[2] Originally home to the Indigenous Boonwurrung people, the first European settlers arrived in the area in the 1840s for fishing, logging and agriculture.

[3] A 46-metre long pier was opened in 1858 and became the social and economic gateway to the Mornington Peninsula, connecting the surrounding areas with Melbourne.

[4] Mornington became a popular tourist destination, with day trippers travelling from Melbourne on steamers from the 1860's.

[3] The Mornington Railway line opened in 1889, connecting the township directly to Melbourne until it was closed in 1981.

[6] The town centre runs into the foreshore area and local beach, which features a yacht club, restaurant and park with playground facilities.

[10] Terri Sawyer, the 18-year-old female driver who won the first ever AUSCAR race at the Calder Park Thunderdome in Melbourne in February 1988, is a resident of Mornington.

Mornington has an oceanic climate (Cfb) with warm and occasionally hot summers and mild winters where temperatures below freezing are very rare occasions.