Melbourne is the capital city of Victoria, Australia. In 1835, it was almost named Batmania after one of its founders, John Batman.
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The first telephone in Australia was installed in Melbourne in 1879.
The Melbourne Shuffle is a dance style created in Melbourne, Australia in the early 1990's. No one knows for sure who created it it was more or less discovered in a industrial warehouse in melbourne.
The Victorian Football League commenced as a formal entity in 1896 with the following 8 clubs: Geelong, Essendon, Collingwood, Carlton, St. Kilda, Fitzroy (now the Brisbane Lions), Melbourne and South Melbourne (now the Sydney Swans). In 1897, the competition began in earnest with Essendon being the Champions. In 1990, the competition was nationalized to form the AFL, with the following line up of teams at the time: Geelong, Essendon, Collingwood, Carlton, St. Kilda, Brisbane Bears, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Sydney Swans, Footscray, Hawthorn, Richmond and West Coast Eagles. There have now been many more interstate teams added since that time.
Melbourne, Victoria, is bordered by the Dandenong Ranges.
Melbourne was never the capital city of Australia. Considerable rivalry existed between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's two largest cities. For this reason, it was decided that the national capital could not be either city. However, Melbourne was the temporary seat of power in Australia - a fine line of difference. From 1901 to 1927, the Australian Parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne, which it borrowed from the parliament of the state of Victoria, which in turn sat in the Exhibition Building. This had to occur whilst the city of Canberra and Parliament House was being built.
Melbourne MacDowell's birth name is William Melbourne McDowell.
The first winner of the Melbourne Cup was by Archer trained by Etienne De Mestre, in 1861
Her name was Roman Bar-giora
First Melbourne Ministry ended in 1834.
First Melbourne Ministry was created in 1834.
Melbourne Airport. It's also known as Tullamarine Airport, but its correct name is Melbourne Airport.
Xavier 'Melbourne' Marshall
The first Melbourne Cup was held on the 7th of November, 1861
View came first, Bauer came second.
The first ever Melbourne cup was on the 2nd of November 1861
The Melbourne Cup, a horse race which occurs on the first Tuesday in November, is held on the Flemington race course in Melbourne, Victoria,
Melbourne is situated on Port Phillip Bay.