South Wharf Explained

Type:suburb
South Wharf
City:Melbourne
State:vic
Lga:City of Melbourne
Lga2:City of Port Phillip
Alternative Location Map:Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
Coordinates:-37.825°N 144.952°W
Postcode:3006
Pop:71
Elevation:6
Area:0.25
Est:2008
Stategov:Albert Park
Fedgov:Macnamara
Dist1:2
Location1:Melbourne
Near-Nw:Docklands
Near-N:Docklands
Near-Ne:Melbourne
Near-W:Port Melbourne
Near-E:Southbank
Near-Sw:South Melbourne
Near-S:Southbank
Near-Se:Southbank
Local Map:yes
Zoom:14

South Wharf is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. South Wharf recorded a population of 71 at the 2021 census.

South Wharf is a small inner suburb south west from Melbourne's CBD.[1] Its borders are the Yarra River to the north, Wurundjeri Way to the west, the West Gate Freeway and a small private car park bordering Ford Street and Munro Street, which is part of the City of Port Phillip, to the south and the former Port Melbourne railway line and Clarendon Street to the east.

Gazetted in 2008[2] and formerly part of the industrial and shipping area of Southbank, the renaming is part of a wider urban renewal strategy to link Southbank with the Melbourne Docklands.

South Wharf includes some of Melbourne's landmarks, including the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre and the Melbourne Maritime Museum, with its heritage Polly Woodside.

South Wharf is also home to many apartments, shopping outlet DFO South Wharf and the 5-star luxury hotel Pan Pacific Hotel.

A five-storey Victorian warehouse, known as the Tea House (at 28 Clarendon Street), built in 1888, is one of the few buildings which survived the redevelopment of the area.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-12-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120330101020/http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/104561/Melbourne_v47.pdf . 30 March 2012 .
  2. Web site: Victoria Government Gazette No. G2 Thursday 10 January 2008 . 72 . 28 August 2008.