City of Melbourne

Local government area in Victoria, Australia

This article is about the local government area. For the metropolitan area, see Melbourne. For the city centre of Melbourne, see Melbourne central business district. For other uses, see Melbourne (disambiguation).

City of Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria

Aerial view of the Melbourne skyline from
Kings Domain, May 2020

Location in Greater Melbourne

Coordinates| 37°48′49″S 144°57′47″E﻿ / ﻿37.81361°S 144.96306°E﻿ / -37.81361; 144.96306
Population| 149,615 (2021 census)[1]
• Density| 3,969/km2 (10,279/sq mi)
Established| 12 August 1842
Area| 37.7 km2 (14.6 sq mi)[2]
Time zone| AEST (UTC+10)
• Summer (DST)| AEDT (UTC+11)
Lord Mayor| Nicholas Reece
Council seat| Melbourne CBD (Town Hall)
Region| Greater Melbourne
County| Bourke
State electorate(s)|

* Albert Park
* Brunswick
* Essendon
* Melbourne
* Prahran

Federal division(s)|

* Macnamara
* Maribyrnong
* Melbourne
* Wills

Website| City of Melbourne
| LGAs around City of Melbourne:

Moonee Valley | Merri-bek | Darebin
Maribyrnong | City of Melbourne | Yarra
Hobsons Bay | Port Phillip | Stonnington
The city flag of Melbourne. The Melbourne City coat of arms Melbourne Town Hall on Swanston Street built 1870–1887

The City of Melbourne is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central city area of Melbourne. In 2021, the city has an area of 37.7 square kilometres (14.6 sq mi) and had a population of 149,615.[3] The city's motto is "vires acquirit eundo" which means "we gather strength as we go".[4]

The current Lord Mayor is Nicholas Reece, who replaced Sally Capp on 2 July 2024. The Melbourne City Council (MCC) holds office in Melbourne Town Hall.

## History

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### 19th century

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Melbourne was founded in 1835, during the reign of King William IV, following the arrival of the schooner Enterprize near the present site of the Queen's Wharf. Unlike other Australian capital cities, Melbourne did not originate under official auspices, instead owing its origins to non-indigenous settlers from Tasmania.

Having been a province of New South Wales from its establishment in 1835, affairs of the settlement had been administered by the Parliament of New South Wales. With the growth of the settlement there had been an increasing demand by the inhabitants for greater autonomy over their own affairs. On 12 August 1842, Melbourne was incorporated as a town by Act 6 Victoria No. 7 of the Governor and Legislative Council of New South Wales.[5]

The town of Melbourne was raised to the status of a city by Letters Patent of Queen Victoria dated 25 June 1847, five years after its incorporation as a town. The Letters Patent also constituted the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne and declared Melbourne a cathedral city. A motion was tabled at a meeting of the Town Council to alter the style and title of Melbourne from a town to a city, a draft Bill was approved and transmitted to the Government for introduction to the Legislature. On 3 August 1849, Act 13 Victoria No. 14 was finally assented to as "An Act to effect a change in the Style and Title of the Corporation of Melbourne rendered necessary by the erection of the Town of Melbourne to a City".[6]

The city's initial boundaries, as set down in Act 8 Victoria No. 12 (19 December 1844) extended from Point Ormond in Elwood up Barkly Street and Punt Road to the Yarra River, along the river to Merri Creek at Abbotsford, then west along Brunswick Road to Moonee Ponds Creek, then south past Flemington Bridge to Princes Pier in Port Melbourne.[5] The Act imposed on the Mayor a duty to set up "permanent and conspicuous boundary marks of iron, wood, stone or other durable material" along or near the line of the Town's boundaries—this was undertaken by Mayor James Frederick Palmer and Town Clerk John Charles King on 4 February 1846.[7]

During the 1850s, Collingwood, Fitzroy and Richmond seceded from Melbourne (all are, since 1994, part of the City of Yarra), as did South Melbourne, whilst other parts became parts of the neighbouring districts of St Kilda and Port Melbourne, and the border between Brunswick and Melbourne moved south one block to Park Street.[5]

### 20th century

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On 18 December 1902, King Edward VII conferred the title "Lord Mayor" on the mayor of the City of Melbourne.

