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Arthurs Seat is a hill and locality on the Mornington Peninsula, within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, about 75 km south east of Melbourne, Australia. Arthurs Seat is a major tourist attraction, owing to its natural bushland, sweeping views and man-made attractions. The hill rises to 314 meters (1031 ft) above sea level.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Australian Heritage Database )〕 The underlying rocks are Devonian granite, bounded to the west by the Selwyn Fault. The vegetation consists of dry open forest of mixed eucalypt species, which was extensively burnt during a bushfire in 1973〔State Suburbs〕 and again in 1997.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parks Victoria )〕 The indigenous vegetation on the north-west face has been heavily infested with noxious weed and much of the natural vegetation has been cleared away, although several large stands still remain.〔 ==History== The term Arthurs Seat was first applied to the mountain range, then to a squatting run, next to the pre-emptive right, then to land allotments in the area that is now the suburb McCrae, and currently to the suburb at the summit of the range. It was named by Acting Lieutenant John Murray when he entered Port Phillip in the ship ''Lady Nelson'' in February 1802, for an apparent resemblance to the hill of Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh (which was his home city).〔 〕 Captain Matthew Flinders climbed Arthurs Seat on 27 April 1802, Noting in His log "The Bluff Mountain on the eastward I estimated at over 1000 feet high, and being near the waterside, possessed a favorable station for observation purposes. I accend the hill and took an extensive set of bearings from the cleared place to be found on the north western bluff part of the hill." another notable accent was in 1844 Sir John Franklin (former Governor of van demons land) climbed Arthur's seat with Andrew McCrae (then owner of the McCrae homestead at the foot).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Attention! )〕 It was not until 1853 That a structure was placed on the summit, a trigonometrical station, for survey purposes. The station was burnt down in 1880, in 1883 a new light house was assembled in McCrae making the previously wooden structure redundant, so authorities decided to transport the wooden frame by bullock wagon to the summit for use as a lookout tower where it remained till 1934 when it was again replaced by another tower.〔http://www.seasidelights.com.au/au/vic/mccrae.asp?fState=vic〕 In 1913 the Flinders Shire Council cut and formed a track for vehicles to the summit. In 1929 the track was re-surveyed, widened, reconstructed and continued to link up with Dromana-Flinders Road〔 The summit area Of Arthurs seat was not recognized as separate of Dromana/McCrae until it was subdivided by council in 1930.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Australian Heritage Database )〕 before this recognition the sumit area as we know it today was titled "Dromana park"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Attention! )〕 or "Arthurs Seat Range" 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Attention! )〕 in the southern area of subdivision survey maps from mid to late 1800's displaying the country lands in the parish of Kangerong (now Dromana)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Suburban & Country Lands in the Parish of Kangerong near Athur's Seat, County of Mornington (material ). )〕 The Garden of the Moon opened in 1931 and has brought tourism to the location from the very beginnings of its establishment. It offered attractions such as a dance hall, camera obscura, telescopes, swimming pool, fish-pond, hexagonal kiosk and wishing well.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Victorian Heritage Database )〕 The lookout tower opened in 1934. And the 950 m long chairlift route was built in 1960, This added to the already well established tourist attraction, with an estimated 100,000 Chairlift users in 2002 according to the Mornington Peninsula Tourism Council. Tourism at the summit has been in decline since both the closure of the Chairlift in 2006 and the closure and subsequent removal of the lookout tower in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Demolition News » Video – Arthurs Seat Tower demolished… )〕 Chief executive Mark Stone of Parks Victoria called for "new modern infrastructure" in 2009〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Arthurs Seat landmark to get a lift )〕 Development of new infrastructure was disputed and subsequently assesed at a VCAT hearing, VCAT allowing the application despite strong local concern put forward by ''Save Our Seat''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthurs Seat, Victoria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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