Port Franklin, Victoria

Port Franklin, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Port Franklin
state = vic


caption = Banks of the Franklin River looking south towards Wilsons Promontory.
lga = South Gippsland Shire
postcode = 3964
est =
pop = 121
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Gippsland South
fedgov = McMillan
dist1 = 182
dir1 = SE
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 48
dir2 = SE
location2= Leongatha
dist3 = 11
dir3 = SE
location3= Foster

Port Franklin is a small fishing village convert|182|km|mi|0|lk=on kilometres south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is about 2km inland from the coastline of Corner Inlet. At the 2006 census, Port Franklin had a population of 121.Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC26473
name=Port Franklin (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-08-06
quick=on]

Port Franklin is situated on the banks of the Franklin River between Toora and Foster. The river is lined with small commercial fishing boats, privately-owned pleasure craft as well as commercial charter vessels. The local community maintain the public hall, playground, tennis courts and parklands.

The Post Office opened around 1902, was known as Bowen until 1910 and closed in 1993. 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 ]

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