President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr greets his supporters at the campaign headquarters in Mandaluyong city, the Philippines on May 11. (STR / XINHUA)

SYDNEY - Philippine president-elect Ferdinand Marcos has made a low key trip to Australia, the Age newspaper reported, bringing some protesters onto the streets of the city of Melbourne on Tuesday.

The protesters gathered outside an address in central Melbourne and said they believed Marcos was on a private visit to Australia.

Reuters was unable to confirm this with the Philippine embassy in Australia, which did not respond to a request for comment. A spokesman for Marcos in Manila did not immediately respond to questions from Reuters but was due to hold a news conference later in the day.

The protesters gathered outside an address in central Melbourne and said they believed Philippine president-elect Ferdinand Marcos was on a private visit to Australia

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The president-elect is the son of Ferdinand Marcos and the return to rule of the political dynasty has divided the country.

The older Marcos died in exile in Hawaii in 1989.

Under his rule, his family and cronies amassed an estimated $10 billion in ill-gotten wealth, a government-appointed commission found.

The Age reported an Australian government spokesperson had confirmed that the Philippines government had informed them of the private visit.

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Australia's foreign affairs department did not respond to a request for comment.