Port Campbell

Port Campbell (/ˈkæmbəl/)[2] is a coastal town in Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Great Ocean Road, west of the Twelve Apostles, in the Shire of Corangamite. At the 2016 census, Port Campbell had a population of 478.[3]

The Twelve Apostles Limestone structure

Port Campbell
Victoria
Aerial photograph of Port Campbell
Port Campbell
Coordinates38°37′0″S 142°59′0″E
Population478 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3269
Location
LGA(s)Corangamite Shire
State electorate(s)Polwarth
Federal Division(s)Wannon
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
20 °C
68 °F		 7.5 °C
46 °F		 80.9 mm
3.2 in
Localities around Port Campbell:
Heytesbury Lower Newfield Waarre
Peterborough Port Campbell Princetown
Southern Ocean Southern Ocean Southern Ocean

History

The town was settled in the 1870s, with the first wharf being built in 1880.[4] Port Campbell Post Office opened on 19 March 1874. It was renamed Port Campbell West in 1881 when a new Port Campbell office opened near the wharf.[5] At the 2001 census, Port Campbell had a population of 372. At the 2006 census, Port Campbell had a population of 599. At the 2011 census, Port Campbell had a population of 618.

Port Campbell is now a popular tourist destination for visiting The Twelve Apostles, located 12 kilometres to the east of the town and the Port Campbell National Park,[6] as well as maintaining a small crayfishing community.

  • The town seen from the war memorial lookout
  • The headland of the harbour at Port Campbell
  • The fishing docks
  • Lord Street
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References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Port Campbell (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  2. Butler, S., ed. (2009). "Port Campbell". Macquarie Dictionary (5th ed.). Sydney: Macquarie Dictionary Publishers Pty Ltd. 1952 pages. ISBN 978-1-876429-66-9.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Port Campbell (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. "PORT CAMPBELL". Camperdown Chronicle. VII (651). Victoria, Australia. 24 December 1880. p. 3. Retrieved 23 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
  6. "Port Campbell". Visit Victoria. Tourism Victoria. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

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