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Melbourne has been called "the live music capital of the world"; [161] one study found it has more music venues per capita than any other world city sampled, with 17.5 million patron visits to 553 venues in 2016. [161] [162] Australia's first global music star, opera singer Nellie Melba, took her stage name from her hometown.
The Enterprize, the ship of John Pascoe Fawkner landing at Melbourne. In 1797 George Bass, in an open whaleboat with a crew of six, was the first European to enter what came to be called Bass Strait, the passage between the Australian mainland and Van Diemen's Land (). [9]
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]
In Melbourne as in Launceston, Fawkner made many enemies, before dying as the grand old man of the colony on 4 September 1869 in Smith Street, Collingwood at the age of 77. At his government-appointed public funeral over 200 carriages were present, and 15,000 persons were reported to have lined the streets on his burial day, 8 September 1869.
Melbourne, a mid-19th-century screw steamship, which was one of three used in the mail service between England and Australia run by the Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company; HMAS Melbourne, a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1912; HMAS Melbourne, a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier acquired by the RAN in 1947
The Melbourne, also known as the settlement skyline, and Yarra River The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Pre-European settlement Aboriginal Australians settled the area for at least 30,000 years. 19th century’s timeline Main article: Foundation of Melbourne A map dating to the 1880s shows the well-established suburbs of Melbourne. 1800 ...
An Australian judge has annulled the marriage of a Melbourne couple after the bride told the court that she took part in the wedding ceremony believing it was a social media “prank ...
The following is a list of adjectival forms of cities in English and their demonymic equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these cities.. Demonyms ending in -ese are the same in the singular and plural forms.