NELSON
Nelson is the
last township encounted in Victoria using the coast road to Mount
Gambier. Nelson is a typical coastal village. The river accentuates
the quiet delight of this hamlet. Nelson is one of those places, that
if the weather is being kind it is easy to linger awhile.
In January 1852
the name of Nelson was adopted for the settlement, after the ship
Lady Nelson which was used by Lieutenant James Grant in
explorations of the area in the early nineteenth century.
A punt was built
across the river in 1848 by Henry Kellett. A summerhouse was also
built in 1848, which later became the town's current hotel. The town
site was surveyed and named in 1852 by Lindsay Clarke, and sheep
grazing began soon after. Settlement of the township came much later,
a Post Office being opened on March 17, 1876.
The Nelson Hotel
is over 100 years old and in all those years the pub would have been
the centre of activity.
The Nelson War
Memorial is at the town’s cemetery. ANZAC services are held at this
spot. 
The Presbyterian
Church is in the backblocks of the town but is unsigned from the
highway. 
Nelson is a
coastal retreat a long way from the major centres. If peace and quiet
and serenity is your scene this place is for you. Allow a night if the
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