Melbourne
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Capital of Victoria and Australia's second-largest city
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Melbourne
- Cities
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of Victoria, Australia, with a population of 5.435 million as of June 2025. It occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay. The area has been home to Aboriginal Victorians for over 40,000 years, and Melbourne was founded by free settlers in 1835. It served as Australia’s interim seat of government after federation until Canberra became the permanent capital in 1927.
- State capital
- Victoria, Australia
- Population
- 5.435 million, as of June 2025
- Founded
- 1835
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Melbourne (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q3141
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Melbpal. CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsMelbpal, Own workModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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