Nelson, Shire of Glenelg, Victoria, Australia
Postcode: 3292
Description: Small fishing town
Location: 36 km east of Mt Gambier, (S.A.), 68 km west of Portland, at mouth of Glenelg River
Named: In 1857 because the ship Lady Nelson sailed the bay 50 years before. (Blake)
Named after the ship Lady Nelson, which was used by Lieutenant James Grant in explorations of the area in the early nineteenth century. (Wikipedia)
Prahran Mechanics’ Institute
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