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{{Infobox Australian place
| type     = town
| name     = San Remo
| state    = vic
| image    = Newhaven sanremo bridge.jpg
| caption  = Bridge connecting San Remo with the adjacent town of [[Newhaven, Victoria|Newhaven]]
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| lga      = Bass Coast Shire
| postcode = 3925
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| pop      = 1204
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2011}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC26573 | name = San Remo (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on}}</ref>
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| stategov = [[Electoral district of Bass|Bass]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Flinders|Flinders]]
| dist1    = 124
| dir1     = SE
| location1= [[Melbourne]]
| dist2    = 25
| dir2     = NW
| location2= [[Wonthaggi, Victoria|Wonthaggi]]
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'''San Remo''' is a town in southern [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia in the [[Gippsland]] region.  Formed as a [[fishing village]], its economy is now largely based on tourism.  It is also notable as the town on the mainland end of the bridge to [[Phillip Island (Victoria)|Phillip Island]].  At the {{CensusAU|2006}}, San Remo had a population of 1204.

It is located at the western tip of the [[Anderson Peninsula (Victoria)|Anderson Peninsula]], 122&nbsp;km south-east of [[Melbourne]] via the South Gippsland Highway, near [[Kilcunda, Victoria|Kilcunda]] and opposite [[Newhaven, Victoria|Newhaven]] on Phillip Island.

==History==
The area around what is now San Remo was occupied for many centuries by the [[Bunurong]] people of the Kulin nation. George Bass explored the coast and discovered the strait separating the mainland and Van Diemen's land, together with the bay he named Western Port.

Sealers frequented the coast and Islands in the 1820s before Europeans settled the coast

Samuel Anderson a Scottish immigrant who in 1835 established the third permanent settlement in Victoria at Bass. Samuel had arrived in Hobart aboard the "Lang" in September 1830 and was employed as bookkeeper for Van Diemens Land Co at Circular Head Tasmania. In 1835 he left the company and sailed to Westernport, it has been suggested that the sloop "Rebecca" was purchased by Samuel and his partner/s.In 1837 his partner Robert Massie also left VDL Co and joined Samuel at Westernport where his skills as an engineer produced a tidal powered mill.Samuels Brothers Hugh and Thomas followed him to Bass and when land was released they bought over 2000 acres centred on the Anderson area today with their homestead "Netherwood" being built on the shores of Westernport.The Anderson brothers and their descendants featured prominently in the local municipal area.  An early pioneer and explorer "Anderson Inlet" at Inverloch was named after Samuel Anderson. Descendents of the Anderson family remain around San Remo to this day.<ref>The Andersons of Westernport "Horton & Morris" 1983</ref>

In 1797 [[George Bass]], a [[ship's doctor|naval surgeon]] and explorer, took a voyage in an open [[whaleboat]] to explore the coastline. It was later explored on foot in 1826 by William Hovell. Around 1840 a deepwater port was established at Griffiths Point in order to provide exports of [[Acacia|wattle]] bark, farm produce and cattle, and then later coal starting in the 1870s.  A township grew around this port, and brought in tourists.  In 1888 the township was named San Remo after the resort town in Italy. The Post Office opened on 14 August 1873 and was renamed San Remo in 1888.<ref name = "a">{{Citation
  | last = Premier Postal History  | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11}}</ref>

Early in the 20th Century, commercial fishing of the [[King George whiting]] came to the area, the produce being sent to Melbourne markets via railway.
Since 2006 San Remo has a [[tidal power]] test facility. Installed Nereus [[tidal turbine]]s dispatch power directly to national grid [http://www.atlantisresourcescorporation.com/projects/san-remo.html].
In 2008 a monument to those local professional fisherman lost at sea was erected. A cairn with the names of those lost at sea with a navigation light atop is a main feature. 
Today there is a fishing [[co-operative]] near the bridge that supplies good fresh fish, particularly the King George whiting for which the area is known.

==Festivals and events==
The San Remo Channel Challenge is held in February and the San Remo Festival in March.

==See also==
* [[Sanremo]] in [[Italy]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
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{{Bass Coast Shire towns}}
{{Coastal townships and localities of Western Port, Victoria}}

{{Towns in South Gippsland}}

[[Category:Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia)]]
[[Category:Towns in Victoria (Australia)]]
[[Category:Gippsland]]
[[Category:Western Port]]
[[Category:Fishing communities in Australia]]