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  Melbourne - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Melbourne is typical of Australian capital cities in that it was built with the underlying notion of a "quarter acre home and garden" for every family, often referred to locally as the Australian Dream.
Melbourne's dominance of the state of Victoria's population and economy means the Victorian state government is also effectively the city government of greater Melbourne.
Melbourne is the birthplace of the Melbourne Shuffle, a style of dance that has been exported to South East Asia and continues to evolve to date.
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  Wikipedia search result
Melbourne is renowned for its Victorian architecture including the World Heritage Royal Exhibition Building as well as its notable landmarks which include the iconic Flinders Street Station, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and the extensive tram network, the third largest in the world and the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.
Melbourne is typical of Australian capital cities in that it was built with the underlying notion of a "quarter acre home and garden" for every family, often referred to locally as the Australian Dream.
Melbourne's public transport system was largely laid out late in the 19th century when trains and trams were the primary methods of travelling to the suburbs.
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 World Travel: Melbourne
Melbourne is notable for its mix of Victorian and contemporary architecture, its extensive tram network and Victorian parks and gardens, and its diverse, multicultural society.
Melbourne was transformed by the 1850s gold rush; within months of the discovery of gold in August 1852, the city's population had increased by nearly three-quarters — from 25,000 to 40,000 inhabitants.
Melbourne is still a centre of Aboriginal life — consisting of local groups and indigenes from other parts of Australia — with the Aboriginal community in the city numbering 12,015 persons (0.4 per cent of the population) according to the 2001 Census.
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 Melton - Victoria - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
Melton lies on a volcanic basalt plain and two extinct volcanoes can still be seen on the horizon.
This precinct occupies 240 acres to the east of Melton.
Melton Reservoir, on the Werribee River, is signposted from town.
www.smh.com.au /news/Victoria/Melton/2005/02/17/1108500206930.html   (1273 words)

  
 Melbourne - Wikitravel
Melbourne [1] is the second-largest city in Australia and the capital of the state of Victoria.
Melbourne is the unquestioned sporting capital of Australia with the largest arenas and two of the major sporting administrations basing their operation in Melbourne: Cricket Australia is a stone's throw from the MCG, and the Australian Football League is based at the Telstra Dome.
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.
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 Picturesque Atlas - Victoria - Central District - Part 1
The first of these routes diverges from the trunk line at Braybrook, a station lying at some distance from the village, in which the manufacture of dynamite and other explosive compounds is carried on, as is pretty plainly indicated by the gunpowder waggons which are passed on the way.
At Melton, the railway crosses the Toolera-Toolera Creek, flowing through a deep and devious hollow, the high grassy banks of which are fringed with trees.
Thenceforward the country is lightly timbered as far as Lancefield junction, where a branch line diverges to the little mining town of Lancefield, a distance of fourteen miles, the train halting at Romsey, situated in the heart of an agricultural district, and on the banks of Five Mile Creek.
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 Pest Control Melbourne - Pest Control Australia
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, the Garden State, is noted for its diversity, vitality, and sophistication, all of which have made it one of the world's most liveable cities.
Melbourne has consistently ranked in the top ten of international convention destinations and is currently ranked 3 in advance bookings for the year 2001.
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 Melbourne - Information at Halfvalue.com
Melbourne (pronounced /ˈmel.bən/) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3.7 million (2006 estimate).
Melbourne is renowned for its Victorian architecture including the World Heritage Royal Exhibition Building as well as its notable landmarks which include the iconic Flinders Street Station, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and the extensive tram network, the third largest in the world and the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.
Melbourne is still a centre of Aboriginal life — consisting of local groups and indigenes from other parts of Australia — with the Aboriginal community in the city numbering some 12,015 persons (0.4 per cent of the population) according to the 2001 Census.
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 Melton - Victoria - Australia - Travel - theage.com.au
The railway line from Melbourne arrived in 1884.
This precinct occupies 240 acres to the east of Melton.
Melton Reservoir, on the Werribee River, is signposted from town.
www.theage.com.au /news/Victoria/Melton/2005/02/17/1108500206930.html   (1283 words)

  
 Association of Bayside Municipalities: Reports
The city is traversed by a major freeway and railway, and has convenient access to the principal airports at Tullamarine and Avalon, the principal seaports at Melbourne and Geelong and the central business district of Melbourne.
Despite its proximity to the railway station, the potential for retail expansion in the area appears to be limited, as does demand for additional office space.
The Hoppers Crossing centre, near the Hoppers Crossing railway station, is a local/communitylevel centre with 13,000 square metres of glfa.
www.abmonline.asn.au /cmpp/model_app_a_profile.cfm   (2106 words)

