The City of Port Phillip is a Local Government Area in Victoria. It is located on the northern shores of Port Phillip, south of Melbourne’s central business district. It has an area of 20.62 km². At the 2006 census, it had a population of 85,096.
It is predominantly an amalgamation of three former cities – St Kilda, parts of South Melbourne, most of Port Melbourne, plus a small portion of Windsor from the former City of Prahran.
The city was created in the present borders in June 1994 under the municipal restructure by the then Jeff Kennett Liberal government.
It is bounded by White Reserve and Todd Road to the west, the West Gate Freeway, Kings Way and Dorcas Street to the north, St Kilda Road, High Street, Punt Road, Queens Way, Dandenong Road, Orrong Road, Inkerman Street, Hotham Street, Glen Huntly Road, St Kilda Street and Head Street generally to the east and the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay to the south.
Excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Port_Phillip
