198°E | ||||||||
| Population | 891 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3995 | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
| LGA(s) | Bass Coast Shire | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Bass | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Monash | ||||||||
| Website | Cape Paterson | ||||||||
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Cape Paterson (/ˈpætərsən/) is a cape and seaside village located near the town of Wonthaggi, 132 kilometres (82 mi) south-east of Melbourne via the South Gippsland and Bass Highways, in the Bass Coast Shire of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Known originally for the discovery of coal by William Hovell in 1826, it is now extremely popular for its beaches and rockpool and at the 2011 census, it had a population of 718.[1]
Cape Paterson has six beaches.[2]
Cape Paterson was named by Lieut. James Grant in 1801 to honour explorer Lieut. Col. William Paterson, second in command of the Botany Bay (Sydney) battalion.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Cape Paterson (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ Bass Coast Information Centres, retrieved 13 November 2013
