PORT CAMPBELL CITY
Port Campbell (599 habitants) est un village de l’État du Victoria à 224 km au sud-ouest de Melbourne sur la Great Ocean Road à l'ouest du site des douze apôtres.
Le village fut créé dans les années 1870 et le port dans les années 1880. La ville sert maintenant surtout à l'accueil des touristes du parc national de Port Campbell et accessoirement à une communauté de pêcheurs de crustacés.
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Port Campbell 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.
History
The town was settled in the 1870s, with the first wharf being built in 1880. 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. 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, as well as maintaining a small crayfishing community.
Le village fut créé dans les années 1870 et le port dans les années 1880. La ville sert maintenant surtout à l'accueil des touristes du parc national de Port Campbell et accessoirement à une communauté de pêcheurs de crustacés.
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Port Campbell 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.
History
The town was settled in the 1870s, with the first wharf being built in 1880. 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. 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, as well as maintaining a small crayfishing community.