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	History of Melbourne -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Melbourne is built on the land of the (additional info and facts about Kulin) Kulin nation, the originial (A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived) Aboriginal inhabitants of the area.
		In James Bonwick's 1856 history of the colony, Batman was given pride of place as the founder of Melbourne, and Henry Gyles Turner followed this in his 1904 History of the Colony of Victoria.
		Melbourne today is home to the largest number of surviving (additional info and facts about Victorian Era) Victorian Era buildings of any city in the world other than (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_melbourne.htm (2019 words)

	History of Melbourne
		Melbourne was founded on the mouth of the Yarra River in 1835 after an abortive bid in 1803 to establish a settlement inside the Port Phillip Bay heads.
		Melbourne boomed in the 1850's as a result of the gold rush in the region to the north.
		Melbourne has a reputation as being more refined and sedate as its rival Sydney, but it boasts some of the country's finest restaurants and is acknowledged as the country's most important financial centre.
	www.ripefruit.com /melbourne/history.htm (2122 words)

	History_of_Melbourne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Melbourne, now the capital city of the state of Victoria in Australia, was founded in 1835.
		Melbourne is built on the land of the Kulin nation, the originial Aboriginal inhabitants of the area.
		Melbourne continued to expand steadily throughout the first half of the 20th century, particularly with the post-World War II influx of migrants and the prestige of hosting the Olympic Games in 1956.
	www.comicscomics.com /search.php?title=History_of_Melbourne (1927 words)

	History : Community : The University of Melbourne
		The University of Melbourne was founded very early in the history of the colony of Victoria, less than 20 years after Batman and Fawkner arrived and less than two years after gold commenced the dramatic increase of population and wealth.
		Melbourne and its graduates will continue to grow in the esteem of future generations in the new century, always proud of its fine history but always aiming to lead the way in higher education over the decades to come.
		The History of the University Unit is dedicated to fostering research into the history of the University of Melbourne and maintains a program of seminars and an annual round of study grants.
	www.unimelb.edu.au /about/history (1178 words)

	Early History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Melbourne was built one mile along the Yarra River (east to west) and three-quarters of a mile north to south.
		Melbourne was named after the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne of Britain in 1837 too.
		Melbourne was the capital of the Australian Federation.
	www.macalester.edu /courses/geog61/melbourne/history.html (370 words)

	Walkabout - Melbourne
		Sorrento south of Melbourne) in October 1803 and a short-lived colony was established.
		Melbourne is known for its changeable weather what ever the season so be prepared for cool weather even in the middle of summer.
		Melbourne's international and domestic airport (Tullamarine) is 22 km north east of the city centre.
	www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/VICMelbourne.shtml (4473 words)

	History of Melbourne Zoo
		Melbourne Zoo is the oldest zoo in Australia.
		In 1977 a royal charter was granted to the Melbourne Zoo and it became the Royal Melbourne Zoo.
		The history of the Melbourne Zoo is written by Catherine de Courcy, BA (N.U.Ireland) MA (Uni.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/15022/20020211/www.zoo.org.au/History (1140 words)

	Dictionary of Australian Biography We-Wy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Early in 1880 he was transferred to the Straits Settlements and for seven years was an admirable governor.
		Early in 1918 White, realizing the difficulties of repatriation at the end of the war, raised the problem of what would have to be done while the men were waiting for shipping.
		Early in 1796 William Balmain, his assistant, who had taken over his duties, applied for the full salary of principal surgeon, and in May 1797 a government order stated that Balmain had been appointed to that position in the room of John White who had resigned.
	gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogWe-Wy.html (20437 words)

	Mr. Otto Good's History of Melbourne, Kentucky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Melbourne had two saloons, a boarding house, beer and ice were shipped by boat up the Ohio River to the foot of Melbourne Avenue, which started at Route 8, known then as 12 Mile Turn Pike.
		Melbourne Carriage Factory was built near the railroad spur and made buggies which were shipped to many states and to Europe.
		In early 1970 we were fortunate to have two men of our community serving on the County Planning and Zoning Commission.
	www.nkyviews.com /campbell/newport_text_melbourne_hist.htm (1082 words)

	Melbourne Central City, Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Melbourne's central city area has traditionally been defined as the "Golden Mile", which is the checker-board survey by the government surveyor, Robert Hoddle, who in 1837 fixed a township of six blocks by four blocks.
		Melbourne was a country town, with a rapidly expanding pastoral hinterland as livestock were brought form Tasmania and New South Wales.
		Fortunately for central Melbourne the transport utilities were in place, with railway lines from the suburbs and a dense network of cable trams, mostly put in service between 1887 and 1890.
	arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/melbournecity.html (4911 words)