  
 Railway
In 1873, the London North Western Railway and the Midland Railway opened a joint line between Moira West and Nuneaton.
Melbourne, Australia is the central railway station for the city.
Known as Aidensfield in "Heartbeat" and Hogsmeade railway station in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", this English village is a popular tourist destination.
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 Melbourne - World Tourism Info
Melbourne => is the second-largest city in Australia and the capital of the state of Victoria.
Melbourne considers itself the cultural capital of Australia (many Sydneysiders would dispute this claim strongly....), a boast supported by its large number of art galleries and a strong coffee culture=>.
Central Melbourne (the Central Business District (CBD) and nearby) attractions are arranged here more-or-less on a route starting in the south-west, proceeding east along Collins St, covering Swanston St from the Yarra River to Victoria St in the north, then going through Chinatown to Spring St and finishing at the south-east corner of the CBD.
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 Melbourne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In recent years, Melton, Wyndham and Casey, part of the Melbourne statistical division, have recorded the highest growth rate of all local government ar eas in Australia.
Melbourne International Airport located at Tullamarine is the city's main international and domestic (Qantas and Virgin Blue) gateway.
Avalon Airport, located between Melbourne and Geelong, is the main hub of Jetstar, a low cost airline owned by Qantas, and is also used as a freight and maintenance facility.
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 Williamstown railway line, Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Williamstown railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia.
Although it is now operated as a branch from the main Werribee/Geelong line at Newport, the line was originally built from the city, with the Geelong line being the branch.
The line officially opened in January 1859, but the section between the vicinity of the Newport workshops and Williamstown Pier was in use by Geelong-line trains from October 1857 (see the history of the Werribee line for more information).
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 Melton railway line, Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The line branches from the Sydenham line at Sunshine, with all services departing from Southern Cross Station in the CBD.
The line consists of dual track until just west of Deer Park station where it becomes a single bi-directional track.
There are a variety of trains on the line including Sprinter trains as well as older H, Z, N and S type locomotive-hauled carriages.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melton_railway_line,_Melbourne   (215 words)

  
 PUBLIC TRANSPORT in MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Melbourne is capital city of the state of Victoria.
Pocket sized folding map of Melbourne, with all tram, train and bus routes, fare zones, route descriptions, outer suburban services, general information, index of suburbs.
The Melbourne city and suburbs are divided into three zones, and passengers pay for the zones they want to travel in, and the time they want.
www.railpage.org.au /articles/melbourne.html   (1887 words)

  
 Australia New Zealand Local Rail Transit | Australian New Zealander Subway, Metro, Light Rail and Commuter Trains
Three suburban lines serve the new Britomart terminal: Western Line to Waitakere and Southern Line to Pukekohe (both via Newmarket/Elerslie Racecourse/Ericsson Stadium) and Eastern Line to Pukekohe via Orakei/Glen Innes.
Melbourne's City Loop (officially Melbourne Underground Rail Loop or MURL) attempts to tame the confusing convergence of 16 suburban lines with a 4-track circle that serves five stations including Flinders Street, the bustling regional hub.
Ten lines spider Sydney and her suburbs: across the Harbour to Hornsby and the North Shore: west to Olympic Park, Parramatta/Blacktown and Hunter Valleys; south to Illawarra and the East Hills; and east to Bondi.
www.traintraveling.com /australia_nz/australia_nz_local.shtml   (905 words)

  
 Passenger Railways of Victoria, Australia
The Melbourne - Sydney services are the standard-gauge Daylight XPT and Overnight XPT, both of which are formed from New South Wales Countrylink XPT sets - which are of the same basic design as the British High Speed Train.
In four places the trams routes cross the railway lines on the level, with complex switching arrangements on the overhead wiring.
The direct line from Newport to Laverton, avoiding the Altona loop, is used by all V/Line trains between Melbourne and Geelong, and a number of peak period emus.
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 Submission to Heritage Victoria on the Sydenham Railway Station.
The area was primarily agricultural and the township grew around the Railway station constructed on the dual track Melbourne to Bendigo rail line.
With the continued development of the Sydenham area as part of the growth of the metropolitan area of Melbourne onto the northwest plains the character of that area has been dramatically changed by closer settlement and the need to provide services to a rapidly growing population.
The town was a focus for much local activity and pride as the generous donation of land for civic purposes by local landowners testifies.
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 Thinking Transport
An example of Melbourne 2030 style development of higher density and mixed land use near good public transport.
The station is less well sited at some distance on the other side of the railway line, accessed via an underpass.
By contrast Melton railway station is some kilometres from the main shopping centre.
www.thinkingtransport.org.au /land_use_transport.shtml   (310 words)

