Annual Report Inside
A MUNICIPALITY ON THE NORTH EASTERN SHORES OF PORT PHILLIP BAY, THE CITY OF PORT PHILLIP COVERS 20.4 SQUARE KILOMETRES, AND IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AREAS OF EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT IN MELBOURNE. PORT PHILLIP IS KNOWN FOR ITS MANY DYNAMIC URBAN VILLAGES AND A FORESHORE THAT STRETCHES FOR NEARLY 10 KILOMETRES, INCORPORATING SEVERAL OF MELBOURNE’S MOST POPULAR BEACHES. IT ALSO FEATURES SOME OF VICTORIA’S MOST CELEBRATED AND INNOVATIVE CULTURAL EVENTS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, RESTAURANTS AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES. THE PORT PHILLIP COMMUNITY COMPRISES MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES, RELIGIONS, NATIONALITIES AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS, WITH ONE THIRD OF THE POPULATION HAVING BEEN BORN OVERSEAS, PRIMARILY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE FORMER USSR, GREECE AND POLAND. LIKE ITS COMMUNITY, THE URBAN CHARACTER OF THE CITY OF PORT PHILLIP IS MARKED BY A RICHNESS OF DIVERSITY, AND THE INTEGRATED MIX OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURHOODS, URBAN CENTRES, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS AND LEISURE ATTRACTIONS OFFER AMENITY, INTEREST AND CHOICE. THE CITY IS ALSO HOST TO MANY MAGNIFICENT HERITAGE BUILDINGS, AND BEAUTIFUL PARKS AND GARDENS. CITY OF PORT PHILLIPANNUAL REPORT 2001/2002 THE CITY EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE 1990S, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS CLOSE TO THE FORESHORE, AND IS WELL SERVED BY A NUMBER OF VARIED AND SUBSTANTIAL RETAIL, ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE PRECINCTS. THESE INCLUDE BAY STREET (PORT MELBOURNE), CLARENDON STREET (SOUTH MELBOURNE), FITZROY AND ACLAND STREETS (ST KILDA) AND CARLISLE STREET (BALACLAVA). A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYMENT AREAS SIT WITHIN PORT PHILLIP, INCLUDING THE ST KILDA ROAD OFFICE DISTRICT, AND INDUSTRIAL, WAREHOUSING AND MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS IN SOUTH MELBOURNE AND PORT MELBOURNE. PORT PHILLIP IS WELL SERVED BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT WITH A SUBSTANTIAL TRAM NETWORK, THE ST KILDA AND PORT MELBOURNE LIGHT RAIL LINES AND TWO STATIONS ON THE SANDRINGHAM RAIL LINE.
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