On 30 October 1905, Melbourne absorbed two neighbouring council areas. Now included in the City was the Borough of Flemington and Kensington, which had been formed in 1882 when it broke away from the City of Essendon. The second, the Town of North Melbourne, formerly known as Hotham, had been established on 30 September 1859 and been granted town status on 18 December 1874. Both town halls are still in use today as public buildings—the former in Kensington near the present-day Newmarket railway station; the latter in Errol Street, North Melbourne.

The Melbourne and Geelong Corporations Act 1938 allowed for three councillors for each of the eleven wards, with a general election held on 24 August 1939.

The first woman in 125 years to be elected to the council was local businessperson Clare J. Cascarret in 1967. The election was said to have cost her over half a million pounds.[8]

Following a recommendation by the Local Government Advisory Board in 1978, an Order in Council (27 February 1979, effective from 19 May 1979) reduced the wards from eleven to eight. In December 1980, the Hamer Government dismissed the council, and appointed three Commissioners to determine how the boundaries could best be altered to produce more effective local government, with special regard to Melbourne's central business district and its importance to the state, as well as to advise changes needed to the constitution, structure, functions and administration. However, in 1982, with the election of a new Labor government under John Cain, the Act establishing the commission was repealed, and the Melbourne Corporation (Election of Council) Act 1982 established six wards, for which an election was held on 4 December 1982. Three years later, an additional ward was added.[5]

Between 1993 and 1996 the City was again led by Commissioners, along with every local Council in Victoria, while all boundaries were comprehensively reviewed, more than halving the number of Councils.

In 1993, the City of Melbourne Act specified changes to the boundaries which saw Melbourne gain Southbank and the Victorian Arts Centre on 18 November 1993, and the city was resubdivided into four wards – Flagstaff, University, Hoddle and Domain. The wards were abolished in 2001, with the council having a directly elected Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor, and seven other councillors.[7] In 2012, the number of Councillors was increased to nine, in addition to the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor.

Also in the 1990s, local government control of the docks area on the west side of the city was given to Victorian Government's Docklands Authority.[9]

### 21st century

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In 2005, the council announced the construction of a new 6-star environmental office building, Council House 2, in Little Collins Street.

On 2 July 2007, the City of Melbourne almost doubled in size when the suburb of Docklands was re-added to its jurisdiction.

On 1 July 2008, a section of Kensington and North Melbourne was transferred to the City of Melbourne from the City of Moonee Valley.[10]

In July 2009, Lord Mayor Robert Doyle unveiled a new corporate identity for the City of Melbourne, costing $239,558.[11]

Building on the council's longstanding interest in environmental issues, on 16 July 2019, the council voted to declare a climate and biodiversity emergency in line with similar declarations made elsewhere.[12]

Following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the City of Melbourne caused controversy and breached protocol, by failing to lower the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags to half mast, whilst the Australian flag was lowered in mourning.[13]

## Council

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Main article: 2024 Melbourne City Council election

Town Hall Chambers (left) in 1968, just before its demolition and in the same location: Council House 2, Little Collins Street (right), completed 2006, the world's first 6 star green rating building; it features a louvred façade, natural and recycled materials, solar panels and thermal mass cooling.

The City of Melbourne is an unsubdivided municipality, consisting of a directly elected Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor, and nine Councillors.[14] Since 2008, all Victorian councillors serve a four-year term. The most recent general election was held on Saturday 24 October 2020. The next general election will be held in October 2024.

During a general election, the City of Melbourne holds two simultaneous elections – one to elect the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor (leadership team) and the other to elect the nine councillors.[14] All residents are entitled to vote in the election, as well as up to two of each of the following: non-residential owners and occupiers of rateable property. If a corporation solely owns or occupies rateable property in the municipality, then the corporation must appoint two company officers (director and/or company secretary, or equivalent) to represent it and vote on its behalf.

### Current composition

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The current makeup of the Council is:[15]

Party | Councillors

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| Team Nick Reece | 4
| Greens | 1
| Innovate Melbourne | 1
| Labor | 1
| Liberal | 1
| Team Kouta | 1
| Team Morgan | 1
| Team Wood | 1
Total | 11
Party | Councillor | Notes

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| Team Nick Reece | Nick Reece | Mayor
| Team Nick Reece | Roshena Campbell | Deputy Mayor
| Team Nick Reece | Kevin Louey  |
| Liberal | Owen Guest  |
| Greens | Olivia Ball |
| Team Kouta | Gladys Liu |
| Team Wood | Philip Le Liu  |
| Team Nick Reece | Mark Scott  |
| Team Morgan | Rafael Camillo  |
| Innovate Melbourne | Andrew Rowse  |
| Labor | Davydd Griffiths  |

