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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 3,366,542 (census 2001).
Melbourne was founded in 1834 by a group of free settlers led by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, unlike many of Australia's capital cities which were founded as penal colonies (Adelaide is another notable exception).
Melbourne is built on the land of the Kulin nation, the original Aboriginal inhabitants of the area.
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 Mayor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mayors may also function as the head of the city council, sometimes elected as mayor by the council rather the citizens, while day-to-day operations of the city are delegated to a professional city manager.
In Canada mayors are usually elected at large by the citizens of a municipality for a fixed term.
In London, the Lord Mayor of London is now largely ceremonial, a post that should be distinguished from the elected Mayor of London.
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 CONK! Encyclopedia: Melbourne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of 3.8 million in the Melbourne metropolitan area (June 2004) and 69,670 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area).
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 Montreal, Osaka, and Prague.
Melbourne's rock and pop music scene is regarded (particularly by Melburnians) as the liveliest in the country, and has fostered many internationally renowned artists and musicians, with links to AC/DC, Nick Cave, Crowded House, John Farnham, Graeme Bell, Kylie Minogue, and Jet.
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 List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne
This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Melbourne Local Government Area, Melbourne, Australia.
The title of 'Lord Mayor' was conferred on the position of Mayor by King Edward VII on December 18 1902.
Note that there was no Lord Mayor from 1992 to 1996, as appointed commissioners ran the council during this time.
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 Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 3,488,750 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 was founded on 10 May 1835 by a group of free settlers led by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, unlike some of Australia's capital cities which were founded as penal colonies (Adelaide and Perth are other notable exceptions).
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 Melbourne Town Hall
Melbourne Town Hall is the central municipal building of the city of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria.
Melbourne was officially incorporated as a town on December 13 1842, with Henry Condell as its first Mayor.
The foundation stone of the additional front portico was laid in 1887, and Lord Mayor Sir Henry Weedon laid the foundation of the administritive annexe building in 1900.
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 Wikipedia:WikiProject Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melbourne is home to one of the world's largest urban sprawls, and its many suburbs boast an amazing cultural diversity.
Melbourne's first Mayor was inaugurated in 1842, and the first Lord Mayor in 1902.
List of Melbourne freeways    List of Melbourne highways
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 Lord Mayor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Lord Mayor is the mayor of a city with special recognition.
In the United Kingdom it is a purely ceremonial post, see Mayors in the United Kingdom, list of cities in the United Kingdom, especially Lord Mayor of London.
In the Republic of Ireland, the posts of Lord Mayor of Dublin and Lord Mayor of Cork still exist.
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Melbourne has twice ranked first in a survey by The Economist of "The World's Most Livable Cities", once in 2002, and again in 2004.
There is a directly elected Lord Mayor of Melbourne and an elected Melbourne City Council, but these are responsible only for the City of Melbourne, which takes in the central business area and a few adjoining inner suburbs.
Melbourne was the only city in the Southern Hemisphere in which the Three Tenors (Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and José Carreras) performed on their world tour in 1997, and the only city in the world to host the Kiss Symphony, a combined performance of the rock band KISS and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 2003.
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Lord Mayor John So said today the capital city of Melbourne is a global city and had to engage with the world in the interests of all the city’s ratepayers.
Melbourne City Council proposed to put a resolution to reappoint Michael Malouf as Chief Executive Officer of the City of Melbourne, subject to satisfactory agreement on contractual details, at a special Council Meeting to be held on Monday April 2002.
Melbourne City Council is aiming for a surplus of almost $700,000 or better as part of its draft budget for 2001/2002, released for public comment today, Lord Mayor, Cr Peter Costigan said.
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In the United Kingdom it is a purely ceremonial post, see Mayors in the United Kingdom, list of cities in the United Kingdom
In the Republic of Ireland, the post of Lord Mayor of Dublin still exists.
Australian cities with Lord Mayors include Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong.
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 Lord Mayor -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In the (Click link for more info and facts about Republic of Ireland) Republic of Ireland, the posts of Lord Mayor of Dublin and Lord Mayor of Cork still exist.
See (Click link for more info and facts about list of cities in Australia) list of cities in Australia.
It is also, as the translation of Oberbürgermeister, the title of the mayors of independent (county-free) or formerly independent cities in (A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990) Germany.
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List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne facts and information
This is a list of the Mayors and Lord_Mayors of the City_of_Melbourne Local_Government_Area, Melbourne, Australia.
The title of 'Lord Mayor' was conferred on the position of Mayor by King Edward VII on December_18 1902.
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 Melbourne Town Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
During the Melbourne International Comedy Festival the Melbourne Town Hall acts as venue to a large number of the performances.
The Town Hall was designed by the famous local architect Joseph Reed, in the Second Empire style.
In 1925 a fire destroyed a large part of the town hall, including the main auditorium and pipe organ.
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 Articles - Lord Mayor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In Canada, the mayor of Niagara-on-the-Lake, the only city with a Lord Mayor, as recognition of its role as the first Capital of Upper Canada.
In Denmark, as the translation of Danish Overborgmester, it is the title of the highest mayor of such large cities as Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Aalborg.
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland it is a purely ceremonial post, see Mayors in the United Kingdom, list of cities in the United Kingdom, especially Lord Mayor of London.
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 Category:Melbourne - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Melbourne is the capital city of the Australian State of Victoria.
For more information, see the main article about Melbourne.
This page was last modified 21:53, 15 Apr 2005.
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 The Right Honourable   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Lord Mayors of London, Dublin, Cardiff, Belfast, York and Plymouth; and of Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Hobart; and
The Irish Privy Council was de facto abolished with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922; nevertheless the Lord Mayor of Dublin, who was ex-officio a member of the Irish Privy Council, retains the usage of the honorific.
Thus though appointments to the British Privy Council have ceased, they are still are awarded the style Right Honourable, as are a very small number of Canadian notables who did not hold one of these offices.
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