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Somers

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Mornington Peninsula Shire Council VIC, Private Bag 1000, Somers, VIC 3927
1300 850 600

Description

Somers is a small town in Melbourne approximately 90 km south-east of the Melbourne city centre, Victoria, Australia, in the south-eastern corner of the Mornington Peninsula on Western Port.

Somers is a small town in Melbourne approximately 90 km south-east of the Melbourne city centre, Victoria, Australia, in the south-eastern corner of the Mornington Peninsula on Western Port. Its local government area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.

History

Originally known as Balnarring East, the town was renamed for a popular former Governor of Victoria who set up the local Lord Somers Camp. The subdivision of Somers began in 1925, whilst the Boulevard Cafe & Post Office commenced business in 1927, the address then still being Balnarring East. After much correspondence with the Education Dept. the Palm Beach School No. 4458 opened 1929. The renaming of the town occurred in 1930. Despite a few very small land subdivisions for housing, Somers has not seen any major development since the 1920s and has retained much of its remnant bush land on the foreshore. Initially as the land had been used for grazing, the estates were bare until local residents led by local store-keeper Ron Stone planted many trees throughout the area.

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Type: Towns

Population: 1,001 - 10,000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 14.911 km2

Elevation: 11 to 50 metres

Town elevation: 24 m

Population number: 1,667

Local Government Area: Mornington Peninsula Shire Council

Location

Mornington Peninsula Shire Council VIC, Private Bag 1000, Somers, VIC 3927

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Attribution

This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Somers, Victoria