Melbourne (disambiguation)
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Melbourne
is a major metropolis in Victoria, Australia.
The name Melbourne may also refer to:
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Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
is a major metropolis in Victoria, Australia.
The name Melbourne may also refer to:
In Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Melbourne city centreMelbourne city centreMelbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...
, the central area of metropolitan Melbourne - City of MelbourneCity of MelbourneThe City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central city area of Melbourne. The city has an area of 36 square kilometres and has an estimated population of 93,105 people. The city's motto is "Vires acquirit eundo" which means "She gathers strength as she...
, local government area - Electoral district of MelbourneElectoral district of MelbourneThe Electoral district of Melbourne is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is currently based around the localities of Carlton, North Carlton, Melbourne, East Melbourne, West Melbourne, North Melbourne, Parkville, Newmarket, Kensington and Flemington, and includes Melbourne...
, an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Australia - Division of MelbourneDivision of MelbourneThe Division of Melbourne is an Australian Electoral Division of Victoria. It is represented by Adam Bandt of the Australian Greens.Created at Federation in 1900 the division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election...
, an electorate of the Federal Parliament of Australia - Melbourne Cricket GroundMelbourne Cricket GroundThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
, the traditional home of Australia cricket and Australian Rules football - Melbourne CupMelbourne CupThe Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...
, premier horse race, and the race that 'stops the nation' - Melbourne Football ClubMelbourne Football ClubThe Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
, an Australian rules football team - Melbourne VixensMelbourne VixensThe Melbourne Vixens are an Australian netball team in Melbourne that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The team were formed in 2007 as an amalgamation of the Melbourne Phoenix and Melbourne Kestrels from the previous Commonwealth Bank Trophy. Sharelle McMahon and Bianca Chatfield have...
, an Australian netball team - Melbourne StormMelbourne StormThe Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....
, a rugby league team - Melbourne TigersMelbourne TigersThe Melbourne Tigers are Australia's oldest and most respected basketball team, established circa 1931 in a local church hall League. Entering the National Basketball League in 1984, they are now the only Melbourne team, after the South Dragons withdrew from the league.The Melbourne Tigers are the...
, an Australian basketball team - Melbourne Victory FC Football (soccer) Club
- Melbourne KnightsMelbourne KnightsMelbourne Knights Football Club is a football club representing Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Premier League . The club is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia, being a two-time championship and four-time premiership winner in the now defunct National Soccer League...
Football (soccer) Club - University of MelbourneUniversity of MelbourneThe University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
, the oldest university in Victoria - Melbourne High School (Victoria), a boys' secondary school located in South Yarra
- Melbourne Grammar SchoolMelbourne Grammar SchoolMelbourne Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school predominantly for boys, located in South Yarra and Caulfield, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
Other places
Antarctica- Mount MelbourneMount MelbourneMount Melbourne is a massive stratovolcano that makes up the projection of the coast between Wood Bay and Terra Nova Bay, in Victoria Land of Antarctica....
Canada
- Melbourne, Nova ScotiaMelbourne, Nova ScotiaMelbourne is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth ....
- Melbourne, QuebecMelbourne, QuebecMelbourne is a township of 950 people, part of the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec.-External links:*...
England
- Melbourne, DerbyshireMelbourne, DerbyshireMelbourne is a Georgian market town in South Derbyshire, England. It is about 8 miles south of Derby and 2 miles from the River Trent. In 1837 a then tiny settlement in Australia was named after William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister, and thus indirectly takes...
- Melbourne, East Riding of YorkshireMelbourne, East Riding of YorkshireMelbourne is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of the market town of Market Weighton and south west of the market town of Pocklington. It lies just to the south of the Pocklington Canal...
- MelbournMelbournMelbourn is a large village in the far south west of Cambridgeshire, England. It is located next to the A10 just north of Royston. Melbourn has over 4,400 inhabitants...
, CambridgeshireCambridgeshireCambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
United States
- Melbourne, ArkansasMelbourne, ArkansasMelbourne is a city in Izard County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,673 at the 2000 census. The town is the county seat of Izard County, and home to the main campus of Ozarka College.-Geography:Melbourne is located at ....
- Melbourne, CaliforniaMelbourne, CaliforniaMelbourne is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California. It is located west-northwest of Comptche, at an elevation of 167 feet .A post office operated at Melbourne from 1901 to 1918....
- Melbourne, FloridaMelbourne, FloridaMelbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. As of 2009, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 78,323. The municipal area is the second largest by size and by population in the county. Melbourne is a principal city of the Palm Bay – Melbourne – Titusville, Florida...
- Melbourne, IowaMelbourne, IowaMelbourne is a city in Marshall County, Iowa, United States. The population was 794 at the 2000 census.-History:The town of Melbourne was plotted February 23, 1882, by Milwaukee Land Company, in section 6 of Logan Township and was incorporated December 30, 1895. Melbourne was the only town in...
- Melbourne, KentuckyMelbourne, KentuckyMelbourne is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States, on the Ohio River. The population was 401 at the 2010 census. St. Anne Convent is located in Melbourne; scenes from the movie 'RAIN MAN' were filmed there.-Geography:...
Music
- Melbourne (album)Melbourne (album)Melbourne is a compilation album by the Models, recorded in the early 1980s and released in 2001. The album was distributed by Shock Records....
a compilation album by the Models - Melbourne (song)Melbourne (song)Melbourne is the second single by The Whitlams from their breakthrough album, Eternal Nightcap. It was released on 27 January 1998. The song peaked at #70 on the Australian ARIA singles chart. It was also...
, a song by The Whitlams
People
- Viscount MelbourneViscount MelbourneViscount Melbourne, of Kilmore in the County of Cavan, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland held by the Lamb family. This family descended from Matthew Lamb, who represented Stockbridge and Peterborough in the House of Commons. In 1755 he was created a Baronet, of Brocket Hall in the County of...
, 1st Viscount Melbourne (1748-1829) - William Lamb, 2nd Viscount MelbourneWilliam Lamb, 2nd Viscount MelbourneWilliam Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, at ages 18-21, in the ways of politics...
(1779-1848) - Frederick Lamb, 3rd Viscount MelbourneFrederick Lamb, 3rd Viscount MelbourneFrederick James Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne PC, GCB , known as the Lord Beauvale from 1839 to 1848, was a British diplomat....
(1782-1853)
Other
- Royal Melbourne (disambiguation) for that name
- Melbourne ShuffleMelbourne ShuffleThe Melbourne Shuffle is a rave and club dance that originated in the late 1980s in the underground rave music scene in Melbourne, Australia. The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. Some variants incorporate arm...
, a dance style - HMAS MelbourneHMAS MelbourneThree ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Melbourne, for Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria and second largest city in Australia....
, three Royal Australian Navy ships named for the city - USS Melbourne, a fictional spaceship appearing in the Star Trek franchise, primarily the Next Generation episode The Best of Both Worlds