What is Sullivan Bay, Victoria?
'''Sullivan Bay''' is the site of the first official [[European ethnic group|European]] [[Human settlement|settlement]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. It is a very small bay near [[Sorrento, Victoria]]. It is close to the entrance of [[Port Phillip Bay]], {{convert|60|km|mi|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} south of the city of [[Melbourne]]. In 1802, Governor [[Philip Gidley King]] in [[Sydney]] had written to Lord Hobart, Minister in charge of the colonies, in [[London]], saying that [[Britain]] should start a settlement at Port Phillip Bay. King thought it would be good area for fishing and [[seal hunting|sealing]]. He was also worried that the [[France|French]] might settle in the area and then would control [[Bass Strait]]. Lieutenant [[John Murray]] had explored Port Phillip Bay in 1802 and thought that the Sorrento area would be a good spot to start a settlement.<ref name=ed>{{cite book |last= Anderson |first= Wallace |author2= Richard Barnden and Roslyn Humphreys |title= Victoria: Investigating Settlement in the Nineteenth Century |publisher= Education Department of Victoria |date=1985 |location= Melbourne |page= |isbn=0724174419 }}</ref> ==Leaving England== Lieutenant Governor [[David Collins]] was put in charge of starting the new settlement. He took 307 [[convict]]s, some with wives and children, 51 soldiers, 17 free settlers, some with wives and children, and a government staff of 12, and a [[clergyman]], the Reverend Knopwood. The group of more than 400 people left England in April 1803, in the store ship “Ocean” and the convict ship “Calcutta.”<ref name=ed/> The two ships sailed to [[Tenerife]] in the Canary Islands, [[Rio de Janeiro (city)|Rio de Janeiro]] in [[Brazil]], [[Capetown]] in South Africa, and arrived at Port Phillip Bay on 6 October and 8 October 1803. Only 14 people died on the trip. Collins was unable to find a good place to land that had drinking water and good soil. On [[13 October]] [[1803]], he landed at Sullivan’s Bay, which he named after the Under Secretary of the Colon