Brighton is named after Brighton in England.

History

In England, on 29 August 1840, Henry Dendy (1800-81) purchased 5120 acres of Port Phillip land at £1 per acre, sight unseen, under the terms of the short-lived Special Survey regulations. Dendy arrived on 5 February 1841 to claim his land. The area was known as Dendy's Special Survey.

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