City of Melbourne

- 37.816666666667144.98333333333Koordinaten: 37 ° 49 ' S, 144 ° 59' O Melbourne City is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria. Melbourne City is the center of the city of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria. The area is 36.5 km ² and has about 93,000 inhabitants.

Melbourne City is located north of Port Phillip Bay and includes 14 Districts: Carlton, Docklands, Melbourne CBD, East Melbourne, North Melbourne, West Melbourne, Jolimont, Parkville, Southbank and parts of Carlton North, Flemington, Kensington, Port Melbourne and South Yarra. The seat of the City Council located in the Central Business District ( CBD).

Today's CBD was in 1835 the first settlement area on the south coast of Australia and developed within just twelve years the City. Centerpiece of Melbourne City, the Port of Melbourne Docklands. Furthermore, the City is the center of trade and traffic in the capital, including a major part of the most important cultural institutions, parks, universities and hospitals.

The districts

At the eastern boundary of the CBD, on Spring Street, is the Parliament House, the seat of the Parliament of Victoria. Even the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Victoria is to find in the city center.

To the east of the city center south of the Yarra River, the Botanical Garden is located in Melbourne, which is considered the most beautiful in Australia and one of the finest in the world. On 38 hectares to see 10,000 animal species in the Royal Botanic Gardens 50,000 plants and.

South of the center between the south bank of the Yarra River and Port Phillip City is the South Bank district. Here are some of the tallest buildings in the city, including the 297 m high Eureka Tower or the 205 m high Freshwater Place. In addition, here is the cultural center of Melbourne at the Arts Centre with theaters, concert halls, the National Gallery and the Victorian College of the Arts.

The Carlton Gardens in the same district with the Royal Exhibition Building include a cultural monument, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There is also the Melbourne Museum, the largest museum in the Southern Hemisphere. In Carlton North is the Melbourne General Cemetery. On this used since 1853 main cemetery are numerous graves of famous people of Australian history, including three prime ministers and the famous explorer Burke and Wills. In neighboring Princes Park is a 35,000 -seat stadium forming in which the Victorian Football League usually discharges the final of the football season at the state level.

In the City of Melbourne are numerous large sports venues, the most important of which in the territory Olympic Park, Melbourne Park and Yarra Park in East Melbourne. The largest stadium in the city is the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which can hold 100,000 people and in 1956 the main stadium of the Olympic Games had been. The Rod Laver Arena and Vodafone Arena with 15,000 or 10,000 seats are the main stages of the Australian Open, one of the four Grand Slam tournaments in tennis.

The Etihad Stadium in Docklands is the second largest stadium with over 56,000 spectators. Actually built for Australian football, it is, since 2007, home of Melbourne Victory. This year they were Australian football champion and moved due to the increased interest from spectators to Olympic Park Stadium.

In the northeast in Parkville district is the main campus of the University of Melbourne, the Victoria's oldest university and the Royal Melbourne Hospital, one of the leading public hospitals in Australia. In addition, there is the largest with 181 ha downtown Park, the Royal Park, in the district, as well as the Melbourne Zoo, the oldest zoo in Australia.

In the extreme north- west of the city, the Flemington Racecourse, a two miles ( 3,200 m) is long Racecourse. In addition to numerous important races can be found here on the first Tuesday in November the Melbourne Cup. The day is a public holiday in Victoria and the race is the largest and most important in Australia and one of the most prestigious two- mile race around the world.

Docklands

The Docklands on the Yarra River are the former harbor area of Melbourne. Due to the modern container ships in the harbor has become too small and we had moved on towards the river mouth to West Melbourne. The old harbor buildings have been converted to office buildings and today the Docklands business center of the city.

The Docklands have a special status within the City of Melbourne, as they are managed by the Docklands Authority and its residents do not participate in elections to the City Council.

Management

The Melbourne City Council has nine members, who are elected by the residents of the City. Unlike the other LGAs of Melbourne Melbourne City is not divided into districts ( wards ). From the circle of Councillor also recruited the Lord Mayor (Mayor ) of the Council. The Lord Mayor of the City is also the representative of the whole city and the representatives at important meetings in the state, government and business affairs.

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