The City of Melbourne Victoria
Population:	71,380 (2006) [1]
Established:	1842
Area:	36. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 2 km² (14. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 0 sq mi)
Mayor:	John So
Council Seat:	Melbourne
Region:	Central Melbourne
County:	Bourke
State District:	Melbourne, Albert Park, Prahran
Federal Division:	Melbourne, Melbourne Ports
Website: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/
LGAs around The City of Melbourne: Moonee Valley Moreland Darebin Maribyrnong The City of Melbourne Yarra Hobsons Bay Port Phillip Stonnington

The City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central city area of Melbourne. Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 The city has an area of 36 square kilometres and at the 2006 census, it had a population of 71,380. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The city's motto is "Vires acquirit eundo" which means "She gathers strength as she goes. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group "

The current Lord Mayor is John So. This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Melbourne, a Local Government Area of Victoria, Australia. Dr John Chun Sai So JP ( Traditional Chinese: 蘇震西 Simplified Chinese: 苏震西 is an Australian businessman and the Lord Mayor of Melbourne The Melbourne City Council (MCC) holds office in Melbourne Town Hall. Melbourne Town Hall is the central municipal building of the City of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria.

Melbourne City Town Hall in Swanston Street (The building foundation stone was laid in 1887)

History

Melbourne was founded in 1835, during the reign of King William IV, with the arrival of the schooner Enterprize near the present site of the Queen's Wharf, as a barely legal, speculative settlement that broke away from New South Wales. Melbourne Town Hall is the central municipal building of the City of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. Swanston Street is a major thoroughfare in the centre of Melbourne, Australia. William IV (William Henry 21 August 1765 &ndash 20 June 1837 was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until A schooner (ˈskuːnɚ is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts Schooners were first used by the Unlike other Australian capital cities, Melbourne did not originate under official auspices, instead forming through the foresight of settlers from Tasmania.

Having been a province of New South Wales from its establishment in 1835, affairs of the settlement had been administered by the Parliament of New South Wales. The Parliament of New South Wales is the supreme law making body in New South Wales, a state of Australia. With the growth of the settlement there had been an increasing demand by the inhabitants for greater autonomy over their own affairs. On 12 August 1842, Melbourne was incorporated as a Town by Act 6 Victoria No. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common 7 of the Governor and Legislative Council of New South Wales. ^[2]

The Town of Melbourne was raised to the status of a City by Letters Patent of Queen Victoria dated 25 June 1847, five years after its incorporation as a town. Letters patent are a type of Legal instrument in the form of an Open letter issued by a Monarch or Government, granting an office right Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Letters Patent also constituted the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne and declared Melbourne a cathedral city. The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne is the metropolitan diocese of the Province of Victoria in the Anglican Church of Australia. A motion was tabled at a meeting of the Town Council to alter the style and title of Melbourne from a Town to a City, a draft Bill was approved and transmitted to the Government for introduction to the Legislature. On 3 August 1849, Act 13 Victoria No. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 14 was finally assented to as "An Act to effect a change in the Style and Title of the Corporation of Melbourne rendered necessary by the erection of the Town of Melbourne to a City". ^[3]

The Melbourne Town Hall from the western side of Swanston Street looking towards the eastern end of Collins Street.

The city's initial boundaries, as set down in Act 8 Victoria No. 12 (19 December 1844) extended from Point Ormond in Elwood up Barkly Street and Punt Road to the Yarra River, along the river to Merri Creek at Abbotsford, then west along Brunswick Road to Moonee Ponds Creek, then south past Flemington Bridge to Princes Pier in Port Melbourne. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Elwood is a bayside suburb located 9km souh-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Hoddle Highway is an urban "highway" in Melbourne linking CityLink and the Eastern Freeway, allotted metropolitan route. The Yarra River is a River in southern Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the river is where the city of Melbourne was established The Merri Creek is a waterway in southern Victoria, Australia which flows through the northern Suburbs of Melbourne. Abbotsford is a small Inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, nestled in between Collingwood, Richmond Port Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ^[2] The Act imposed on the Mayor a duty to set up “permanent and conspicuous boundary marks of iron, wood, stone or other durable material” along or near the line of the Town’s boundaries—this was undertaken by Mayor James Frederick Palmer and Town Clerk John Charles King on 4 February 1846. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display ^[4]

During the 1850s, Collingwood, Fitzroy and Richmond seceded from Melbourne (all are, since 1994, part of the City of Yarra), as did South Melbourne, whilst other parts became parts of the neighbouring districts of St Kilda and Port Melbourne, and the border between Brunswick and Melbourne moved south one block to Park Street. The City of Collingwood was a Local Government Area located about east-northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia The City of Fitzroy was a Local Government Area located about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The City of Richmond was a Local Government Area located about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The City of Yarra is a Local Government Area in Victoria Australia, located in the inner eastern and northern Suburbs of Melbourne. The City of South Melbourne was a Local Government Area located about south of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, on The City of St Kilda was a Local Government Area located on Port Phillip about south of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, The City of Port Melbourne was a Local Government Area located about southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, ^[2]

On 18 December 1902, King Edward VII conferred the title "Lord Mayor" on the mayor of the City of Melbourne. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting

