Port Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is bordered by the shore of Hobsons Bay and the lower reaches of the Yarra River. Melbournes Yarra River is popular area for walking, jogging, cycling and relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced either or [1]) is the second most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... The Australian States and Territories make up the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th)  - Land 227,416 km²  - Water 10,213 km² (4. ... Municipalities of Greater Melbourne City of Banyule City of Bayside City of Boroondara City of Brimbank Shire of Cardinia City of Casey City of Darebin City of Frankston City of Glen Eira City of Greater Dandenong City of Hobsons Bay City of Hume City of Kingston City of Knox City... Mayor/President Cr BOLITHO, Janet CEO Mr SPOKES, David Electoral Divisions WARDS (Alma, Albert Park, Blessington, Emerald Hill, Ormond, Sandridge, St Kilda) Councillors Cr RAY, Darren, Cr KLEPNER, Judith, Cr GROSS, Dick, Cr LOGAN, Peter, Cr CRIBBES, Janet, Cr BOLITHO, Janet, Cr SAIT, Karen. ... Postcodes are used by Australia Post to identify postal districts in Australia. ... This is a list of suburbs in the city of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... Yarraville is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... West Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Melbourne Docklands is a new inner city suburb and Urban renewal project in Melbourne, Australia. ... There is also Local Government Area called the City of Port Phillip. ... Southbank, across the Yarra from Melbourne City Southbank is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria. ... There is also Local Government Area called the City of Port Phillip. ... There is also Local Government Area called the City of Port Phillip. ... Albert Park is one of the most fashionable suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Melbournes Yarra River is popular area for walking, jogging, cycling and relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced either or [1]) is the second most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... Emblems: Pink heath (floral)Weedy Seadragon (Aquatic) helmeted honeyeater (bird) Leadbeaters possum (faunal) Motto: Peace and Prosperity Slogan or Nickname: Garden State, The Place To Be, On The Move Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Const. ... Melbourne as seen from south-east side along the Yarra River, home of many rowers and active crew teams The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria (Australia); it is the river on which the city of Melbourne was founded. ...

The area to the north of the Westgate Freeway is in the City of Melbourne. The area to the south is in the City of Port Phillip. Population 67,000 Area 33 km² Mayor Cr John So (Lord Mayor) Electoral Wards none Councillors John So, Gary Singer, Fraser Brindley, Peter Clarke, Carl Jetter, Catherine Ng, Brian Shanahan, Fiona Snedden, David Wilson Capital Melbourne Suburbs/Townships Carlton, Carlton North, Docklands, East Melbourne, Fishermans Bend, Flemington, Hotham Hill, Jolimont... Mayor/President Cr BOLITHO, Janet CEO Mr SPOKES, David Electoral Divisions WARDS (Alma, Albert Park, Blessington, Emerald Hill, Ormond, Sandridge, St Kilda) Councillors Cr RAY, Darren, Cr KLEPNER, Judith, Cr GROSS, Dick, Cr LOGAN, Peter, Cr CRIBBES, Janet, Cr BOLITHO, Janet, Cr SAIT, Karen. ...

Historically it was known as Sandridge and developed as the city's second port, linked to the nearby Melbourne CBD. The area has been subject to intense urban renewal over the past decade. As a result, Port Melbourne is a diverse and historic area, featuring industrial and port areas along the Yarra to open parklands, bayside beaches, exclusive apartments and Beach Road's restaurants and cafes. The suburb is also forms a major transport link from east to west, home to one end of the West Gate Bridge. Blight often stands side-by-side with new structures during urban renewal efforts. ... The West Gate Bridge, Melbourne The West Gate Bridge is a large cable-stayed bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

History

The area known as Port Melbourne was first settled in 1839 by Wilbraham Liardet, who established a hotel, jetty, and mail service. It was initially known as Liardets Beach, though soon took on the official name of Sandridge, and finally Port Melbourne in 1884. The area came into prominence during the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s. With an increasing amount of ships looking to berth, Sandridge became a thriving transport hub. To alleviate the high costs of shipping goods via small vessels up the Yarra River to Melbourne, Australia's first railway line was built in 1854, connecting Sandridge to Melbourne. This became known as the Port Melbourne Line, and was eventually converted to Melbourne tram route 109. The disused Sandridge Bridge takes its name from this historic railway line. The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria in Australia between approximately 1851 and the early 1860s. ... Tram route 109 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Sandridge Bridge from Southbank The Sandridge Bridge is a historic railway bridge over the Yarra River in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, about to be redeveloped in 2005 as a new pedestrian, cycle path and public space connecting a new Queensbridge Square at Southbank to the Flinders Walk on the north bank. ...

As a transport hub, Port Melbourne had numerous hotels. Early industries included a sugar refinery, soap and candle works, chemical works, rice and flour mills, gasworks, a distillery and a boot factory.

Port Melbourne today

Today, Port Melbourne still serves as a transport hub for passenger and cargo vessels. Many luxury liners, naval vessels and ferries arrive at Station Pier including the daily ferry service, the Spirit of Tasmania, to Tasmania. Cargo traffic takes place further west, near the mouth of the Yarra River, principally at Webb Dock. The Spirit of Tasmania at Port Melbourne Spirit of Tasmania has been part of the name of four different ships that have served as passenger/vehicle ferries on Bass Strait, between Tasmania and the Australian mainland. ... Emblems: {{{Emblems}}} Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Slogan or Nickname: The Apple Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Const. ... Melbourne as seen from south-east side along the Yarra River, home of many rowers and active crew teams The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria (Australia); it is the river on which the city of Melbourne was founded. ...

