Launching Place, Victoria

Launching Place Victoria
Launching Place Hotel, Warburton Highway
Launching Place
Coordinates	37°46′26″S 145°35′17″E / 37.774°S 145.588°E / -37.774; 145.588Coordinates: 37°46′26″S 145°35′17″E / 37.774°S 145.588°E / -37.774; 145.588
Population	2,394 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	3139
Location	60 km (37 mi) from Melbourne 13 km (8 mi) from Warburton
LGA(s)	Shire of Yarra Ranges
State electorate(s)	Eildon
Federal division(s)	Casey
Localities around Launching Place: Woori Yallock Don Valley Yarra Junction Woori Yallock Launching Place Gladysdale Hoddles Creek Hoddles Creek Hoddles Creek

Launching Place is a town in Victoria, Australia, 54 km east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2016 census, Launching Place had a population of 2,394.^[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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  Launching Place General Store

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  Launching Place Home Hotel

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