## Election results

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### 2024

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Inner Melbourne § Councillors.[edit]

2024 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (councillors)[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Team Nick Reece | 1\. Kevin Louey (elected 1)
2\. Mark Scott (elected 6)
3\. Lisa Teh
4\. Jannine Pattison
5\. Hamdi Ali
6\. Suzanne Stanley
7\. Simone Hartley-Keane  | 18,558  | 20.71  | –6.02[a]
| Liberal | 1\. Owen Guest (elected 2)
2\. You Li Liston  | 12,841  | 14.33  | +14.33
| Greens | 1\. Olivia Ball (elected 3)
2\. Aaron Moon
3\. Barry Berih  | 12,692  | 14.16  | –1.84
| Team Kouta | 1\. Gladys Liu[b] (elected 4)
2\. Zaim Ramani
3\. Emma Elizabeth Carney
4\. Olivia Tjandramulia | 10,588  | 11.82  | +11.82
| Team Wood | 1\. Philip Le Liu (elected 5)
2\. Cathy Oke
3\. Nicolas Paul Zervos
4\. Hala Nur
5\. Michael-Lee Caiafa
6\. Hope Lai Wei
7\. Steve Michelson  | 9,366  | 10.45  | –2.90
| Labor | 1\. Davydd Griffiths (elected 9)
2\. Sainab Abdi Sheikh
3\. Michael Aleisi  | 6,494  | 7.25  | –4.39
| Team Morgan | 1\. Rafael Camillo (elected 7)
2\. William Caldwell  | 3,654  | 4.08  | +2.39
| Rip Up the Bike Lanes! | 1\. Sandra Gee
2\. Pratap Singh  | 2,878  | 3.21  | +3.21
| Team Hakim | 1\. Michael Smith
2\. Lawrence Lam
3\. Judy Gao  | 2,813  | 3.14  | +2.73
| Voices for Melbourne | 1\. Mary Masters
2\. James Vasilev-Robertson  | 2,689  | 3.00  | +3.00
| Animal Justice | 1\. Aashna Katyal
2\. Rabin Bangaar  | 1,688  | 1.88  | +0.19
| Innovate Melbourne | 1\. Andrew Rowse (elected 8)
2\. Jesse Greenwood  | 1,547  | 1.73  | +0.84
| Your Voice Matters to Me | 1\. Krystle Mitchell[c]
2\. Jayden Durbin  | 1,134  | 1.27  | +1.27
| Team Elvis Martin | 1\. Elvis Martin
2\. Sophy Galbally
3\. Mavi Mujral
4\. Jing Lin
5\. Paul James Moore
6\. Melissa Rymer
7\. James Cullen
8\. Carole Kenny-Sarasa  | 1,000  | 1.12  | +1.12
| Victorian Socialists | 1\. Daniel Nair Dadich
2\. Ben Fok  | 500  | 0.56  | –1.02
| Team Participate | 1\. Asako Saito
2\. Sam Janda  | 461  | 0.51  | +0.51
| Ungrouped  | E. Send
Jake Land
Aishwarya Kansakar
Mohamed Yusuf
Callum John French  | 703  | 0.78  | +0.42
Total formal votes  | 89,606  | 97.67  | –0.48
Informal votes  | 2,139  | 2.33  | +0.48
Turnout | 91,745  | 67.21  | +0.67

