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Port Fairy (historically known as Belfast) is a town in south-western Victoria, Australia. It lies on the Princes Highway in the Shire of Moyne , 28 kilometres (17 mi) west of Warrnambool and 290 kilometres (180 mi) west of Melbourne , at the point where the Moyne River enters the Southern Ocean .
In 1908, while travelling to Winnipeg, John James Carrick, Sir William Mackenzie and Sir Donald Mann were playing poker in a private car. In the wee morning hours, Carrick told the other two men that Port Arthur needed a good hotel and the Canadian Northern Railway should build one and even had a perfect location for it (the existing one). [2]
Griffiths now has no permanent inhabitants, but is connected to the mainland by a causeway and is accessible on foot. It forms part of the Port Fairy and Belfast Coastline Protection Reserve and, as well as being a tourist attraction, is an important site in the context of the history of European settlement of western Victoria.
The Borough of Port Fairy was a local government area about 290 kilometres (180 mi) west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The borough covered an area of 22.72 square kilometres (8.8 sq mi), and existed from 1856 until 1994. Its area was surrounded by the Shire of Belfast and the Southern Ocean.
The Shire of Moyne is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state.It covers an area of 5,481 square kilometres (2,116 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 16,887. [1]
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