City of Port Melbourne

This article is about a former local government area. For the suburb, see Port Melbourne, Victoria.

City of Port Melbourne
Victoria
Location in Melbourne
The former Port Melbourne Town Hall
Population7,900 (1992)[1]
 • Density744/km2 (1,927/sq mi)
Established1860
Area10.62 km2 (4.1 sq mi)
Council seatPort Melbourne
RegionInner Melbourne
CountyBourke
LGAs around City of Port Melbourne:
Footscray Melbourne Melbourne
Williamstown City of Port Melbourne South Melbourne
Williamstown Port Phillip Port Phillip

The City of Port Melbourne was a local government area about 4 kilometres (2 mi) southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, on the south bank of the Yarra River. The city covered an area of 10.62 square kilometres (4.10 sq mi), and existed from 1860 until 1994.

The council area covered the current boundaries of the suburb of Port Melbourne; the Yarra River to the west and north, Boundary Street to the northeast, Hobsons Bay to the south and Pickles Street to the east.[2]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 49. ISSN 0067-1223.
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