Crib Point, Victoria

Crib Point
Melbourne, Victoria

Entering Crib Point
Crib Point
Coordinates 38°21′47″S 145°12′07″E / 38.363°S 145.202°E / -38.363; 145.202Coordinates: 38°21′47″S 145°12′07″E / 38.363°S 145.202°E / -38.363; 145.202
Population 2,839 (2011)[1]
 • Density 451/km2 (1,167/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 3919
Area 6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Mornington Peninsula
State electorate(s) Hastings
Federal Division(s) Flinders
Suburbs around Crib Point:
Bittern Bittern Western Port
Bittern Crib Point Western Port
HMAS Cerberus HMAS Cerberus Western Port

Crib Point is a town in, Victoria, Australia, as a part of the urban enclave on Western Port comprising Bittern, Crib Point, Hastings, Tyabb, and Somerville. Its local government area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.

Crib Point is served by three railway stations: Morradoo, Crib Point and Stony Point, the latter of which is the terminus of the greater-metropolitan Stony Point line.

Crib Point Post Office opened on 18 July 1890.[2]

The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League.

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Crib Point (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  2. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
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