Batman Park
The Esplanade, INDENTED HEAD VIC 3223 - Property No 311983
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
Batman Park commemorates the landing of John Batman and his party in 1835 and it was set aside as a reserve probably in the 1930's. It extends along the foreshore at Indented Head bounded by the Esplanade and it contains the Batman Memorial and the Ozone Monument. The Park is now developed as a camping ground with ablution amenities and boating sheds.
Batman Park has aesthetic, historic and social value to the Indented Head community and to holiday visitors.
Batman Park has high visual qulaities with views along the shore line and across the Bay. It is associated with Batman's early exploration of the Bellarine Peninsula and the annual summer holiday influx of visitors.
Itis of LOCAL cultural significance.
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Batman Park - Physical Description 1
Batman Park extends along the foreshore at Indented Head bounded by the Esplanade. The exact north and south limitations of the park are unclear but further reference to the records of the Indented Head foreshore Committee would need to be made. The park contains the Ozone monument and the Batman memorial. Camping gounds with native vegetation and exotic plantings are a feature of the landscape. Boat sheds and ablution amenities are also part of the camp grounds.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Bellarine Heritage Study
Author: Huddle, Howe, Lewis and Francis
Year: 1996
Grading:
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HENDERSON STREET BOTLE DUMP (AMALFI COVE ESTATE)Victorian Heritage Inventory
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Matthew Flinders Memorial PlaquesGreater Geelong City
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Ozone Memorial & Land within 5 metresGreater Geelong City
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