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The Melbourne central business district (colloquially known as "the City" or "the CBD", [4] and gazetted simply as Melbourne [5]) is the city centre of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As of the 2021 census , the CBD had a population of 54,941, and is located primarily within the local government area City of Melbourne , with some parts located ...
Flexicar is a Melbourne membership-based carsharing service owned by Hertz. [1] The company provides automobile reservations to its members, billable by the hour or day. History
The phrase 'CBD' or Central Business District appears in the 1960s, probably within the publication of the 'Borrie Report' in 1964, and the subsequent Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme, enacted in 1968. [10] CBD is still the most common phrase to refer to the central grid area of Melbourne.
The Melbourne CBD was originally laid out by Robert Hoddle in 1837 as a rectangular grid of 8 x 4 city blocks, with open space reserved around the edges. Like most of early Australian town layouts, it lacked any kind of civic or open space within the grid, but had reserved blocks or allotments for markets, public buildings, and churches.
Port Melbourne 3207 (Shared with City of Port Phillip) Fishermans Bend (formerly Fishermen's Bend) Garden City; Southbank 3006 (Shared with City of Port Phillip) South Wharf 3006; South Yarra 3141 (Shared with City of Stonnington) West Melbourne 3003 Coode Island; See Melbourne central business district for precincts in the CBD.
Queen Victoria Village in May 2008 QV Melbourne Night view in August 2017. QV Melbourne or just QV, is a precinct in the Melbourne CBD, Victoria, Australia.Covering the city block bounded by Lonsdale, Little Lonsdale, Swanston, and Russell Streets, and located next to the State Library of Victoria, QV comprises a large shopping centre, a central plaza, an underground food court, Melbourne city ...
As a result of large migrant populations, Melbourne has a proliferation of areas where restaurants, cafes and services of similar international demographic establish, particularly Chinese, Indian, Thai, Vietnamese and Malaysian cuisines. Some of these areas include: Lonsdale Street, Top End, Melbourne CBD – Greek cuisine
Melbourne Central railway station is a commuter railway station on the Burnley, Caulfield, Clifton Hill and Northern group lines, serving the Melbourne CBD in Victoria, Australia. Melbourne Central is an underground premium station on the City Loop , featuring four platforms, two island platforms on two floors connected to street level by a ...