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Town in Victoria, Australia
Launching Place is a town in Victoria , Australia , 54 km east of Melbourne's central business district , located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area . Launching Place recorded a population of 2,495 at the 2021 census .[1]
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 .
Launching Place, between 1898 and 1918 State Library Victoria H33027/9b
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.[2]
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.[3]
A new car park has recently[when? been constructed behind the Launching Place General Store, improving access to the Warburton Rail Trail and the store.
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