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	Melbourne
		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.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/m/me/melbourne.html (3060 words)

	Melbourne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state Victoria and the second largest city in Australia with a population of 3 366 (census 2001).
		Melbourne is a large commercial and industrial centre with many of Australia's largest and many multinational corporations (approximately one-third of the 100 largest operating in Australia as of 2002) headquartered there.
		Melbourne was founded in 1834 by a group of free settlers led by John Batman and John Fawkner unlike many of Australia's capital cities were founded as penal colonies (Adelaide is another notable exception).
	www.freeglossary.com /Melbourne (2929 words)

	Urban Transport Technology - Melbourne Linking Victoria Project, Australia
		There are projects involving trams and light railway networks, regional rail upgrades, new roads and bypasses, park and ride facilities, Skybus super shuttle running to the airport and cycle paths.
		A recent development is the combining of all the Melbourne tram, bus and light rail companies under the banner of Metlink for the purpose of updating signs, providing information brochures and timetables for passengers, customer services via a common call centre and a common website.
		Tram route 109 is the start of a larger upgrade and is being used as a testing ground for the introduction of new initiatives and technology.
	www.urbantransport-technology.com /projects/australia (2473 words)

	Melbourne, Australia
		Melbourne is the New York of Australia, or the Sao Paulo of Brazil, where business, work and money are the main focus.
		Melbourne is very spread out, which makes commuting to and from work, sometimes a long journey.
		St.Kilda is located 25 minutes by Tram from downtown and has a main street with many restaurants and cafes which place their tables outside on the pavement (called al fresco dining) They get really crowded on a Sunday by lunch time, and the beach is right in front.
	www.yesaustralia.com /regiao-melbourneing.htm (1170 words)

	Melbourne's Tram History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		The reluctant Railways then insisted that the tram be called a "Street Railway"; built it using the 5 ft 3 inch VR railway gauge instead of the proposed tramway standard gauge of 4 ft 8.5 inches, and connected it with the St Kilda Railway station instead of the cable tram terminus.
		He argued that trams would always attract more patronage than an equivalent bus service, and proved it in 1956 when the Bourke St bus service (which had replaced a cable tram line) was upgraded to a tram in time for the Olympic games, despite the wailing of the newpapers.
		By the mid 1970s, Melbourne could see how lucky she had been not to follow the fashions of the '50s, and even the conservative government, normally given to starving public transport to death, agreed to the purchase of new trams.
	www.railpage.org.au /tram/melbhist.html (1384 words)

	Melbourne Australia
		Melbourne (pronounced Mel bun) is located on the banks of the Yarra River and overlooks the huge expanse of Port Phillip Bay, a sailing and boating paradise.
		Melbourne is the gateway to the State of Victoria.
		Melbourne entered the world spotlight in 1952 with the visit of Queen Elizabeth, and again in 1956 when the city hosted the Olympic games, held in the southern hemisphere for the first time.
	www.strathlorntravel.co.uk /travel-melbourne.asp (1771 words)

	Melbourne's Restaurant Trams
		Melbourne's famous Restaurant Trams, operated by the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant Company, have been a feature of Melbourne since the 1980's.
		The Restaurant tram stops at this location for around 20 minutes to allow patrons to stretch their legs before making the final leg of the trip back to near Casino West.
		The driver of 442 was waiting for the B2 tram on the right to pass by before departing.
	austtrams.tripod.com /restaurant/restaurant.htm (526 words)

	★ Melbourne Australia Information Guide
		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).
		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.
		Melbourne's train fleet consists of the common Comeng trains, recently refurbished, and the older Hitachi trains, which are not air-conditioned and, in the city's summer heat, despised by commuters.
	www.australian1.com /Australian_Information/Melbourne_Australia_information.html (3980 words)

	Preserved Tramway Museum Society of Victoria trams
		Melbourne W3 class tramcar 667 was photographed on the Depot fan at Bylands on 19 November 2000.
		This tram was constructed by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board in the early 1930's and withdrawn from service during the 1970's.
		This tram was acquired by the Museum in operating condition after the closure of the Ballarat tramways in 1971.
	www.angelfire.com /sc3/trams/tmsv/tmsv.htm (571 words)

	Big Al's Big Trip to Melbourne, Australia
		Melbourne is the capital city of Victoria, Australia.
		Melbourne is also Australia's centre for arts, education, culture, entertainment, culinary, sporting, shopping and business.
		In Melbourne you'll find public art where you least expect it, a cafe culture in small lanes, restaurants on trams, gondolas on the river, a religion called football, a horse-race that stops the nation and Shakespeare performed in magnificent gardens under the watchful eye of playful possums and swirling colonies of flying foxes.
	www.geocities.com /alansoon3669/melbourne.html (442 words)