	Football History: Early 19th Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is known that by the early 19th century the game had come to be adopted by a number of public schools as a way of encouraging competitiveness and keeping youths fit.
		In 1867 the Sheffield Football Association was formed by a number of clubs in the local area and the Sheffield clubs continued to play by their own rules until they decided to fall in line with the FA in 1878.
		The Melbourne Football Club was also founded in 1858 and is the oldest surviving Australian football club, but it did not necessarily use Wills' rules during its first year.
	www.2010fifaworldcup.co.za /footballhistory_early19c.html (1679 words)

	Melbourne's Tramway History.
		Holiday traffic was very popular in the early years, and a maximum of about 20 trams, of both toastrack and double-deck saloon types, operated from two depots.
		The second electric tramway in Melbourne's suburbs was opened on the 11th October 1906 and ran from Flemington Bridge (near the terminus of the North Melbourne cable tram route) to Essendon, with a branch to Saltwater River (Now Maribyrnong River) and a short spur along Puckle St Moonee Ponds, to Moonee Ponds railway station.
		The lease of the cable trams by the Melbourne Tramways and Omnibus Co. expired on 30th June, 1916 and it was decided to appoint an interim Melbourne Tramways Trust to operate the system until it was decided what to do about the growing problems of street passenger transport in the Melbourne metropolitan area.
	www.geocities.com /z_class/tramhistory.html (3222 words)

	Melbourne - Wikitravel
		Melbourne is the second-largest city in Australia and the capital of the state of Victoria.
		Melbourne’s public transport system "Metlink" is comprised of trams, trains and buses: trams service the central city and inner suburbs, trains service the suburbs, and buses where there are no tram or train tracks.
		Melbourne is more-or-less centrally located on the coast of Victoria, and there are many natural and manmade attractions close enough to easily visit in a day's return drive.
	wikitravel.org /en/Melbourne (7565 words)

	Road & Transport Research: MELBOURNE MILES-THE STORY OF MELBOURNE'S ROADS
		This book is, at its heart, one perspective on the history of a European settlement in the Australian colonies, that perspective being the effects of land division and subdivision, and the technical processes by which this occurred.
		The first three chapters (57 pages) are perhaps of broadest interest and contain a history of early Melbourne and its suburbs, particularly its surveying and the basic road framework thus laid down.
		The market outside Melbourne might seem to be limited, although there is much in the sequence of events and the processes that affected the road network that will have general relevance as well as holding some fascination for the inveterate enquirer.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3927/is_200312/ai_n9318858 (1438 words)

	Finding Resources and Information about Local Historic Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		She has been a long-time staff writer for The Times (Melbourne) and is also on staff at the The Bay Bulletin (which serves from Palm Bay south to the county line).
		Lee called "The Terrace" was the social center for religious and civic affairs in Melbourne, Sunday School affairs and ice cream socials, shelter to a marine pilot who had landed on the prairie west of Melbourne in 1918, as well as shelter during tropical storms and hurricanes for townspeople.
		Lee was active in social, religious and civic affairs in Melbourne and her home was the scene of much social activity, particularly in conjunction with the Congregational Church, of which she was a member.
	fga.freac.fsu.edu /places/resource.htm (3336 words)

	City of Melbourne, FL - The History of Melbourne Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although the two cities were to become one "Melbourne" as a result of a consolidation in 1969, the "Eau Gallie" section of Melbourne remains distinct.
		World War II The Melbourne Naval Air Station was commissioned as an operational training unit on Oct. 20,1942.
		Those who served at NAS Melbourne and personnel who have served in all military branches are honored at the Melbourne Military Memorial Park.
	www.melbourneflorida.org /info/history.htm (839 words)

	History of Melbourne Beach
		The railroad consisted of a single push car which was used to transport groceries, supplies and people from the dock at the pier along Ocean Avenue to the Ocean.
		Prior to 1920, transportation to and from Melbourne was by a small ferry boat which was a sailboat, later replaced by a motor launch.
		The house was built in 1910, and has been remodeled several times, but it has a unique location and is part of the history of the area.
	www.melbournebeachfl.org /history.html (1441 words)

	IANA \| IANA Report on Request for Redelegation of the .au Top-Level Domain
		Australia was an early participant in the Internet, beginning with the Australian Computer Science Network (ACSnet) in the mid-1970s.
		Upon its establishment in 1986, the.au ccTLD was delegated to Robert Elz, a network programmer at the University of Melbourne.
		Melbourne IT, a major stakeholder in the Australian Internet community and operator of the principal registry (.com.au) within the.au ccTLD, also expressed concern that auDA is a new, untested organization that may not prove effective in broadly representing all parts of the Internet community.
	www.iana.org /reports/au-report-31aug01.htm (2978 words)

	"Queen City of the South" - Melbourne Queer History Radio Series
		The tour is led by the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives, who weave their way through the streets of Melbourne, recounting tales of our gay and lesbian forebears.
		The series, produced by Barry McKay, was first broadcast on JOY FM, Melbourne.
		ZASU PITTS the Melbourne drag queen and the body in the Yarra - 1950
	melbqueerhistory.tripod.com (332 words)

