“The city of Portland is the oldest European settlement in what is now the state of Victoria, Australia. It is the main urban centre of the Shire of Glenelg. It is located on Portland Bay. The Western District was well-populated and owned by Victorian Aborigines at the time colonisation began. The problem was their prior ownership was never recognised by the British Crown legally or with any conviction, in practice.
The bay was named in 1800 by the British navigator James Grant, who sailed in the Lady Nelson along the Victorian coast. “”I also distinguished the Bay by the name of Portland Bay, in honour of His Grace the Duke of Portland,”” wrote Grant. The bay, the only deep sea port between Adelaide and Melbourne, offers a sheltered anchorage against the often wild weather of Bass Strait.”

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