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{{For|the Hobsons Bay City Council|City of Hobsons Bay}}{{for|the bay in Auckland|Hobson Bay}}
{{short description|Bay in Victoria, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2014}}
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| image = Williamstown - Hobsons Bay Yacht Club (Eastablished in 1888).jpg
| caption = Hobsons Bay Yacht Club
[[File:Admiralty Chart No 624 Victoria, Australia, Port Phillip. Hobson Bay and River Yarra leading to Melbourne, Published 1865.jpg|frameless|center]]1864 Map of Hobson Bay, the Yarra River and Melbourne Town - Admiralty Chart
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location  in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
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| caption_bathymetry = Hobsons Bay is located north of {{VICcity|Williamstown}} and south of [[Melbourne, Victoria|Melbourne]], within [[Port Phillip]]
| location = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
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'''Hobsons Bay''' is a small open [[bay]] in [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[Australia]], and is the northernmost part of the larger [[Port Phillip Bay]]. Its western and eastern boundaries are marked by [[Fort Gellibrand|Point Gellibrand]] in {{VICcity|Williamstown}} and Point Ormond in {{VICcity|Elwood}} respectively, and defines the coastal margin of the [[List of Melbourne suburbs|Melbourne suburbs]] of Williamstown, {{VICcity|Newport}}, {{VICcity|Port Melbourne}}, {{VICcity|Albert Park}}, {{VICcity|Middle Park}}, {{VICcity|St. Kilda West}}, {{VICcity|St. Kilda}} and Elwood. The [[Yarra River]] flows into Hobsons Bay.

Hobsons Bay is named after [[William Hobson]] who led the surveying party in Port Philip Bay.

{{wide image|Hobsons Bay and Melbourne from Sandridge Lookout IMG 1535.jpg|750px|Hobsons Bay and Melbourne from Sandridge Lookout, looking  Across Hobsons Bay towards Port Melbourne (previously Sandridge)}}
{{wide image|Melbourne skyline panorama from hobsons bay.jpg|750px|Melbourne skyline over Hobsons Bay}}

==Beaches==
Beaches adjoining the bay are Sandridge Beach (in Port Melbourne), Port Melbourne Beach (in Port Melbourne), South Melbourne Beach (in [[Albert Park, Victoria|Albert Park]]), West Beach (in [[St Kilda West, Victoria|St Kilda West]]) and [[St Kilda Beach, Victoria|St Kilda Beach]] (in [[St Kilda, Victoria|St Kilda]]).
 
==See also==
*[[City of Hobsons Bay]]
*[[Hobsons Bay Coastal Trail]]
* [[Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company]]

==References==
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{{Bays of Victoria (Australia) |state=autocollapse}}

[[Category:Port Phillip]]
[[Category:Bays of Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Ports and harbours of Victoria (state)]]

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