Port Philip Monument
Port Philip Monument is an obelisk in Melbourne, Victoria. Port Philip Monument is situated nearby to Shepherd Bridge, as well as near Bunbury Street Rail Bridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Footscray Town Hall and Footscray railway station.
Footscray Town Hall
Town hall
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Footscray Town Hall, also known as Maribyrnong Town Hall since council amalgamations in the 1990s, is a civic building located on Napier Street in Footscray, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Footscray Town Hall is situated 730 metres west of Port Philip Monument.
Footscray railway station
Railway station
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Footscray railway station is a commuter and regional railway station and the junction point for the Sunbury, Werribee and Williamstown lines and V/Line services to Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong, part of the Metropolitan and Regional railway networks. Footscray railway station is situated 1 km northwest of Port Philip Monument.
Coode Island
Island
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Coode Island is a former island at the convergence of the Yarra and Maribyrnong Rivers, 4 km west of central Melbourne, Australia. The island was formed by the excavation of the Coode Canal in 1887, and became connected to the mainland in the 1930s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Docklands and CBD.
Docklands
Suburb
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Docklands is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the western end of the central business district. Docklands had a population of 15,495 at the 2021 census. Docklands is situated 3 km southeast of Port Philip Monument.
CBD
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The central business district of Melbourne is the city's cultural, entertainment and financial heart. Locally called the CBD, or simply "the City", it is where most international and interstate visitors spend the bulk of their time.
Melbourne
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Melbourne is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.
Port Philip Monument
- Type: Obelisk
- Inscription: “This monument has been erected to mark the original junction of the Yarra and Maribyrnong rivers. While was near this spot, these rivers were originally discovered by Charles Edward Grimes in February 1803 and refound by John Batman in June 1836”
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.80674° or 37° 48′ 24″ southLongitude
144.90869° or 144° 54′ 31″ eastInception
November 23rd, 1941Height
2.5 metres (8.2 feet)Open location code
4RJ65WV5+8FOpenStreetMap ID
node 3176128938OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=obelisk
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Highlights include Shepherd Bridge and Bunbury Street Rail Bridge.
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