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Nelson
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| Population: | 226[1] |
| Postcode: | 3292 |
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| LGA: | Shire of Glenelg |
| State District: | South-West Coast |
| Federal Division: | Wannon |
Nelson is a small fishing town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on at the mouth of the Glenelg River and on Discovery Bay, a few kilometres from the South Australian border, and 422 kilometres (262 mi) west of Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Nelson and the surrounding area had a population of 226.[1]
In January 1852 the name of Nelson was adopted for the settlement, after the ship Lady Nelson, [2] [3] which was used by Lieutenant James Grant in explorations of the area in the early nineteenth century.
A punt was built across the river in 1848 by Henry Kellett. A summerhouse was also built in 1848, which later became the town's current hotel. The town site was surveyed and named in 1852 by Lindsay Clarke, and sheep grazing began soon after. Settlement of the township came much later, a Post Office being opened on March 17, 1876. [4]
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