Editing Moolap, Victoria (section)

==History==
Among the first settlers in the area, in the early 1850s, was politician [[Horatio Wills]] and his family, including son [[Tom Wills]], star cricketer and founder of [[Australian rules football]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Sayers |first=C. E. |title=Horatio Spencer Howe Wills (1811–1861) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wills-horatio-spencer-howe-2799 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-12-17 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref>

The first Moolap Post Office opened on 1 May 1864 and closed in 1890. A Point Henry Post Office opened on 1 January 1867 which was replaced by Moolap Railway Station in 1887 and by Moolap in 1893. This latter office closed in 1962. A  Geelong East office open since 1871 was renamed Moolap West in 1921 and closed in 1951.<ref name = "a">{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Moolap* | access-date = 6 April 2021 }}</ref>

In 1888, Richard Cheetham established his saltworks at Moolap - an industry which survived more than 100 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cheetham Salt {{!}} Cheetham Salt History Timeline |url=https://www.cheethamsalt.com.au/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=www.cheethamsalt.com.au |language=en}}</ref> The [[Cheetham Saltworks, Moolap|Cheetham Saltworks]] site, located on Portarlington and Point Henry Roads, is listed on the [[Victorian Heritage Register]].<ref>[http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/result_detail/4820 "Cheetham Saltworks (H1157)"]. ''[[Victorian Heritage Register]].'' [[Heritage Victoria]]. Retrieved 2014-03-26.</ref>