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Cowes is the main township on Phillip Island, in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It is less than 2 hours drive from Melbourne, and can also be reached by ferry from Stony Point on the Mornington Peninsula. Cowes is located on the northern side of Phillip Island, and faces towards French Island and the Mornington Peninsula. At the 2006 census, Cowes had a population of 3678.
The area was originally known as Mussel Rocks. In 1865, a government surveyor named Henry Cox returned from a holiday retreat in England, and named the town he surveyed after the seaport town of Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, England. The Post Office opened on 1 August 1869.
Many of the roads in Cowes (and Ventnor ), Phillip Island, are named after other towns and villages on the Isle of Wight, the Island that inspired both town's names.
In recent years, Cowes has seen a rapid expansion in its size. Many estates and apartments have been built in and around the town, on what was previously rural farmland. An estimated 70% of houses are owned by absentee owners, most of whom live in and around Melbourne.  Latitude: -38.454231, Longitude: 145.220657No results found.
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