Nelson, Victoria

Nelson Victoria
The town's hotel
Nelson
Population:	226[1]
Postcode:	3292
Coordinates:	38°03′S 141°01′E / 38.05°S 141.017°E / -38.05; 141.017Coordinates: 38°03′S 141°01′E / 38.05°S 141.017°E / -38.05; 141.017
Location:	422 km (262 mi) W of Melbourne 478 km (297 mi) SE of Adelaide 68 km (42 mi) W of Portland 36 km (22 mi) E of Mount Gambier, (S.A.)
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]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Nelson (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC26323&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-08-05. 
2. ^ Blake, Les (1977). Place names of Victoria. Adelaide: Rigby. pp. 294. ISBN 0727002503 , cited in Bird (2006)
3. ^ Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original on 2011-02-09. http://www.webcitation.org/5wNhWF4B7. 
4. ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=. Retrieved 2008-04-11 

References

• Learmonth, Noel F. (1970). Four Towns and a Survey. Hawthorn Press: Melbourne