Swan Island (Victoria)

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Swan Island is an island in Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia. It is reached via a small land bridge from the Bellarine Peninsula near the town of Queenscliff.

It is a small island, 140 hectares in size, home only to the Queenscliff Golf Club and a strictly off-limits Department of Defence facility. Access to the golf club can only be reached via a guarded security gate. The Department of Defence prefers not to discuss what currently goes on at the island, and information on the facility, aside from its history, is not found on any government website.

[edit] History

Swan Island has a long history of military use, being part of the fortifications built to protect the entrance to Port Phillip Bay from a feared Russian invasion in the 1870's.

Borough of Queenscliffe (All Melbourne Suburbs)
Port Phillip Bay	Port Phillip Bay	Port Phillip Bay
Port Phillip Bay	Swan Island	Port Phillip Bay
Queenscliff	Queenscliff	Port Phillip Bay