San Remo is a town in southern Victoria, Australia in the Gippsland region. Formed as a fishing village, and settled primarily by Italian immigrants, its economy is now more largely based around tourism. It is also notable as the town on the mainland side of the bridge to Phillip Island. At the 2001 census, San Remo had a population of 861.^[1] Slogan or Nickname: Garden State, The Place to Be Motto(s): Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (resigning effective 30th July 2007) (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05... Image File history File linksMetadata Newhaven_sanremo_bridge. ... Bridge connecting Newhaven with the adjacent town of San Remo. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... km redirects here. ... Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... Wonthaggi is located 132kms south east of Melbourne via the South Gippsland and Bass Highways, in the Bass Coast Shire of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. ... Cowes ( ) is a small town on Phillip Island in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. ... 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... Bass Coast Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... The Electoral district of Bass is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Flinders is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ... Slogan or Nickname: Garden State, The Place to Be Motto(s): Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (resigning effective 30th July 2007) (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05... John Longstaffs Gippsland, Sunday night, February 20th, 1898, depicting the Red Tuesday bushfires that ravaged Gippsland For the electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, see Division of Gippsland. ... It has been suggested that Pyramid Rock, Philip Island be merged into this article or section. ... The Australian census is run by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. ...

It is located at the western tip of the Anderson Peninsula, 122 km south-east of Melbourne via the South Gippsland Highway, opposite Newhaven on Phillip Island. Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... Bridge connecting Newhaven with the adjacent town of San Remo. ...

History

The area around what is now San Remo was occupied for many hundreds of years by the Bunurong people, before the Europeans settled the area. In 1797 George Bass, a naval surgeon and explorer, took a voyage in an open whaleboat to explore the coastline. It was later explored on foot in 1826 by William Hovell. Bunurong (also spelt Bunwurrung, Boonwerung, Bunurowrung, Boonoorong and Bururong) is the language and name of the Bunurong people, an Australian Aboriginal tribe of six clans along the coast of Victoria (Australia), Australia. ... George Bass George Bass, British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia (1771 – unknown, post 1803), was born at Aswarby, a hamlet near Sleaford Lincolnshire and was educated at Boston Grammar School. ... A modern copy of a traditional whaleboat on display at Mystic Seaport. ...

Around 1840 a deepwater port was established at Griffiths Point in order to provide exports of wattle bark, farm produce and cattle, and then later coal starting in the 1870s. A township grew around this port, and brought in tourists. In 1888 the township was named San Remo after the resort town in Italy. Species About 1,300; see List of Acacia species Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Linnaeus in 1773. ...

Early in the 20th Century, commercial fishing of the King George Whiting came to the area, the produce being sent to Melbourne markets via railway. Binomial name Merlangius merlangus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1767 Many types of fish have been given the common name whiting. ...

Today there is a fishing co-operative near the bridge that supplies good fresh fish, particularly the King George whiting for which the area is known. A cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) comprises a legal entity owned and democratically controlled by its members, with no passive shareholders. ... Binomial name Cuvier, 1829 Range of the King George whiting Synonyms Sillaginodes punctata Cuvier, 1829 Sillago punctata Cuvier, 1829 Isosillago punctata Cuvier, 1829 Isosillago maculata Macleay, 1878 The King George Whiting, Sillaginodes punctatus, (also known as the Spotted whiting or Spotted sillago) is a member of the smelt-whitings, a...

Festivals and events

The San Remo Channel Challenge is held in February and the San Remo Festival in March.

See also

• Sanremo in Italy

San Remo is a city with about 57,000 inhabitants and lies on the Mediterranean coast of western Liguria in northwestern Italy. ...

Coordinates: 38°31′S 145°22′E / -38.517, 145.367 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...