### 2020

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Inner Melbourne § Councillors.[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (councillors)[19] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Team Sally Capp | 1\. Kevin Louey (elected 1)
2\. Roshena Campbell (elected 5)
3\. Mark David McMillan
4\. Tania Davidge
5\. James Young
6\. Tina Kuek  | 24,395  | 26.73  | +26.73
| Greens | 1\. Rohan Leppert (elected 2)
2\. Olivia Ball (elected 6)
3\. Emily Corcoran
4\. David Jeffery
5\. Nakita Thomson
6\. Charlotte George  | 14,602  | 16.00  | −4.16
| Team Arron Wood | 1\. Jason Chang (elected 3)
2\. Peter Clarke
3\. Beverley Frances Pinder
4\. Abdirahman I. Ali
5\. Beverley Honig  | 12,187  | 13.35  | +13.35
| Labor | 1\. Davydd Griffiths (elected 4)
2\. Mary Delahunty
3\. Hamdi Ali  | 10,626  | 11.64  | +11.64
| Bring Back Melbourne | 1\. Philip Le Liu (elected 7)
2\. Serena Lu Jiang
3\. Lauren Sherson
4\. Darin Schade  | 6,683  | 7.32  | −1.77
| Back To Business | 1\. Elizabeth Mary Doidge (elected 9)
2\. Charles Pick
3\. Moti Visa
4\. Bedri Sainovski  | 6,572  | 7.18  | +7.18
| Liberal Democrats | 1\. Paul Silverberg
2\. Faith Newman  | 5,064  | 5.55  | +5.55
| Morgan-Watts Team | 1\. Jackie Watts
2\. Michael Kennedy
3\. Haya Aldaghlas
4\. Dashi Zhang  | 1,541  | 1.69  | −3.22
| Victorian Socialists | 1\. Christopher di Pasquale
2\. Jesse Lambourn  | 1,441  | 1.58  | +1.58
| Sustainable Australia | 1\. Richard Belcher
2\. Bettina Terry  | 1,361  | 1.49  | +1.49
| Animal Justice | 1\. Rabin Bangaar
2\. Rod Whitfield  | 1,251  | 1.37  | −1.07
| Residents First | 1\. Janette Corcoran
2\. Mary Masters
3\. Samantha Tran  | 1,110  | 1.21  | +1.21
| Innovate Melbourne | 1\. Andrew Rowse
2\. John Daniell  | 817  | 0.89  | +0.89
| Team Hakim | 1\. Jamal Hakim (elected 8)
2\. Safaa Hakim  | 379  | 0.41  | +0.41
| Melbourne - We All Matter | 1\. Sainab Sheikh
2\. Fatuma Ali  | 374  | 0.41  | +0.41
| Artemis Pattichi - Independent Local Voice | 1\. Artemis Pattichi
2\. Adriana Mendieta Nino  | 351  | 0.38  | +0.38
| Ungrouped  | Scott Robson
Luke Downing
Philip Jonathan Bateman
Andrew Ward  | 332  | 0.36  | +0.10
| Your Melbourne Team Get It Done | 1\. Mary Poulakis
2\. Fiona Sweetman  | 291  | 0.32  | +0.32
| It Will Be Okay Melbourne | 1\. Joseph Burke
2\. Michael Mach  | 203  | 0.22  | +0.22
Total formal votes  | 88,434  | 96.62  | −1.42
Informal votes  | 1,686  | 3.38  | +1.42
Turnout | 91,531  | 66.73  | +11.54

## Demographics

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Selected historical census data for City of Melbourne local government area

Census year | 2001[20] | 2006[21] | 2011[22] | 2016[23]
Population | Estimated residents on census night | 60,745 | 71,380 | 93,625 | 135,959
LGA rank in terms of size within Victoria |  | 30th |  25th |  18th
% of Victoria population | 1.32% |  1.45% |  1.75% |  2.29%
% of Australian population | 0.32% |  0.36% |  0.44% |  0.58%
Cultural and language diversity |  |  |  |
Ancestry,
top responses | Chinese |  |  | 17.1% |  22.8%
English |  |  | 16.8% |  14.1%
Australian |  |  | 12.7% |  9.7%
Irish |  |  | 7.3% |  6.0%
Scottish |  |  | 5.6% |  4.5%
Language,
top responses
(other than English) | Mandarin | 4.7% |  8.1% |  10.4% |  18.7%
Cantonese | 4.7% |  5.6% |  4.9% |  3.9%
Indonesian | 3.1% |  3.1% |  2.7% |  2.2%
Italian | 1.8% |  1.4% |  |
Vietnamese | 1.3% |  |  |
Korean |  | 1.2% |  1.4% |  2.1%
Arabic |  |  | 1.5% |
Spanish |  |  |  | 1.7%
Religious affiliation |  |  |  |
Religious affiliation,
top responses | No religion | 21.1% |  26.6% |  33.8% |  44.5%
Catholic | 20.2% |  18.6% |  17.2% |  12.9%
Anglican | 11.9% |  8.4% |  6.5% |
Buddhism | 6.2% |  7.5% |  7.6% |  6.9%
Uniting | 4.0% |  |  |
Islam |  | 3.5% |  4.5% |
Hinduism |  |  |  | 4.0%
Median weekly incomes |  |  |  |
Personal income | Median weekly personal income |  | A$566 | A$711 | A$642
% of Australian median income |  | 121.5% | 123.2% | 97.0%
Family income | Median weekly family income |  | A$1627 | A$1962 | A$2062
% of Australian median income |  | 138.9% | 132.5% | 118.9%
Household income | Median weekly household income |  | A$1081 | A$1352 | A$1354
% of Australian median income |  | 105.3% | 109.6% | 94.2%
Dwelling structure |  |  |  |
Dwelling type | Separate house | 5.6% |  3.7% |  5.1% |  2.9%
Semi-detached, terrace or townhouse | 21.1% | 16.6%  |  16.7% |  12.7%
Flat or apartment | 70.4% |  79.2% |  77.9% |  83.4%

