Melbourne Maritime Museum Melbourne Maritime Museum The former Melbourne Maritime Museum, now Polly Woodside, managed by the National Trust of Australia, is situated in South Wharf on the Yarra River in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is home to the Polly Woodside Barque, the now restored cargo vessel launched in 1885. The Polly Woodside vessel resides in an original wooden-walled dry dock. The dry dock was used for the repair and service of ships for over 100 years. Historic buildings on the site include a pump house and boiler room for use in pumping water from the dry dock. Shed 2
West Melbourne, Victoria and retains the "Island" name, despite no longer being an island. West Melbourne, Victoria West Melbourne is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, north-west and adjacent to Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Melbourne. At the , West Melbourne had a population of 5,515. West Melbourne is bounded by Victoria Street and the Sunbury/Werribee railway lines in the north, Footscray Road, the Moonee Ponds Creek; and by La Trobe Street in the south. Peel Street and the Flagstaff Gardens help form the eastern boundary, with the western boundary defined by the Maribyrnong River and