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Victoria, commonly abbreviated as Vic, [10] is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of 227,444 km 2 (87,817 sq mi); the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 6.9 million; [4] and the most densely populated state in Australia (30.6 per km 2). [11]
The location of Victoria in relation to the rest of Australia. Victoria, commonly abbreviated as Vic, is a state in southeastern Australia.It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of 227,444 km 2 (87,817 sq mi); the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 6.7 million; [1] and the most densely populated state in Australia (29.5 ...
Upon federation, the six colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania became the founding states of the new Commonwealth of Australia. The two territory governments (the Australian Capital Territory [ACT] and the Northern Territory [NT]), were created by legislation of the Federal ...
Victoria is the southernmost mainland state of Australia. With an area of 227,444 km 2 (87,817 sq mi), it is Australia's sixth largest state/territory , comparable in size to the island of Great Britain or the U.S. state of Utah .
Melbourne is often referred to as Australia's garden city, and the state of Victoria is known as the garden state. [130] [131] [132] There is an abundance of parks and gardens in Melbourne, [133] many close to the CBD with a variety of common and rare plant species amid landscaped vistas, pedestrian pathways and tree-lined avenues.
The Great Alpine Road is a country tourist road in Victoria, Australia, running from Wangaratta in the north to Bairnsdale in the east, passing through the Victorian Alps. [4] The road was given its current name because it was considered the mountain equivalent to Victoria's world-famous Great Ocean Road in the south-west of the state.
Maroondah Highway (also known as Whitehorse Road from Deepdene to Surrey Hills [5]) is a major east–west thoroughfare in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and a highway connecting the north-eastern fringes of Melbourne to Mansfield, [6] at the lower alpine region of Victoria, Australia.
The allocation of State Routes occurred with lower numbers in western Victoria gradually increasing in a clockwise direction to eastern Victoria. Like their suburban Melbourne counterparts, east–west routes were to be even-numbered, while north–south routes were to be odd-numbered, with reservations between 91–99 for the Greater Geelong ...