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Anthonys Nose is a point, or escarpment located on the southern shore of Port Phillip Bay, between Dromana and McCrae, in Victoria, Australia.
It was named by Charles La Trobe, who became the Superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales in 1839. He thought that the landform had a strong resemblance to Anthony's Nose (Westchester) on the Hudson River, New York.[1][2]
In the early years of the European settlement of Dromana there were geographical obstacles to travelling by land. A journey from Melbourne to the area meant crossing swamps and streams. Anthony's Nose was the point where Arthur's Seat ended as the mountain "fell steeply to the sea". At high tide a traveller by foot, horse, or wagon found it necessary to wade, ride or drive through the water in order to round the point, as the only road stuck to the coastline. In addition it was difficult at high tide to negotiate the rocks which were then submerged underwater. An 1863 survey map shows that the road left the coastline at Foote St. and passed over the brow of the "Nose". Georgiana McCrae gave an account in her journal of Meyrick, in 1845, solving the problem by sleeping next to his bullock wagon as he waited for the tide to go out. Her diary also recorded various fishing expeditions at Anthony's Nose made by her husband, his employees, her sons, and the Boon wurrung Aboriginal locals who were the first custodians of that area.[3]
Over the years, the original escarpment was cut back to a cliff face. In the early 1920s, Anthony's Nose was further cut back by Mr Alnutt, an engineer who was contracted to finish the job in order to build Point Nepean Road, today known in parts as Nepean Highway.
モーニントン半島開拓者一族の末裔であるコリン・マクリアーは、今日人工的に作られた切り通しに見られる水で洗われた石は、川底（ハドソン川のように）の水の作用によって形成されたか、波に洗われた海岸で形成されたかのどちらかだと推測した。彼は、1940年に「ノーズ」の周りに防波堤が建設される前は、「そこの海岸線は水で洗われた石でびっしりと覆われていた」とコメントした。ポートフィリップ湾はかつてヤラ川によって切り開かれた広大な平野であり、現在の ライの近くで海に流れ込んでいた可能性があるため、彼はこれらの両方の説に興味をそそられた。アーサーズシートの下にある岩はドロマナ花崗岩で、花崗岩は西側でセルウィン断層によって境界付けられている。
南緯38度20分38秒 東経144度56分13秒/南緯38.344度 東経144.937度/ -38.344; 144.937