Red Hill South is a rural locality and township on the
Mornington Peninsula
The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geogra ...
in
Melbourne
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,
Victoria
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,
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, approximately south-east of Melbourne's
Central Business District
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, located within the
Shire of Mornington Peninsula
The Shire of Mornington Peninsula is a local government area in southeastern Metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located to the south of the Melbourne City Centre. It has an area of 724 square kilometres and in June 2018 it had a ...
local government area
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. Red Hill South recorded a population of 708 at the
2021 census.
There are several wineries in the area and it is referred to as the 'hinterland' of the Mornington Peninsula.
Red Hill South Post Office opened on 22 January 1923.
See also
*
Shire of Hastings
The Shire of Hastings was a Local government in Australia, local government area about south-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, encompassing the eastern extremity of the Mornington Peninsula ...
– Red Hill South was previously within this former local government area.
References
Towns in Victoria (state)
Mornington Peninsula
Western Port
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