On 30 October 1905, Melbourne absorbed two neighbouring council areas. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Now included in the City was the Borough of Flemington and Kensington which had been formed in 1882 when it broke away from the City of Essendon. Flemington is an inner-western suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Kensington is a suburb in the inner-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The City of Essendon was a Local Government Area located about northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The second, the Town of North Melbourne, formerly known as Hotham, had been established on 30 September 1859 and been granted town status on 18 December 1874. North Melbourne is an Inner-city Suburb of Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Both town halls are still in use today as public buildings—the former in Kensington near the present-day Newmarket railway station; the latter in Errol Street, North Melbourne. Newmarket is a Railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Flemington, on the Craigieburn

The Melbourne and Geelong Corporations Act 1938 allowed for three councillors for each of the eleven wards, with a general election held on 24 August 1939. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Following a recommendation by the Local Government Advisory Board in 1978, an Order in Council (27 February 1979, effective from 19 May 1979) reduced this to eight wards. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) In December 1980, the Hamer Government dismissed the council, and appointed three Commissioners to determine how the boundaries could best be altered to produce more effective local government, with special regard to Melbourne's central business district and its importance to the state, as well as to advise changes needed to the constitution, structure, functions and administration. Sir Rupert James Hamer, AC, KCMG, ED ( 29 July, 1916 - 23 March, 2004) generally known until he was knighted However, in 1982, with the election of a new Labor government under John Cain, the Act establishing the commission was repealed, and the Melbourne Corporation (Election of Council) Act 1982 established six wards, for which an election was held on 4 December 1982. John Cain (born 26 April 1931) Australian Labor Party politician was the 41st Premier of Victoria, holding office from 1982 "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Three years later, an additional ward was added. ^[2]

In 1993, the City of Melbourne Act specified changes to the boundaries which saw Melbourne gain Southbank and the Victorian Arts Centre on 18 November 1993, and the city was resubdivided into four wards - Flagstaff, University, Hoddle and Domain. Southbank is an Inner city suburb of Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria. The Arts Centre is a complex of Theatres and concert halls in the Southgate precinct of Melbourne, Victoria Australia, designed by architect Sir Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The wards were abolished in 2001, with the council currently having an elected Lord Mayor with a Deputy Lord Mayor and seven other councillors. ^[4]

In 2005, the council announced the construction of a new 6 star environmental office building Council House 2 in Little Collins Street. Council House 2 (also known as CH2) is a green office building located in the CBD, in Melbourne, Australia.

On 2 July 2007, the City of Melbourne almost doubled in size when the suburb of Docklands was added to its jurisdiction, having been transferred from the administration of the State Government. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Government of Victoria, under the Constitution of Australia, ceded certain legislative and judicial powers to

Councillors

• John So (Lord Mayor)
• Gary Singer (Deputy Lord Mayor)
• Fraser Brindley
• Peter Clarke
• Carl Jetter
• Catherine Ng
• Brian Shanahan
• Fiona Snedden
• David Wilson

Suburbs

See List of Melbourne suburbs for a complete list. Dr John Chun Sai So JP ( Traditional Chinese: 蘇震西 Simplified Chinese: 苏震西 is an Australian businessman and the Lord Mayor of Melbourne The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city with special recognition Gary Singer is the current Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia. Peter Clarke may refer to Peter Clarke (Children's Commissioner for Wales, from 2001 to 2007 Peter Clarke (footballer, soccer player David Wilson may refer to Dave Wilson (c1932–2002 American television director Dave Wilson (American football (born 1959 American This is a list of Municipalities and their Suburbs and townships in the greater Metropolitan area of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria

• Carlton
• Carlton North (part)
• Docklands
• East Melbourne
• Flemington (part)
• Jolimont
• Kensington (part)
• Melbourne
• North Melbourne
• Port Melbourne (part)
• Parkville
• Southbank
• South Yarra (part)
• West Melbourne

Population

* Estimates in 1958, 1983 and 1988 Victorian Year Books. Carlton is an Inner city suburb to the immediate north of the central city area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Carlton North is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Australia, situated due north of the city centre. Melbourne Docklands is a Coastal area within Melbourne, Australia. East Melbourne is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Flemington is an inner-western suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. East Melbourne is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Kensington is a suburb in the inner-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Melbourne city centre (referred to as The City or The CBD (Central Business District or more recently in planning parlance The CAD, or Central North Melbourne is an Inner-city Suburb of Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria. Port Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Parkville is an Inner city suburb north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Southbank is an Inner city suburb of Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria. South Yarra is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. West Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Melbourne.

Railway stations

See List of Melbourne railway stations for a complete list. This is a list of the 200 currently operating suburban railway stations (216 including greater metropolitan stations in Melbourne, Australia

• Flagstaff
• Flinders Street
• Jolimont
• Melbourne Central
• North Melbourne
• Parliament
• Royal Park
• Southern Cross (formerly Spencer Street)

Schools

• University High School (Public)
• Melbourne Grammar School (Private)
• Melbourne Girls' Grammar School (Private)
• St Aloysius' College (Catholic)
• St Joseph's College (Catholic)
• Simonds Catholic College

References

See also

• List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne

External links

• Official website
• Late Night and 24 Hour Venues open in Melbourne
• That's Me!bourne
• Metlink local public transport map
• Local history of the city of Melbourne

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