14 Facts About Portland Victoria

Portland Victoria was busily employed pulling the gums from the wattle trees.

Portland Victoria was proclaimed a city on Monday 28 October 1985, in the presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Portland Victoria's harbour enabled the development of the wool growing industry of the Western District, however it has since lost its primacy to facilities at Geelong.

Port of Portland Victoria has received major assistance through public funding of an A$18 million overpass which gives better access to the port for heavy traffic The Glenelg Shire Council has recently adopted a plan for the redesign and development of the foreshore precinct including a new multi purpose marina in the north-west corner of the harbour.

Portland Victoria today is the home of a varied professional fishing fleet of approximately 60 vessels, harvesting a wide variety of sustainable, commercial species.

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The blade manufacturing facility in Portland Victoria worked in conjunction with their assembly plant in Tasmania which has since been closed down.

Four Portland Victoria sites are considered by the proponents of the project to be ideal wind farm locations, with consistently strong winds, access for construction vehicles and machinery, a nearby connection to the National Electricity Grid, compatible farming activities and a large land area.

Portland Victoria is 362 kilometres west of Melbourne via the Princes Highway.

Portland Victoria is served by the standard gauge Maroona-Portland Victoria line, which branches from the main Western standard gauge line.

Passenger movements are by coach to Warrnambool where passengers transfer to rail, the last direct passenger train between Ararat and Portland Victoria was on 12 September 1981 operated by a DRC railcar.

Sharp Airlines started operations in Portland Victoria by flying staff and employees from Portland Victoria Aluminium to Avalon Airport, so they could link to the Point Henry Smelter near Geelong.

Portland Victoria has a vibrant cultural diversity, with many potters, painters, musicians, quilters, lead lighters, wood-turners, photographers, cinematographers, multi-media artists, print-makers, jewellers, sculptors, actors and writers.

Portland Victoria has a soccer team, the Portland Victoria Panthers, and they play most of their games with the Mount Gambier Sides.

Portland Victoria has a warm-summer mediterranean climate that is transitional with the oceanic climate .