Bittern, Victoria

Bittern is a rural town in Metropolitan Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula located 82 km southeast from Melbourne's central business district, as a part of the urban enclave on Western Port comprising Bittern, Hastings, Crib Point, Somerville, and Tyabb. Its local government area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is served by Bittern railway station on the Stony Point greater-metropolitan line and by the 782 bus route operated by Peninsula Bus Lines between Frankston and Flinders.[2] Bittern is named after the shy wetland bird, the Australasian bittern, which reflects the town's location amongst significant areas of native bushland and dense coastal vegetation.[3]

Bittern
Victoria
Bittern General Store
Bittern
Coordinates38.339°S 145.175°E / -38.339; 145.175
Population3,705 (2016)[1]
 • Density104.07/km2 (269.5/sq mi)
Postcode(s)3918
Area35.6 km2 (13.7 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Mornington Peninsula
State electorate(s)Hastings
Federal Division(s)Flinders
Localities around Bittern:
Tuerong Hastings Western Port
Balnarring Bittern Western Port
Somers HMAS Cerberus Crib Point

History and Present Day

The town was part of the Coolart pastoral run of the 1860s. Bittern Post Office opened on 5 January 1891.[4] The railway opened for Bittern in 1889 and small scale commercial development began during the early 1900s. The town also has a primary school, Bittern Primary School, and a small basketball and netball stadium known as Graham Myers Sports Stadium or Bittern Memorial Stadium, which features an indoor court used for basketball, netball or floorball and four outside courts used for netball.[5] There is also a small oval located outside the stadium.

References
  1. "2016 Census QuickStats Bittern". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. "782 Frankston - Flinders via Coolart Road & Hastings". Public Transport Victoria.
  3. Westernport Tourism, Bittern, retrieved 6 June 2010
  4. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
  5. Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Leisure Centres, archived from the original on 20 July 2008, retrieved 6 June 2010



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