## Townships and localities

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The 2021 census, the city had a population of 149,615 up from 135,959 in the 2016 census[24]

Population

Locality | 2016 | 2021
Carlton | 18,535 | 16,055
Carlton North^ | 6,300 | 6,177
Docklands | 10,964 | 15,495
East Melbourne | 4,964 | 4,896
Flemington^ | 7,719 | 7,025
Kensington | 10,812 | 10,745
Melbourne CBD^ | 47,285 | 54,941
North Melbourne | 14,940 | 14,953
Parkville^ | 7,409 | 7,074
Port Melbourne^ | 16,175 | 17,633
South Wharf | 106 | 71
South Yarra^ | 25,147 | 25,028
Southbank^ | 18,709 | 22,631
West Melbourne | 5,515 | 8,025

^ \- Territory divided with another LGA

## Population of the urban area

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Year | 1954 | 1958 | 1961 | 1966 | 1971 | 1976 | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 | 2021

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Population | 93,172 | 89,800* | 76,810 | 75,709 | 75,830 | 65,167 | 59,100* | 56,100* | 38,504 | 45,253 | 60,745 | 71,380 | 93,625 | 135,959 | 149,615

* Estimates in 1958, 1983 and 1988 Victorian Year Books.

## Railway stations

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For a complete list, see List of Melbourne railway stations.

Flinders Street station

City Loop:

* Flagstaff
* Flinders Street
* Melbourne Central
* Parliament
* Southern Cross

Other

* Royal Park
* North Melbourne
* Jolimont
* Macaulay
* South Kensington
* Flemington Racecourse
* Showgrounds

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## Schools

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### Public

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* University High School
* Victorian College for the Deaf
* Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School

* Carlton Primary School
* Carlton Gardens Primary School
* Docklands Primary School
* North Melbourne Primary School
* South Yarra Primary School

### Private

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* Christ Church Grammar School (Victoria, Primary)
* Eltham College – Year 9 City Campus
* Haileybury College \- City Campus
* Melbourne Girls' Grammar School
* Melbourne Grammar School
* Tintern Grammar
* Wesley College – St Kilda Road Campuses

### Catholic

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* St Aloysius' College
* St Joseph's College
* Simonds Catholic College
* St Michaels Catholic Primary School

## Sister cities

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The Tianjin Garden on Spring Street serves as a symbol of Melbourne's close friendship with its sister city Tianjin.[25]

The City of Melbourne has five sister cities:[26]

* Osaka, Japan (established 1978)
* Tianjin, China (established 1980)
* Thessaloniki, Greece (established 1984)
* Boston, Massachusetts, United States (established 1985)
* Milan, Italy (established 2004)

Between 1989 and 2022, the City of Melbourne had a sister city relationship with Saint Petersburg, Russia; this sister city relationship was indefinitely suspended on 1 March 2022, then terminated on 30 May 2023, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[27]

In addition to the sister cities, the City of Melbourne also cooperates with:[26]

* New Delhi, India
* Bandung, Indonesia
* Chengdu, China
* Chongqing, China
* Guangzhou, China
* Nanjing, China
* Suzhou, China
* Yokohama, Japan
* Vancouver, Canada
* Los Angeles, United States
* San Francisco, United States
* Seattle, United States
* Auckland, New Zealand
* Chicago, United States
* Ottawa, Canada
* Toronto, Canada
* Liverpool, United Kingdom
* Birmingham, United Kingdom
* San Diego, United States
* Shanghai, China
* Nagoya, Japan
* Kobe, Japan