	History - Melbourne, Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On New Year's day of 1995, Randy Clark was guest speaker at the Tabernacle Church in Melbourne, Florida for a series of meetings sponsored by five local churches.
		During the interview, the disc jockey fell under the power of the Spirit, and was rendered incapable of continuing the interview.
		Christian history is full of accounts of those times when God elected to "visit" His people.
	www.grmi.org /renewal/Richard_Riss/history/melbourne.html (4209 words)

	STEFAN PETROW \| Policing in a Penal Colony: Governor Arthur's Police System in Van Diemen's Land, 1826-1836 \| Law and ...
		Where the security of the state was at risk, for example from rebellious natives, the Irish approach was deployed, while English methods were more pervasive and influenced day-to-day policing of all aspects of social life.
		In the early decades of New South Wales a decentralized police system was in operation.
		But as controversial as it was in the history of transportation, this article is the first to subject his police system, or "optical apparatus" as one diarist called it, to close investigation and to determine whether Arthur's claims had validity.
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/lhr/18.2/petrow.html (12345 words)

	History of Melbourne Harbor Marina in Melbourne, Florida
		History of Melbourne Harbor Marina in Melbourne, Florida
		Early settlers were drawn to the area's fertile soil,
		The "Village of Melbourne" was formed in 1888, and
	www.melbourneharbor.com /history.html (207 words)

	Amazon.com: The Metaphysical Club : A Story of Ideas in America: Books: Louis Menand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Within the first minutes of reading you will become amazing at the way Menand's magnificent writing flows, which is the third best part of the book, second to the frequent digression that at times can be confusing but are ever amusing and exhilarating, and third to the topic, which will engage you to continue reading.
		This is not a book to be scanned or quickly devoured by newcomers to the history of this era; I found it hard work at first.
		With a grasp of the great picture and the movements of intellectual history, however, Menand's brilliance illuminates a deepened appreciation of the origins of the 20th century.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0374199639?v=glance (4472 words)

	Critical mass rides through the radical history of Melbourne : Melbourne Indymedia
		The plan seems to have gone astray as the club's early years were marked by drunkenness, duels, fist fights and oafishness.
		The monument to Batman which states that Melbourne was built on unoccupied land now has a small brass plaque acknowledging that this was a lie.
		These immigrants, marching through Melbourne to Flagstaff Hill, formed the first demonstration in Melbourne, the first of a long line of rebels and trouble makers.
	melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2004/09/80035.php (1718 words)

	Ned Kelly's World
		The Cyclopedia of Australia, Ferguson and Moore, Melbourne 1881, (Mitchell Library Q 990 B) 'The Case of Constable McIntyre'.
		Hawthorn Press Melbourne 1948, (Mitchell Library, A 923.41 K 29.5 3 B I) 'The Kelly Hunters', Angus and Robertson, Sydney 1954, (S 920 K 294-C) 'The life of Ned Kelly', serial in Truth, Sydney, July-October 1954.
		'A History of The Colony of Victoria', 2 Vols.
	www.nedkellysworld.com.au /archives/alphabetical.html (2707 words)

	Faculty of Asian Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		She specializes in the history of international relations in the Asia-Pacific region, with a special focus on Japan, Australia and the USA.
		From politics and international relations she moved through aspects of Southeast Asian history and culture to the study of human ecology in rice growing and in western industrial societies.
		Dr Hendriks [BA/AS hons (ANU), MA (Osaka University of Foreign Studies), PhD (Yale); Lecturer with the Japan Centre] specialises in the history of Japanese language, the history of Japanese dialects, historical syntax and morphology, and acquisition of Japanese as a second language.
	asia.anu.edu.au /asianstudies/staff/staff.html (6128 words)

	OMAX 2005 > Events & Tours > Day Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Gain an insight into Melbourne, its early history, multiculturalism and its love of food on this morning tour of the historical Queen Victoria Market.
		Dating back to 1878 and spread over some seven hectares, the market is home to nearly 1000 traders and has received National Trust classification.
		For a change of pace, it's across to The Victorian Arts Centre, the flagship of the performing arts in Victoria, and the focal point of Melbourne's cultural precinct.
	www.omax2005.com.au /events_daytours.htm (369 words)

	< juliusmedia - History - Melbourne, early ’90’s >
		In the early nineties in Melbourne you wanted to work for Troy Balance or McLean Audio.
		The good thing about Melbourne was that there weren't too many stair gigs but, the recession was biting and a lot of equipment got quite old before it was updated to fit into the newer, smaller venues that were slowly replacing the old, large ones.
		The interest rates from the early nineties really bit when you had borrowed long term money to get the latest and be the greatest.
	www.conpub.com.au /cxweb/article.asp?ID=231 (682 words)

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