Foundation of Melbourne information

The city of Melbourne was founded in 1835. The exact circumstances of the foundation of Melbourne, and the question of who should take credit, have long...

Melbourne (/ˈmɛlbərn/ MEL-bərn; locally [ˈmælbən], Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state...

Melbourne City Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the south–eastern Melbourne suburb of Cranbourne East but playing matches...

Melbourne central business district (also known colloquially as simply "the City" or "the CBD") is the city centre and main urban area of the city of...

of the Melbourne Football Club"—the basis of Australian rules football. The club was a dominant force in the early years of the game and a foundation...

The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university...

He is best known for his role in the founding of Melbourne. Born and raised in the then-British colony of New South Wales, Batman settled in Van Diemen's...

gardens across two sites–Melbourne and Cranbourne. Melbourne Gardens was founded in 1846 when land was reserved on the south side of the Yarra River for a...

Melbourne Prize Trust is a charitable foundation in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 2004 by Simon Warrender Jnr for the specific purpose of awarding...

The history of Melbourne details the city's growth from a fledgling settlement into a modern commercial and financial centre as Australia's second largest...

Australia Games was held in Melbourne, Victoria, from 26 January to 5 February 1985. The concept of the national festival of sport was first raised in John...

Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, with 95,000 seats and an additional 5,000 capacity in standing room for a total of just over 100,000 it is...

South Melbourne was a junior foundation club of the Victorian Football Association in 1877, and attained senior status in 1879. In 1880, South Melbourne amalgamated...

Melbourne is Australia's largest city and has a diverse and multicultural population. Melbourne dominated Australia's population growth for the 15th year...

the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The tramway network is centred around the Melbourne central business district (CBD) and consists of approximately...

an overview of and topical guide to Melbourne: Melbourne – Largest city in Victoria, second-largest city in Australia and Oceania. Melbourne is located...

The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (abbreviated as RMIT University) is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1887...

Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition...

VFL, of which Melbourne was a foundation club, in 1897. Players are listed in order of debut. The start of their Melbourne Football Club career is determined...

North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km (1.9 mi) north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within...

The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), colloquially referred to as Jeff's Shed, is a group of three adjacent buildings next to the Yarra...

the 30th Governor of Victoria and former Vice-Chancellor of RMIT. When Davis was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, he and his spouse were...

settlers in the first years of the Foundation of Melbourne, while other Aboriginal nations engaged in resistance over dispossession of their lands. William Thomas...

in the AFL, after Melbourne, and one of the oldest football clubs in the world. In the 1860s, Geelong participated in a series of Challenge Cup competitions...