As the relative importance of the port has declined, and as manufacturing industry has moved out of the inner city area, Port Melbourne has increasingly become a residential suburb. The area where Port Melbourne originally developed, around Station Pier and the currently derelict Princes Pier, has been redeveloped with construction of apartment complexes, the best known of which is the Beacon Cove development. Station Pier is a historic pier on Port Phillip Bay, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Houses in Port Melbourne range from colonial single-fronted wooden worker's cottages to new apartments and housing developments, and Port Melbourne has undergone a major demographic shift in the past twenty years, from one of the cheapest and poorest suburbs in the city to one of the most expensive and wealthiest. Port Melbourne now blends significant numbers of wealthy people with those who live in public housing developements, and other "old Port" locals. The area also has many immigrants who arrived at Station Pier and settled, primarily those of Greek background, and new immigrants from Africa and Asia. A world map showing the continent of Africa. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ...

For many years Port Melbourne was a centre of Melbourne's criminal underworld, which operated smuggling syndicates on the docks. The old Ships Painters and Dockers Union was notoriously controlled by gangsters. The Waterside Workers Federation, on the other hand, was a stronghold of the Communist Party of Australia. Today the Maritime Union of Australia is still a strong presdence in the area, though no longer controlled by gangsters or communists. In May 2002 the underworld figure Victor Peirce was shot dead in Bay St, Port Melbourne. The crime remains unsolved. Politically, Port Melbourne still votes very solidly for the Australian Labor Party, despite the influx of high-income residents. The Communist Party of Australia was founded in 1920 and dissolved in 1991. ... The Maritime Union of Australia covers waterside workers, seamen, port workers, professional divers, and office workers associated with Australian ports. ... Victor George Pierce (November 11, 1958 - May 1, 2002), 42, was an infamous Australian criminal from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ...

Sport

The Port Melbourne Football Club, known as "the Borough" is one of Melbourne's oldest Australian rules football sides, and plays in the Victorian Football League. Another local team is the Port Melbourne Colts, which plays in the Western Suburbs League. The Port Melbourne Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne and currently playing in the Victorian Football League. ... Australian football under lights at AAMI Stadium in Adelaide. ... The Victorian Football League (formerly known as the Victorian Football Association or VFA) is widely regarded as Australias 4th most competitive Australian rules football league after the AFL, SANFL and the WAFL. It features 13 teams from throughout Victoria and Tasmania. ...

Gallery

The corner of Bay St and Beach Rd, Port Melbourne. The building at left is Morley's Coal Depot, built in 1872, now converted to offices

The old Port Melbourne gasworks, now converted to apartments

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The Spirit of Tasmania at Port Melbourne, with the West Gate Bridge visible in the background Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 230 KB) Summary Photo by User:Adam Carr, April 2006 Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...

Localities within Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne features three distinctive localities:

Garden City

Garden City is a locality within Port Melbourne and the City of Port Phillip. It is a 1920s planned suburb similar to those built in Britain at the time.

Beacon Cove

Beacon Cove is a locality within Port Melbourne and the City of Port Phillip. It is medium to high density 1990s planned suburb, and features its own beach, palm lined boulevardes and post modern terrace type housing around a giant cresent and park, similar in layout to nearby St Vincent Gardens in Albert Park. The park, known as Beacon Vista adjacent to Garden City reserve, features a light tower which lines up with a light tower in the bay, situated between Princes and Station Pier. The suburb is fashionable and expensive, particularly the large apartment towers which line the foreshore of the bay. The picturesque Victorian era gardens at the centre of the square Detail of the main pavillion, Rochester Terrace Rochester Terrace St Vincent Gardens in the Melbourne suburb of Albert Park, is an Australian park of national significance. ... Albert Park is one of the most fashionable suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Station Pier is a historic pier on Port Phillip Bay, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Beach and apartments at Beacon Cove

Port Melbourne Promenade

Fisherman's Bend

Fisherman's Bend is a locality within Port Melbourne and the City of Melbourne. It is a primarily industrial centre at the foot of the Westgate Bridge which is the headquarters for General Motors Holden, Toyota, Kraft Foods in Australia as well as various government aircraft production facilities, a marina known as Pier 31 and several container ship ports. It also features Westgate Park, a large natural wetlands. Population 67,000 Area 33 km² Mayor Cr John So (Lord Mayor) Electoral Wards none Councillors John So, Gary Singer, Fraser Brindley, Peter Clarke, Carl Jetter, Catherine Ng, Brian Shanahan, Fiona Snedden, David Wilson Capital Melbourne Suburbs/Townships Carlton, Carlton North, Docklands, East Melbourne, Fishermans Bend, Flemington, Hotham Hill, Jolimont... The West Gate Bridge, Melbourne The West Gate Bridge is a large cable-stayed bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... This article is about the Australian car manufacturer. ... Toyota redirects here. ... Kraft Foods Inc. ... A small marina at Brixham, Devon, England A marina is a small to medium-sized harbor used by mostly private, recreational yachts. ... Container ship Rita being loaded at Copenhagen; note crew standing on deck, and stacks of containers on shore. ...

External links

• Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society