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	Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 is built on the land of the Kulin nation, the original Aboriginal inhabitants of the area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melbourne,_Australia (5354 words)

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		Melbourne is the largest city in Victoria, the state capital, and the second-largest city in Australia, with a population of 3,366,542 (census 2001).
		Melbourne is located in the south-eastern corner of mainland Australia, approximately 800 kilometres southwest of Sydney.
		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.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/m/me/melbourne.html (2692 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 (7487 words)

	Melbourne Australia • Melbourne Travel Guide
		Melbourne is built on a coastal plain at the top of the giant horseshoe shaped Port Phillip Bay, which also serves as the mouth of the mighty Yarra River.
		Melbourne has a lively passion for social eating and drinking, which is reflected in the thousands of restaurants serving up gastronomic experiences from around the world.
		Melbourne's standing as the cultural capital of Australia is authenticated in a non-stop program of festivals, major art exhibitions and musical extravaganzas.
	www.melbourneaustralia.org (352 words)

	Melbourne Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		A leafy bayside community on the 'upside-down', brown Yarra River, Melbourne is, in turns, cosmopolitan, suburban, cultivated, conservative and a haven for the avant-garde.
		While Melbourne's spring is a sight to behold, with multitudes of gardens in bloom and the festive Spring Racing Carnival heralding summer, any local will tell you that mid-autumn sees Melbourne at its most resplendent.
		Melbourne is said to be the fox capital of the Western world.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/pacific/australia/melbourne (286 words)

	MELBOURNE Train & Tram map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Melbourne is Australia's second-largest metropolitan area - with a population of 3.5 million people.
		Melbourne is a key shipping port of the southern hemisphere, indeed at 37 degrees South, there is no city in the world larger than Melbourne lying further South.
		Melbourne's tram network is in fact continually expanding, now operated by a Private company (Yarra Trams) the network has more track and route distance now than at any time in its history.
	www.railpage.org.au /railmaps/melbourn.htm (369 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The Melbourne Games were the first to be held in the southern hemisphere.
		In Melbourne, following a suggestion by a young Australian named John Ian Wing, the athletes entered the stadium together during the Closing Ceremony, as a symbol of global unity.
		Upon the suggestion of John Ian Wing, a Chinese apprentice carpenter living in Australia, it was decided to let all the athletes parade together, rather than by country, as a symbol of world unity.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1956 (418 words)

	Melbourne and Victoria Hotels & Accommodation - Vacation reservations - Tourism information of Australia - Travel ...
		Melbourne is a city famous for its sense of style.
		It is home to the country's richest horse race, the world-famous Tooheys Blue Melbourne Cup, the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix, the Australian Open Tennis Championship, and the birthplace of Australian Rules Football.
		Only 50 kilometres or 1 hour drive from Melbourne is the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges, a region of hills, forests, and most importantly, wine.
	www.melbourne.visitorsbureau.com.au (409 words)

	Melbourne Independent Media Center
		Protests have occurred in cities around Australia and across the Tasman, designed to highlight to the public how the ANZ is profiteering from the on going war.
		The ANZ is one of a number of international banks, in a consortium led by JP Morgan Chase Bank, chosen by the Coalition Provisional Authority to assist the establishment of the Iraq Trade Bank.
		In Melbourne the last few weeks has seen a series of actions including bank occupations, leafleting and even cake stalls.
	melbourne.indymedia.org (1045 words)

	Melbourne Accommodation: Rent serviced apartments in Melbourne Australia - Luxury apartment accommodation
		Melbourne Accommodation, in Victoria, Australia, specialises in providing luxury serviced apartments in the Melbourne city (Central, Southgate, Southbank and St Kilda Rd precinct) and in Eastern Metropolitan Melbourne (Mt Waverley, Oakleigh and Forest Hill) for executives and family travellers at moderate rates.
		Melbourne accommodation provides resort-style facilities to make your stay as comfortable and convenient as possible.
		The Melbourne city apartments and metropolitan units are superbly located for your convenience close to the Melbourne central business district, exhibition and conference centres, restaurants, entertainment, sporting venues, Royal Botanic Gardens, shopping and public transport facilities.
	www.melaccom.com (345 words)

