Melbourne, Australia


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Notes: Melbourne is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3.37 million at the 2006 census.

Located around Port Phillip Bay in Australia's south-east, Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria. A person from Melbourne is called a Melburnian.

Melbourne is a major centre of commerce, industry and cultural activity. The city is often referred to as Australia's 'sporting and cultural capital' and it is home to many of the nation's most significant cultural and sporting events and institutions. It has been recognised as a gamma world city by the Loughborough University group's 1999 inventory. Melbourne is notable for its mix of Victorian and contemporary architecture, its extensive tram network and Victorian parks and gardens, as well as its diverse, multicultural society. It was the host city of the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Melbourne was founded by free settlers in 1835, 47 years after the first European settlement of Australia, as a pastoral settlement situated around the Yarra River. Transformed rapidly into a major metropolis by the Victorian gold rush in the 1850s, 'Marvellous Melbourne' became Australia's largest and most important city by 1865, but was overtaken by Sydney as the largest city in Australia during the early 20th century. Recent projections predict that Melbourne will again become the most populous city in Australia by 2028.

Melbourne served as the capital city of Australia from the time of the new nation's federation in 1901, until Federal Parliament moved to the newly purpose-built capital, Canberra, in 1927.

City/Town : Latitude: -37.814251, Longitude: 144.963169


Birth

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)   Birth   Person ID   Tree 
1 CRAMOND, Helen Amelia  30 Sep 1858Melbourne, Australia I954 The Full Family Tree 

Died

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)   Died   Person ID   Tree 
1 CARDNO, Elizabeth  30 Sep 1858Melbourne, Australia I953 The Full Family Tree 
2 CRAMOND, Helen Amelia  01 Oct 1858Melbourne, Australia I954 The Full Family Tree 
3 CRAMOND, John  01 Feb 1862Melbourne, Australia I733 The Full Family Tree 
4 URQUHART, John Rankin  16 Jun 2003Melbourne, Australia I1945 The Full Family Tree