  
 Sunbury Online - Information Service and Business Directory for Sunbury
The 0705 from Sunbury to Melbourne is made up of old 70s era Harris cars, pulled by two ancient P class locos, which are barely capable of reaching 100Km/h.
The 1717 from Melbourne reaches Diggers from North Melbourne in 33 minutes, whereas the spark does Nth Melb.
line luxury is fine for those who have time, something most commuters do not have to spare.
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 PTUA release plan for Melton - Railpage Australia™ Forums (Melbourne suburban)
Many people have called for the Melton line to be electrified and upgraded to the standard we expect for a suburban railway line.
To the passengers on the line it was disappointing that the upgrade was not included in the government's blueprint for public transport, Meeting our Transport Challenges.
Melton doesn't have to be electrified to get good service, all we need is a bit of extra room, duplication of Deer Park to Melton, and Triplication or possibly even Quadruplication from Sunshine to Footscray.
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 Your guide to Victoria / Melbourne public transport and Road Networks.
Railway station metlink ticket machines accept dollar notes but do not give change greater than $10.
Melbourne’s suburban rail network has 15 electric train lines services and 5 diesel services stretching across the entire Melbourne area.
The 15 electric train lines and Frankston to Stony Point Diesel service are operated by a company called Connex Melbourne.
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 To and From the Airport.com - Australia: Melbourne
Buses generally leave the airport 20 mins after flight arrivals and leave Franklin St in the city 2 hrs 20 before departures.
Buses leave Melbourne CBD (Spencer St Transit Station) 7 days a week at 0355, 0600, 0630, 1020 (not on Tue, Wed or Sat), 1115, 1225, 1305, 1645, 1910 (not on Tue, Wed or Sat) and 1940.
For travel to the airport: Melbourne to Avalon: No pre-booking required for pick-up's at 167 Franklin St and Spencer St Transit Centre.
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The Department of Infrastructure’s railway heritage expert has confirmed that South Kensington Station is not included on the Victorian Heritage Register and is not included in the heritage overlays in the planning schemes of the City of Melbourne.
William Taylor from the Department of Infrastructure has advised that the Kensington Resident Association and the City of Melbourne have both suggested the possibility of relocating South Kensington Station in the recent past, which was considered by the Department of Infrastructure in the past and determined unfeasible.
Therefore the City of Melbourne recommends that the following short and medium term actions are implemented immediately to ensure that the residents of Kensington and users of public transport are provided with safe access to and use of public transport at South Kensington Station.
www.melbourne.vic.gov.au /rsrc/PDFs/Kensington/KensingtonDOIdocument.DOC   (2374 words)

  
 Melbourne travel guide - Wikitravel
Melbourne International Backpackers, 450 Elizabeth St, 9662 4066 (res@mibp.com.au, fax 9662 4077).
Melbourne Metro YHA, 78 Howard St, Melbourne, 9329 8599 (melbmetro@yhavic.org.au, fax 9326 8427).
Melbourne Accommodation, 2/33 Latrobe St, Melbourne, 9663 8878 (enquiries@melaccom.com, fax 9663 8878).
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 Google Earth Community: Melbourne City/Sub/Country Rail/Tram Project.
This would mean that Melbourne used to have an inner city loop, many years before we got the City Loop (underground and under only the CBD).
I don't have GEpro, so I'm drawing the lines using some C++ code to read and interpret a set of 'turtle math' like parameters, and generate the additional KML code to 'construct' the railway tracks.
The line was known as the "Inner Circle", but it was not designed as a circular route, it being built before the line from Flinders Street to Victoria Park, and thus was the only way to get to the Whittlesea and Hurstbridge lines.
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 Your guide to Victoria / Melbourne public transport and Road Networks.
Sunbury, and Pakenham railway stations at any time.
However, where V/Line train services stop at railway stations in the metropolitan area, pick up and set down restrictions apply.
Copyright © 1999 - 2007 Melbtrip Community Victoria / Melbourne public transport and Road Networks.
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