Cape Paterson
Cape Paterson | |
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Surf Beach Road | |
Cape Paterson | |
| Coordinates: 38°40′18″S 145°37′11″E / 38.6717°S 145.6198°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
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| • State electorate | |
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| Population | |
| • Total | 891 (2016 census) |
| Postcode | 3995 |
| Mean max temp | 18.7 °C (65.7 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 9.5 °C (49.1 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 920.7 mm (36.25 in) |
| Website | Cape Paterson |
Cape Paterson (/ˈpætərsən/) is town 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.
Cape Paterson has six beaches.
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.