Editing Launching Place, Victoria (section)

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type     = town
| name     = Launching Place
| state    = vic
| image    = Launching Place, Victoria.jpg
| caption  = Launching Place Hotel, Warburton Highway
| coordinates = {{coord|37.774|S|145.588|E|display=inline,title}}
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pop      = 2,495
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS2021">{{cite web |title=2021 Census QuickStats Launching Place |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL21473 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=9 July 2022}}</ref>
| postcode = 3139
| dist1    = 60
| location1= [[Melbourne]]
| dist2    = 13
| location2= [[Warburton, Victoria|Warburton]]
| lga      = Shire of Yarra Ranges
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Eildon|Eildon]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Casey|Casey]]
| near-n   = [[Don Valley, Victoria|Don Valley]]
| near-ne  = [[Yarra Junction, Victoria|Yarra Junction]]
| near-e   = [[Gladysdale, Victoria|Gladysdale]]
| near-se  = [[Hoddles Creek, Victoria|Hoddles Creek]]
| near-s   = [[Hoddles Creek, Victoria|Hoddles Creek]]
| near-sw  = [[Hoddles Creek, Victoria|Hoddles Creek]]
| near-w   = [[Woori Yallock, Victoria|Woori Yallock]]
| near-nw  = [[Woori Yallock, Victoria|Woori Yallock]]
| est      = 
| local_map = yes
| zoom      = 11
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'''Launching Place''' is a town in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], 54&nbsp;km east of [[Melbourne|Melbourne's]] [[Melbourne city centre|central business district]], located within the [[Shire of Yarra Ranges]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Launching Place recorded a population of 2,495 at the {{CensusAU|2021}}.<ref name=ABS2021/>

Launching Place is located along the [[Warburton Highway]] between [[Woori Yallock, Victoria|Woori Yallock]] and [[Yarra Junction, Victoria|Yarra Junction]]. It is believed that Launching Place is named after the place on the [[Yarra River]] where freshly cut logs were "launched" into the river to be floated down to sawmills in [[Melbourne]].

[[File:Launching Place. State Library Victoria.jpg|thumb|left|Launching Place, between 1898 and 1918 State Library Victoria H33027/9b]]

A post office opened on 12 July 1865. It was replaced by one at [[Hoddles Creek, Victoria|Hoddles Creek]] in 1869, but reopened on 1 September 1880, finally closing in 1994.<ref name = "a">{{Citation| last = Phoenix Auctions History  | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Launching*Place* | access-date = 10 February 2021 }}</ref>

From 1901 to 1965, the township was served by a [[Launching Place railway station|railway station]] on the [[Warburton railway line|Warburton line]].

Launching Place has many camping grounds, and people use it was a base for [[camping]], [[hiking]] and [[boating]] in the [[Yarra River]].

The [[Derelict Aircraft Museum]] was formerly located in Launching Place but, by 2017, it had been closed and dismantled.<ref>[http://thederelictaircraftmuseum-com.webs.com Derelict Aircraft Museum homepage] Retrieved September 20, 2016</ref>

A new car park has recently{{When|date=November 2021}} been constructed behind the Launching Place General Store, improving access to the Warburton Rail Trail and the store.