Launching Place, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Launching Place
state = vic


caption =
lga = Shire of Yarra Ranges
postcode = 3139
pop = 2599 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC25979 | name = Launching Place (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
est =
stategov = Gembrook
fedgov = McEwen
dist1 = 60
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 13
location2= Warburton
near-nw = Woori Yallock
near-n = Don Valley
near-ne = Yarra Junction
near-w = Woori Yallock
near-e = Gladysdale
near-sw = Hoddles Creek
near-s = Hoddles Creek
near-se = Hoddles Creek

Launching Place is a town east of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia, along the Warburton Highway between Woori Yallock and Yarra Junction. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 census, Launching Place had a population of 2599.

The Post Office opened on 12 July 1865, replaced by Hoddle's Creek in 1869, reopened on 1 September 1880, finally closing in 1994.Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

The suburb was from 1901 until 1965 served by a railway station on the Warburton line.

Launching Place has many camping grounds where families go camping, hiking and boating in the Yarra River.

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