	Serviced Apartments Melbourne 1,3 and 2 bedroom apartments
		These Melbourne apartments are located with the corporate world in mind with facilities such as direct broadband internet access available in every apartment.
		The Punt Hill North Melbourne Serviced apartments Located 2 km from the Melbourne city centre, you will be in the heart of Melbourne in minutes via the tram, conveniently located at your doorstep.
		These Melbourne serviced apartments are conveniently located in East Melbourne, one of the most beautiful and tourist friendly suburbs of Melbourne.
	www.aussieapartments.com.au (2008 words)

	Melbourne Zoo - What you will experience at Melbourne Zoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Melbourne Zoo is an historic zoo with an innovative master plan that displays a representative sample of the world's fauna and flora in a series of bioclimatic (or habitat) zones.
		Australia's largest butterfly, the yellow, fl and red female may have a wingspan of 180mm.
		More than 350 animal species from Australia and around the world are on view just 4 km from the centre of Melbourne, in a botanic garden setting of 55 acres / 22 hectares.
	www.zoo.org.au /visiting.cfm?zoo_id=1 (187 words)

	Melbourne Hotels
		Enterprize Hotel Melbourne is ideally situated for the leisure traveller with lovely Courtyard rooms, and with the addition of 100 brand new Business rooms our corporate clients can now look forward to superior levels of comfort and quality all at excellent value.
		The Canterbury Hotel Melbourne is conveniently located in Melbourne's East, at the gateway to the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges, but is still only 20 mins from the Melbourne CBD.
		The Charsfield hotel Melbourne is arguably one of the most beautiful accommodation hotel and grand Victorian buildings in Melbourne CBD.
	www.aussiehotels.com.au (841 words)

	Melbourne, Australia - visitmelbourne.com the official travel and accommodation site for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
		Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne boasts great festivals and shopping, a passion for food and wine, and fabulous arts.
		Whether your interest is in food and wine, cinema, comedy, sports or performing arts, Melbourne has a festival or event for you.
		When the sun goes down, Melbourne buzzes with chic restaurants, trendy clubs and bars and some of the best live music venues you'll experience.
	www.visitmelbourne.com (220 words)

	Melbourne, Victoria, VIC, Travel Guide Australia
		Melbourne is a diverse and cosmopolitan city.The town is home to some of Australia's biggest shopping complexes and sophisticated boutiques, glorious food halls and elegant restaurants, with a wide range of ethnic foods being readily available.
		It is regarded as one of the cultural, culinary, sporting and shopping capitals of Australia with a great selection of events and festivals to entertain locals and visitors.
		A short drive out of the city is the Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne's summer playground and the Dandenongs,which locals claim has "the very best nature has to offer".
	www.atn.com.au /vic/east/east-a.htm (125 words)

	Three Great Zoos - Melbourne Zoo, Healesville Sanctuary and Werribee Open Range Zoo
		For all your special event, corporate and function bookings from 9 September, Delaware North Companies Australia, Zoos Victoria's new caterers, will be delighted to assist you with menu design, costings and the perfect venue.
		Melbourne Zoo is set to receive three Asian Elephants from Thailand after the Federal Government today approved an application to import them.
		Melbourne Zoo's artistic Asian Elephants and a group of enthusiastic Zoos Victoria Ambassadors joined forces today in a campaign to raise funds to assist the recovery in Aceh.
	www.zoo.org.au (400 words)

	Australia Economy
		Australia, with National Anthem, Flag, Map and its People,...
		Australia & New Zealand Banking Group and Westpac Banking may need to retain more of their earnings than domestic rivals because of planned changes to limits on some forms of capital, analysts said Wednesday.&n...
		MELBOURNE, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Australia's Mayne Group Ltd. (MAY.AX:,,) has hired an outsider, a French pharmaceuticals executive, to lead its generic drugs arm...
	archive.wn.com /2005/08/31/1400/australiaeconomy (685 words)

