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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Melbourne: Melbourne – Largest city in Victoria, second-largest city in Australia and Oceania. [1] It is located in the South-East of Australia, and is a major economic centre in the Asia-Pacific. The city is home to 4,917,750 people as of the 2021 census. [1]
The city flag of Melbourne. The Melbourne City coat of arms Melbourne Town Hall on Swanston Street built 1870–1887. The City of Melbourne is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central city area of Melbourne. In 2021, the city has an area of 37.7 square kilometres (14.6 sq mi) and had a population of 149,615. [3]
Melbourne City's record home attendance is 26,759, for an A-League Men match against Melbourne Victory on 23 November 2011 at AAMI Park, for a 3–2 win. [72] Melbourne City's 2016–17 squad was the most expensive team in Australian soccer history, with team wages totalling $9.15 million. [73]
Melbourne has overtaken Sydney to become Australia's most populous city for the first time in over 100 years due to a boundary change. Melbourne now has 18,700 more citizens than Sydney, according ...
The Swinburne University of Technology, based in the inner-city Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn, was as of 2014 ranked 76th–100th in the world for physics by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. [234] Deakin University maintains two major campuses in Melbourne and Geelong, and is the third largest university in Victoria.
The skyline of Melbourne in January 2024, as viewed from the Shrine of Remembrance. Melbourne is home to approximately 758 completed high-rise buildings. [1] Of those completed and or topped-out, 77 buildings are defined as "skyscrapers"–buildings which reach a height of at least 150 metres (490 ft); more than any other city in Australia.
The Stock Exchange of Melbourne and the Victorian Economy 1852-1900 (Australian National University Press, 1968) Lewis, Miles Bannatyne. Melbourne: the city's history and development (City of Melbourne, 1995). Lockwood, Rupert. Ship to Shore: A History of Melbourne's Waterfront and its Union Struggles (Hale & Iremonger, 1990) Logan, William S.
The first survey of the city of Melbourne by Robert Russell in late 1836 - early 1837. Schematic plan of Hoddle's allotments for the village of Melbourne, March 1837 Robert Hoddle's survey of the town of Melbourne in 1837 Each "block" was further subdivided into twenty allotments, each 1920 m 2 (76 perches) in area.