Port Campbell, Victoria

Port Campbell, Victoria

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


caption = Panoramic view of Port Campbell township from a viewpoint west of the town
lga = Corangamite Shire
postcode = 3269
est =
pop = 599 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC26469 | name = Port Campbell (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Polwarth
fedgov = Wannon
dist1 = 224
dir1 = SW
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 67
dir2 = E
location2= Warrnambool

Port Campbell is a coastal town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Great Ocean Road, west of the Twelve Apostles, in the Corangamite Shire. At the 2006 census, Port Campbell had a population of 599.

The town was settled in the 1870s, with the first wharf being built in 1880. The town now serves tourists visiting the Twelve Apostles and the Port Campbell National Park, as well as maintaining a small crayfishing community.

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