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Encyclopedia > Flinders, Victoria

Flinders is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Mornington Peninsula, where Western Port meets Bass Strait. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It has an approximate population of 500. Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Western Port Bay and Bass Strait. ... Western Port looking west from French Island to the Mornington Peninsula Western Port (also known as Western Port Bay) is an inlet on the southern coast of Australia from Bass Strait and the Pacific Ocean, adjacent and to the east of Port Phillip on which is sited Melbourne, the capital... Bass Strait is a sea strait separating Australian mainland (Victoria in particular). ... The Shire of Mornington Peninsula is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...


Flinders is home to the famous Flinders Bread, and today Flinders Bread is baked and can be bought in many different forms. The town has a small yacht club and quite a long pier where sailing and fishing are almost always underway.

Melbourne suburbs near Flinders
(Shire of Mornington Peninsula)
Main Ridge Main Ridge Shoreham
Cape Schanck Flinders Western Port Bay
Cape Schanck Western Port Bay Western Port Bay

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Most of these are in south-east Australia and are named for explorer Matthew Flinders.
Flinders, New South Wales, suburb of Shellharbour, New South Wales
Flinders Island, a part of Tasmania in Bass Strait (also Municipality of Flinders)
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