Place · region

Port Phillip District

1836–1851 · 19th century

The Port Phillip District was an administrative district of the colony of New South Wales covering present-day Victoria, from 1836 to 1851. Centred on Melbourne, it was governed from 1839 by a superintendent, Charles La Trobe. Its settlers campaigned for separation from Sydney, and in July 1851 it became the separate colony of Victoria.

Port Phillip District
Image: Stephen Bain · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 1 state history

Colony of Victoria

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Port Phillip District. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/port-phillip-district
MLA
“Port Phillip District.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/port-phillip-district. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Port Phillip District.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/port-phillip-district.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Port Phillip District’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/port-phillip-district (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