	Walking Melbourne - Architecture, Skyscraper and Buildings Database [ Victoria, Australia]
		Melbourne grew from a tiny speculative pastoral outpost in the 1850s into a world city within a mere 30 years, reaching around 1 million people by the turn of the century.
		Melbourne is the undisputed sporting capital of Australia, hosting international evenst such as the 1956 Olympics, the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix, Australian Open Tennis, 2006 Commonwealth Games and Australian Rules Football grand final.
		Melbourne is Australia's comedy capital, and hosts the world's second biggest comedy festival outside of Edinburgh.
	www.walkingmelbourne.com /city.php (1811 words)

	Melbourne Trams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Melbourne’s trams give the city a distinctive character and provide a pleasant, environmentally friendly way of getting around: the City Circle is particularly convenient, and free.
		Trams run down the centre of the road, and stops are signposted; they often have central islands where you can wait, but if not, take care crossing the road.
		Many of the trams traversing Melbourne’s streets on a daily basis are vintage wooden ones.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/victoria/mel_trams.asp (282 words)

	Present: Melbourne-W's all over (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Melbourne tram No. 929 sits at the terminal with a new D2 class Combino behind it.
		By 1920, the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board had taken over all cable car lines and tramway trusts, and the celebrated W-class drop-center trams, which were to become a symbol of Melbourne, were introduced in 1925.
		All in all, a visit to Melbourne and its trams is a truly rewarding experience, and its people go out of their way to help visitors enjoy their unique city and transportation experience.
	www.streetcar.org /ppf/present/melbourne/index.html (941 words)

	Trams in Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Soon a Melbourne cable tramway system was running from the city to nearby suburbs, but as the city grew the technical limits of the cable tram system became apparent, and electric trams were developed for lines to more distant suburbs.
		Melbourne resisted the trend, partly because Melbourne's wide streets and geometric street pattern makes trams more practicable than in many other cities, partly because of resistance from the unions, and partly because the Chairman of the MMTB, Sir Robert Risson, successfully argued that the cost of ripping up the concrete-embedded tram tracks would be prohibitive.
		The tram model is an icon to the city and recognised by the National Trust of Australia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trams_in_Melbourne (1846 words)

	Melbtrip- a community Melbourne public transport website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Yarra trams is the operator of the Melbourne tram network.
		Melbourne has the third largest tram network in the world with an amazing 245 kilometres of double track.
		Trams run between 5am and 1am between Monday and Thursday, 5am to 2am Friday and Saturday and 7am to 12am Sunday.
	www.melbtrip.com /melbournetrams/index.html (310 words)

	Melbourne Australia. Information, accommodation, climate
		Melbourne and Sydney have always had a respectful rivalry, with each city challenging the other to be 'number-one' in Australia.
		Melbourne is also known for its fine dining as its restaurateurs are regarded as some of the best and most innovative in Australia.
		Melbourne inner city grid is at the heart of the city and bounded by Flinders Street and The Yarra River to the south, Spring Street to the east, Latrobe Street to the north and Spencer Street to the east.
	www.auinfo.com /Melbourne.htm (916 words)

	Melbourne Tram and light rail
		Tram routes 96 and 109 run on separate ROW at higher speeds and are considered light rail.
		It also has a huge tram network (about 240 kilometers), and is considering a partially underground maglev link between the airport and the city center.
		Yarra Trams run 11 tram lines in the eastern and northeastern sections of the city.
	www.subways.net /australia/melbourne.htm (165 words)

	Melbourne Australia .com.au - Leisure, Lifestyle and Entertainment
		Melbourne covers approximately 227,600 square kilometres (2.9% of the total land area of Australia), large enough to contain a huge variety of scenic attractions and natural wonders, and yet small enough to see them all.
		Melbourne has a large public transport network that consists of world famous trams, trains, and buses with services covering all points of Melbourne's metropolitan and outer areas.
		If you only have a few days in town, your time would be best spent by riding the trams around the CBD area and visiting some of our popular precincts situated on the fringes of the city.
	www.melbourneaustralia.com.au /transport (316 words)

	Melbourne, Australia
		Melbourne is a modern, multicultural city of approximately 3.5 million people and is a leading educational and cultural centre.
		Melbourne is located in the state of Victoria at the south-eastern extremity of the Australian continent.
		The summer heat in Melbourne is dry rather than humid, with the maximum temperature during the day ranging between 28 and 38 degrees Celsius.
	www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au /about/location/melbourne (926 words)

