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Encyclopedia > Melbourne (disambiguation)

Melbourne is the name of several places.

Melbourne is also the title of three members of the Lamb family: Melbourne (pronounced either or [1]) is the state capital and largest city in Victoria, Australia, and the nations second-largest city, with a population of approximately 3. ... Auckland Berlin Chicago Hong Kong Istanbul Johannesburg London Los Angeles Madrid Melbourne Metropolis Katowice Moscow Mumbai New York City Osaka Paris Santiago de Chile São Paulo Shanghai Singapore Sydney Tokyo Toronto Warsaw A metropolis (in Greek μήτηρ, mētēr = mother and πόλις, pólis = city/town) is a major city... The City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... St. ... The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... Australian Rules and Aussie Rules redirect here. ... The Australian Football League (AFL) is the Australian national competition in the sport of Australian rules football. ... Melbourne is a small Georgian market town in South Derbyshire, England. ... Melbourn is a large village in the far south west of Cambridgeshire, England. ... Melbourne is a town located in Izard County, Arkansas, United States. ... Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. ... Melbourne is a town located in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. ... Melbourne is a town located in Marshall County, Iowa, United States. ...

It can also have other uses: Viscount Melbourne was a title created for Peniston Lamb in 1781 in the peerage of Ireland. ... Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Arms of Lord Melbourne William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC (15 March 1779–24 November 1848) was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary (1830-1834) and Prime Minister (1834 and 1835-1841), and a mentor of Queen Victoria. ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

  • The Melbourne Shuffle is a dance style that has evolved over the past 15 years in electronic music clubs throughout Melbourne and other parts of the world.

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Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 3,488,751 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (census 2001
Melbourne has undergone a major urban 'revival', such that it is sometimes classed as being in a second tier of "world cities"; the GaWC study group in the UK ranks Melbourne, on the basis of relative availability of specialised "advanced services" as a "minor world city" comparable to cities such as Vancouver, Osaka, and Prague.
Melbourne is a large commercial and industrial centre, with many of Australia's largest companies, and many multinational corporations (approximately one-third of the 100 largest multinationals operating in Australia as of 2002) headquartered there.
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