Eagle Point, Victoria

Eagle Point is a town in Victoria, Australia, in the Shire of East Gippsland, by Lake King.

In 1840-41, Angus McMillan and his men killed an unknown number of Gunai people in skirmishes during "the defense of Bushy Park".

[4] In the mid to late 1840s, Eagle Point was the headquarters for the Border Police under Commissioner Tyers.

[1] The town of Eagle Point is 63.1% religious, with 19.4% identifying as Anglican, 15.8% as Catholic and 4.8% as belonging to the Uniting Church.

[9] Bairnsdale Riviera Triathlon Club hosts an annual event in Eagle Point each summer.

[10] Although there are no art galleries in Eagle Point, the town has a small number of professional artists living and working in the area.

Eagle Point, Bairnsdale (Mitchell River and Lake King), Daniel Long, between 1856 and 1883 [ State Library Victoria ]