Port Franklin, Victoria

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Port Franklin

| state = vic

| image = Port-franklin-looking-south.jpg

| caption = Banks of the Franklin River looking south towards Wilsons Promontory

| coordinates = {{coord|38|41|S|146|17|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = top

| lga = South Gippsland Shire

| use_lga_map = yes

| postcode = 3964

| est =

| pop = 134

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC22094 | name = Port Franklin (State Suburb) | accessdate = 24 August 2020 | quick = on}}

| elevation=

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| stategov = Gippsland South

| fedgov = Monash

| dist1 = 182

| dir1 = SE

| location1= Melbourne

| dist2 = 48

| dir2 = SE

| location2= Leongatha

| dist3 = 11

| dir3 = SE

| location3= Foster

}}

Port Franklin is a small fishing village {{convert|182|km|mi|0}} south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is about 2 km inland from the coastline of Corner Inlet. At the {{CensusAU|2006}}, Port Franklin had a population of 121.{{Census 2006 AUS

|id=SSC26473

|name=Port Franklin (State Suburb)

|accessdate=2007-08-06

|quick=on}}

Port Franklin is situated on the banks of the Franklin River between Toora and Foster. The river is lined with small commercial fishing boats, privately owned pleasure craft as well as commercial charter vessels. The local community maintain the public hall, playground, tennis courts and parklands.

The Post Office opened around 1902, was known as Bowen until 1910 and closed in 1993.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Port*Franklin* | access-date = 26 February 2021}}