Nelson, Victoria
| Nelson Victoria | |
|---|---|
 The town's hotel | |
  Nelson | |
| Coordinates | 38°03′0″S 141°01′0″E / 38.05000°S 141.01667°ECoordinates: 38°03′0″S 141°01′0″E / 38.05000°S 141.01667°E |
| Population | 226 (2006 census)[1] |
| Postcode(s) | 3292 |
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Glenelg |
| State electorate(s) | South-West Coast |
| Federal Division(s) | 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 17 March 1876.[4]
The Portland-Nelson Road is the only main road in and out of Nelson and crosses the Glenelg at Nelson and is the only crossing for over 25 km. The first crossing over the Glenelg was constructed out of wood in 1893. It was replaced by the current steel cantilever bridge in 1963.
Notes
- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Nelson (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
- ↑ Blake, Les (1977). Place names of Victoria. Adelaide: Rigby. p. 294. ISBN 0-7270-0250-3, cited in Bird (2006)
- ↑ Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria". The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-09.
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 2008-04-11.
References
- Learmonth, Noel F. (1970). Four Towns and a Survey. Hawthorn Press: Melbourne
External links
Media related to Nelson, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons
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