	Speakers Discovery Science and Biotechnology Conference, May 4-6, 2005, Melbourne, Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Ruedi Aebersold, one of the pioneers in the field of proteomics, is known for developing a series of methods that have found wide application in analytical protein chemistry and proteomics.
		David is a graduate of the University of Queensland and the University of Melbourne, and the Securities Institute of Australia.
		Professor Haber received a bachelors degree with the award of a University Medal from UNSW in 1978 and went on to obtain a PhD in Pathology from the same university in 1984 for her studies on the induction of structural change in DNA by chemical carcinogens.
	dsb.mtci.com.au /Templates/DSBSpeakers.htm (2131 words)

	Melbourne Hotels, Motels, Apartments
		Shoan Heights Apartment Hotel is located in the middle of Melbourne's CBD and is surrounded by numerous theatres, restaurants, cafes, galleries, department stores, parks and sporting venues, including the MCG, Telstra Dome and Melbourne Park Tennis Centre.
		Situated in the heart of Melbourne's city centre, the Pacific International serviced apartments are within easy walking distance to most CBD corporate headquarters as well as providing an excellent base from which to visit Melbourne's many tourist attractions.
		The Quality Hotel Melbourne Airport is also situated close to local shops, restaurants, cafes and is only a 15 minute drive from the Melbourne CBD via the Tullamarine Freeway.
	www.ozihotels.com.au (2006 words)

	Melbourne International Comedy Festival // Corporate Site
		Welcome to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival – Australia’s premier live comedy event and one of the three largest comedy festivals in the world.
		The 20th Melbourne International Comedy Festival will be held in Melbourne, Australia from 12 April to 7 May 2006.
		The 19th Melbourne International Comedy Festival, held from 23 March to 17 April 2005, was a huge success with 356,992 people attending the 2,838 performances presented over the three and a half weeks of the festival.
	www.comedyfestival.com.au (155 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Cricket \| Other International \| Australia seal Melbourne victory
		The pair's second-wicket stand of 116 steered Australia to a nine wicket win in the second Test and a 2-0 lead.
		Australia lost Justin Langer early on, but Hayden and Ponting led them home.
		Australia lost Langer for five in the second over, caught behind off the bowling of Sami.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/4131415.stm (430 words)

	Welcome to the University of Melbourne
		Melbourne celebrates health and medical research funding success
		Universitas 21 : Bio 21 : Melbourne Business School
		The University of Melbourne ABN: 84 002 705 224
	www.unimelb.edu.au (53 words)

	Vicnet - Victoria's Community Information Portal
		To celebrate the arrival of spring, there will be a garden party in Melbourne on Friday October 14, 12 midday to 3pm, at the City Square.
		Melbourne International Arts Festival is one of Australia's leading international arts festivals and has an outstanding reputation for presenting unique international and Australian events in the fields of dance, theatre, music, visual arts, multimedia, free and outdoor events over 17 days each October.
		This community information portal is hosted and managed by Vicnet, a division of the State Library of Victoria.
	www.vicnet.net.au (447 words)

	Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Melbourne
		The branch in Melbourne, Australia was established in 1980 in collaboration with the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the University of Melbourne and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.
		In 1990 an additional campus was established at the Austin Hospital creating a major site for the Institute's clinical programme.
		This Biosafety DVD was produced by the Melbourne Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.
	www.ludwig.edu.au (126 words)

	Consulate General of the U.S. Melbourne
		The U.S. Mission to Australia welcomes with gratitude the great generosity of the Australian Government in donating $A10 million to the American Red Cross to assist those most affected by the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina.
		The U.S. Consulate General Melbourne is pleased to announce that a U.S. Officer will be available in Darwin on Wednesday, August 17th, 2005 for Consular Services.
		Perhaps the highlight of his visit was addressing the inaugural session of the new "Confucius Institute" at the University of Western Australia.
	usembassy-australia.state.gov /melbourne (846 words)

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