RFI Locality advice - Geelong/Portarlington area (Vict.)

Am after the assistance of birdos who know or have visited the Bellarine Peninsula east of Geelong, Victoria.

Belcher (1914) mentions the possible extinction of King Quail at the following locality near Portarlington.  I cannot find it on any maps but presume it is the hills running sw away from Portarlington township.

Is anyone able to advise me more precisely where this area is so I can put an accurate grid reference to it for the Atlas of Victorian Wildlife?

cheers, Martin

King or Least Swamp Quail (p. 6)

'This bird has been shot within recent years on the BLACK HILLS, near Portarlington;...'

Ref: Belcher, C.F. (1914) Birds of the district of Geelong, Australia.  J.W. Griffiths: Geelong.

Martin O'Brien
Threatened Species & Communities Section
Department of Sustainability and Environment
2/8 Nicholson St. (PO Box 500), East Melbourne  3002


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