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Hello.

Today I'm going to do the history of Sorrento.

Sorrento is found 112 click's from Melbourne or 90 mins in a car.

Sorrento's founding father was not Lieutenant-Governor David Collins who established a convict Settlement to stop the French settling there, in 1803, at Sullivan Bay.
But the settlement only lasted 8 months because they couldn't find fresh water so they packed up in May 1804 and moved to Tasmania.

Then in 1872, George Selth Coppin made Sorrento into a real seaside town and he was the Founding Father of Sorrento.

But before the English settled the area, Bunurong people were living there, and had a Mr William Buckley, who was a convict who had gone bush, living with the Wathaurung people who lived close by.
Mr Buckley lived with the Wathaurung people for 32 years, and in that time, he forgot how to speak English.

While Mr Coppin was making Sorrento into a real seaside town, he made the Ocean Amphithearte Compny which was in real estate.
Coppin had a paddle steamer that tourists travelled on and a steam tram that went from the pier to the Back Beach.
All of the historic buildings and churches and the jetty were built under his supervision and seaside holiday homes, hotels, and sea baths were built.
Sorrento became a popular tourist resort because of the many things Coppin had built.

The population of Sorrento today is 1,500 and it's still a popular tourist spot.

Now, I'm going  to show you where Sorrento is on a map online HERE

Biblography-
http://www.heritageaustralia.com.au/search.php?state=VIC&region=68&view=299
http://39coppin.com/History/hist_1803.htm
http://www.carmelofsorrento.com.au/sorrento.html