	Melbourne Information, Maps, Tourist guide and Australia Hotels.
		Of all Australia's cities, Melbourne is perhaps the most European in feel.
		Trams rattle through streets fronted by stern Victorian public buildings, while parks, outdoor cafes and restaurants lend it a Mediterranean air.
		Melbourne has a lively nightclub scene and is noted for live music and comedy clubs.
	www.hotel4stay.com /australia/Melbourne.html (216 words)

	Melbourne - Australia - Mark Moxon, Travel Writer
		Melbourne has a whole street full of cake shops, the famous Myer's Christmas windows (Myer's is a department store and its Christmas window displays are a part of Australian shopping culture), trams, the bay (which is the size of Somerset, so it's not so much a bay, more a little sea) and a lovely skyline.
		Wilson's Promontory, the National Park to the southeast of Melbourne and the southernmost point of mainland Australia, is gorgeous, with beaches that blow the mind and moody mountains as a backdrop.
		Remember that Melbourne is on the north part of a circular bay that has a very small entrance to the ocean at the south; the west tip of this gap is Queenscliff, my first point of call after leaving Melbourne some six months before, and the east tip is the National Park.
	www.moxon.net /australia/melbourne.html (1715 words)

	Transportation in Melbourne : Discount Melbourne Hotels, Victoria, Australia
		Melbourne Airport has a number of facilities and offers various transportation options, including a shuttle bus service to the city, taxi hire, as well as car rentals.
		Flinders Street Station is the center of Melbourne's train system, and all metropolitan trains begin or end their journey there.
		Melbourne's bus network links with trains and trams, as well as services other destinations overlooked by either train or tram.
	www.melbournehotelpro.com /transportation.htm (256 words)

	1929/30 Melbourne, Australia trams No. 496 and 586
		The capital of Victoria state in Australia, Melbourne is a pleasant, business-oriented city, relating to giant Sydney much as Chicago does to New York.
		Tram No. 496 was built by the Moore firm in 1929, one of 35 W-2 cars built by that firm.
		Tram No. 586 was built in 1930, one of 145 trams homebuilt in the MandMTB shops.
	www.streetcar.org /mim/streetcars/fleet/antique/496/index.html (503 words)

	Australia/New Zealand Jewish Heritage Tours with Joy Katzen-Guthrie
		Australia and New Zealand are glorious from any point of view, but visiting them with an eye toward Jewish Heritage will be an extraordinary and transformative experience.
		Later, Australia would become a blessed shelter for thousands of Nazi refugees, one of a handful of places on the planet where Jews could feel safe and not only survive, but flourish within their communities.
		Australia is home also to several museums of Jewish and holocaust history which we will see.
	www.joyfulnoise.net /JoyAustralia1.html (1222 words)

	wclasstrams.com
		Melbourne tram network until the withdrawal program of W2's commenced in 1960 for a short while, soon after it
		W2 class, this tram was the W5 class which was almost identical to the interior of the W2 class, however this tram
		tram routes, was being serviced by W class trams without interference – up to 250 W's in service per day.
	wclasstrams.com /index.html (3004 words)

	Melbourne Australia hotels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Melbourne apartment hotel Shoan Heights: Shoan Heights Apartment Hotel Melbourne is proud to offer you the prefect blend of family atmosphere, convenience and luxury.
		Melbourne Hotel Accommodation Albert Park Manor offers you peace and tranquility, yet is right in the heart of Melbourne's business district, with trams stopping right at our doorstep to take you into the City or to St Kilda beach within minutes.
		Located on Melbourne’s CBD fringe it is the perfect base for travelers on a budget wanting economical and secure accommodation.
	www.hotelnetservice.com /australia/melbourne (615 words)

	Light Rail - Trams - Transport - Melbourne Online - Only Melbourne
		Melbourne established cable trams in 1885, and the system grew to 75 km of double track and 1200 cars and trailers, the fourth largest cable system in the world.
		The face of Melbourne's public transport network Metlink was formed by Melbourne's train, tram and bus operators in 2002, bringing together the network under one name and introducing an information and way-finding system designed to improve our cu..Read More
		Within five years, trams were ferrying people between the city and inner suburbs along 65 kilometres of tram tracks.
	www.onlymelbourne.com.au /melbourne.php?id=85 (530 words)

	Melbourne Guide :: Only Melbourne :: Melbourne Victoria Australia
		Melbourne is a complex and diverse place, and one that is changing in all sorts of ways.
		Melbourne Community Guide - The CommunityGuide is designed to help residents and visitors find information about Melbourne, its facilities, businesses, community groups, events, attractions and services.
		History of Melbourne - Melbourne is the capital of Victoria and Australia's second largest city, built with the wealth of the 1850's Gold Rush.
	www.onlymelbourne.com.au (1603 words)

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