page_title: Baxter, Victoria
section_title: External links
hierarchical_section_title: Baxter, Victoria / External links
caption_attribution_description: English: Woolworths in Baxter, Victoria
context_page_description: Baxter is a township and rural locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, beyond the urban area. Its local government area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is served by Baxter railway station on the Stony Point greater-metropolitan line.
  Originally named Baxter's Flat, Baxter was founded by pastoralist Benjamin Baxter, who lived in a property named Carrup Carrup - the Aboriginal name. The property still exists today on what is now the Frankston-Flinders road, as does the original cottage he and his wife Martha lived in. Benjamin Baxter died in 1892 and his gravestone, found in the Frankston Cemetery, reads "Benjamin Baxter, late of h. m. 50th regiment. Died at Currup Currup 15 May 1892, aged 87. Also Martha, beloved wife of above 31 January 1906 age 94 years".
  It was at Baxter's Flat that the railway to Mornington and Stony Point separated. The station was called Mornington Junction before being changed to Baxter, however its role as a junction ended in the 1980s with the closure of the Mornington line.
  The early township grew around the railway station and a Post Office named Mornington Junction opened on 1 December 1892
context_section_description: Our Peninsula's Past (Shire of Mornington Peninsula)
caption: Baxter Shopping Centre
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