Port Welshpool and Welshpool

Port Welshpool, a rural village, is 165 km south-east of Melbourne and north of the toe of Wilsons Promontory. Welshpool is 7 km north of Port Welshpool, on the South Gippsland Highway.

Port Welshpool was originally just Welshpool. It is surmised that it was named after Welshpool, Wales (named in 1835) or after Patricias Welsh, an associate of John Batman, who landed supplies at Corner Inlet.