Description
Cowes is the main township on Phillip Island in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.
Cowes is the main township on Phillip Island in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It is about two hours' drive from Melbourne and can also be reached by coach, or passenger ferry from Stony Point on the Mornington Peninsula. Cowes is located on the northern side of Phillip Island and faces towards French Island and the Mornington Peninsula. At the 2016 census, Cowes had a population of 4,839.
History
The area was originally known as Mussel Rocks. In 1865, a government surveyor Henry Cox returned from a holiday retreat in England and named the town he surveyed after the seaport town of Cowes on the Isle of Wight, England. The Post Office opened on 1 August 1869.The Cowes Magistrates' Court closed on 1 January 1990.
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Population: 1,001 - 10,000
Time zone: UTC +11:00
Area: 20.532 km2
Elevation: 11 to 50 metres
Town elevation: 31 m
Population number: 4,839
Local Government Area: Bass Coast Shire Council
Attribution
This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Cowes, Victoria