The reason for the region being renamed to the 12 Apostles is completely due to marketing purposes, as the name had a better ring to it. Nowadays, there are only 8 apostles left, with others slowly cutting down further and further until there will be more. But due to the continuing erosion that effects not just the limestone stacks, but the coastal land, the current cliffs are expected to eventually become rock stacks. So even if we do lose the remaining of the twelve apostles, we might have some brand-new ones in the near future.
Even though not all the twelve remain, the twelve apostles are still a breathtaking sight. Trek up to the cliff tops to marvel at the breathtaking views before you, seeing the crashing waves below and the massive rock structures looming beyond. As well the area has not just stunning scenery, it has a rich history to discover. Even though you could only see nine at the time, the name quickly evolved to the 12 Apostles, likely due to the biblical relation of the term apostle.
Since the Apostles were renamed two stacks have collapsed. Just as erosion formed the impressive landmarks, it will eventually also cause their collapse. In the first apostle collapsed. The large apostle is said to have cracked, shuddered and then disintegrated onto itself, in a similar way to a building collapsing. Two photos taken just a minute apart show the stack there and then immediately gone!
Stunned tourists watched on as the famous coastline changed forever. The second apostle to collapse was in A much smaller stack was reported to have simply disappeared overnight in , and word form Parks Victoria confirmed the stacks collapse. Cricket and bushfires not coronavirus were the topics du jour. The apostles are a major feature on every itinerary for coach tours of the Great Ocean Road. Nearly three million visitors come here each year, including a million from overseas, making it the most visited attraction in Victoria and a top ten attraction for Australia as a whole.
Somehow the name got changed from the Sow and the Piglets or the Sow and the Pigs , but no one seems to know why, or by whom or even when. I got intrigued by the name and the more I probed for answers about who, when and why, the greater the mystery seemed to grow. No one could answer what seemed on the face of it to be a simple question.
And the dates given — s and s — are contradictory. I asked Tourism Victoria for an explanation. Who named the 12 Apostles, when, and what was the reasoning behind the choice of that name? They took a couple of weeks even to acknowledge my inquiry, then promised a swift response and in the end called back to say they had nothing.
Their staffer referred me to the Port Campbell Information Centre, who also took days to respond and in the end gave me a bunch of speculation but no evidence and referred me to the local historical society. The most likely group to be promoting the change would be the Port Campbell Progress Association which was active pre- and post-World War II up to the s. But there are no progress association records back that far s and earlier.
Peter referred me to Trove the digitised record of Australian newspapers and suggested I look at the Campbelltown Chronicle which was published from the s until the mid s.
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