Cape Paterson is a cape and seaside village
located near the town of Wonthaggi, 132
kilometres (82 mi) south-east of Melbourne via
the South Gippsland and Bass Highways, in the
Bass Coast Shire of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
Cape Paterson was known originally for the
discovery of coal by William Hovell in 1826, it is
now extremely popular for its beaches and
rockpool and at the 2011 census, Cape Paterson
had a population of 718.
