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Launching Place

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Yarra Ranges Shire Council VIC, PO Box 105, Launching Place, VIC 3139
1300 368 333

Description

Launching Place is a town in Victoria, Australia, 54 km east of Melbourne's central business district.

Launching Place is a town in Victoria, Australia, 54 km east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2016 census, Launching Place had a population of 2,394.Launching Place is located along the Warburton Highway between Woori Yallock and Yarra Junction. It is believed that Launching Place is named after the place on the Yarra River where freshly cut logs were "launched" into the river to be floated down to sawmills in Melbourne.

A post office opened on 12 July 1865. It was replaced by one at Hoddles Creek in 1869, but reopened on 1 September 1880, finally closing in 1994.From 1901 to 1965, the township was served by a railway station on the Warburton line.

Launching Place has many camping grounds, and people use it was a base for camping, hiking and boating in the Yarra River.

The Derelict Aircraft Museum was formerly located in Launching Place but, by 2017, it had been closed and dismantled.A new car park has recently been constructed behind the Launching Place General Store, improving access to the Warburton Rail Trail and the store.

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Type: Towns

Population: 1,001 - 10,000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 36.117 km2

Elevation: 51 to 200 metres

Town elevation: 153 m

Population number: 2,394

Local Government Area: Yarra Ranges Shire Council

Location

Yarra Ranges Shire Council VIC, PO Box 105, Launching Place, VIC 3139

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Launching Place, Victoria