Victor Harbor was given its name by Captain Richard Crozier. He anchored in the lee of Granite Island and named the spot after his 18 gun brig-sloop HMS Victor #OTD 26 April 1837.
The new idealist colony of South Australia had officially begun just four months before. A centenary plaque noting his original spelling of Harbour - with a ‘u’ included - was unveiled on 26 April 1937.
Victor Harbor sits on the coast of Encounter Bay, named by British marine explorer Matthew Flinders when he met French navigator Nicolas Baudin in 1802. Their ships approached each other several kilometres offshore.
📸 Marine artist John Ford 2022
South Australian Tourism Commission
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