South Wharf, Victoria

South Wharf Melbourne, Victoria
Looking towards South Wharf from the Rialto Towers observation deck
South Wharf
Coordinates	37°49′30″S 144°57′07″E / 37.825°S 144.952°E / -37.825; 144.952Coordinates: 37°49′30″S 144°57′07″E / 37.825°S 144.952°E / -37.825; 144.952
Population	66 (2011 census)[1]
• Density	264/km2 (684/sq mi)
Established	2008
Postcode(s)	3006
Area	0.25 km2 (0.1 sq mi)
Location	2 km (1 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s)	City of Melbourne City of Port Phillip
State electorate(s)	Albert Park
Federal Division(s)	Melbourne Ports
Suburbs around South Wharf: Docklands Docklands Melbourne Port Melbourne South Wharf Southbank South Melbourne Southbank Southbank

South Wharf is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government areas are the Cities of Melbourne and Port Phillip. At the 2011 Census, South Wharf had a population of 66.

South Wharf is a small inner suburb south west from Melbourne's CBD.^[2] 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 ^[3] 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 Exhibition and Convention Centre and the Melbourne Maritime Museum, with its heritage Polly Woodside.

South Wharf is also home to many apartments, shopping outlet Direct Factory Outlets and the 5-star luxury hotel Hilton Melbourne - South Wharf.

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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  Melbourne Exhibition Centre
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  The Polly Woodside
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  Night view of Seafarers Bridge at South Wharf
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  South Wharf and the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to South Wharf, Victoria.

• South Wharf website
• South Wharf Association

Suburbs of the City of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Carlton Carlton North Docklands East Melbourne Flemington Kensington Melbourne CBD North Melbourne Port Melbourne Parkville Southbank South Wharf South Yarra West Melbourne