Description
Blairgowrie is a seaside town in Metropolitan Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula, approximately 63 km south of Melbourne's city centre, Victoria, Australia.
Blairgowrie is a seaside town in Metropolitan Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula, approximately 63 km south of Melbourne's city centre, Victoria, Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.
History
Blairgowrie was named after the Burgh of Blairgowrie, the largest town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. A post office was not opened until 1 November 1947.Rhys Isaac, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, died in Blairgowrie in October 2010.
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Population: 1,001 - 10,000
Time zone: UTC +11:00
Area: 6.286 km2
Elevation: 4 to 10 metres
Town elevation: 8 m
Population number: 2,313
Local Government Area: Mornington Peninsula Shire Council
Attribution
This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Blairgowrie, Victoria