## See also

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* List of mayors and lord mayors of Melbourne

## Notes

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1. ^ Compared with Team Sally Capp at the 2020 election.[17]
2. ^ Cite error: The named reference `alsoliberal` was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
3. ^ Also a Libertarian Party member.[18]

## References

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1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Melbourne (C)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
2. ^ "Residents Profiles". melbourne.vic.gov.au. City of Melbourne. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
3. ^ "2021 Melbourne, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
4. ^ "Coat of arms". City of Melbourne. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
5. ^ a b c d Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 275–278. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
6. ^ City of Melbourne. "History and heritage – Melbourne becomes a city". Archived from the original on 28 August 2004. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
7. ^ a b City of Melbourne (November 1997). "The History of the City of Melbourne" (PDF). pp. 40–43. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
8. ^ "First time in 125 years: MELBOURNE HAS LADY COUNCILLOR". Australian Jewish Herald. 31 August 1967. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
9. ^ Victoria, Development (30 October 2019). "Docklands". www.development.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
10. ^ "Outcomes of the Kensington Boundary Review" (PDF). City of Melbourne.
11. ^ "A new icon for global Melbourne". City of Melbourne. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
12. ^ "Taking bold action on climate change". City of Melbourne. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
13. ^ "subscription required". www.heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
14. ^ a b "Council, mayor and lord mayor history". City Of Melbourne. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
15. ^ "Melbourne City Council election results 2020". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
16. ^ "Melbourne City Council election". VEC.
17. ^ "Melbourne City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission. 4 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
18. ^ Rachael Dexter and Nathanael Scott (3 October 2024). "Many of your local election candidates appear to be independent. Our survey reveals otherwise". The Age. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
19. ^ "Melbourne City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission. 4 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
20. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "City of Melbourne (C)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
21. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "City of Melbourne (C)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
22. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "City of Melbourne (C)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
23. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Melbourne (C)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
24. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
25. ^ "About Chinatown | Chinatown Melbourne - Welcome to Chinatown Melbourne". chinatownmelbourne.com.au. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
26. ^ a b "City of Melbourne — International connections — Sister cities". City of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
27. ^ Cosoleto, Tara (30 May 2023). "Melbourne council cuts ties with Russian sister city over Ukraine war". The Age. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to City of Melbourne.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Melbourne's City Centre.

* Official City of Melbourne website
* What's On
* Metlink local public transport map
* Local history of the city of Melbourne
* Enterprize – Melbourne's Tall Ship
* Link to Land Victoria interactive maps Archived 24 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine
* Interactive map of Victorian local government areas (pre-1994 vs present) \- Victorian Government - Digital Twin Victoria

* v
* t
* e

Suburbs of the City of Melbourne

* Carlton
* Carlton North^
* Docklands
* East Melbourne
* Flemington^
* Kensington^
* Melbourne CBD^
* North Melbourne
* Parkville^
* Port Melbourne^
* Southbank^
* South Wharf^
* South Yarra^
* West Melbourne

^ = territory divided with another LGA

* v
* t
* e

Local government areas of Victoria

Current|

| Greater Melbourne region|

| Inner Melbourne|

* Melbourne
* Port Phillip
* Stonnington
* Yarra

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Metropolitan|

* Banyule
* Bayside
* Boroondara
* Brimbank
* Darebin
* Glen Eira
* Hobsons Bay
* Kingston
* Manningham
* Maribyrnong
* Maroondah
* Merri-bek
* Monash
* Moonee Valley
* Whitehorse

Outer Metropolitan|

* Cardinia
* Casey
* Frankston
* Greater Dandenong
* Hume
* Knox
* Melton
* Mornington Peninsula
* Nillumbik
* Whittlesea
* Wyndham
* Yarra Ranges

Barwon South West region|

* Colac Otway
* Corangamite
* Glenelg
* Greater Geelong
* Moyne
* Queenscliffe
* Southern Grampians
* Surf Coast
* Warrnambool

Gippsland region|

* Bass Coast
* Baw Baw
* East Gippsland
* Latrobe
* South Gippsland
* Wellington

Grampians region|

* Ararat
* Ballarat
* Golden Plains
* Hepburn
* Hindmarsh
* Horsham
* Moorabool
* Northern Grampians
* Pyrenees
* West Wimmera
* Yarriambiack

Hume region|

* Alpine
* Benalla
* Greater Shepparton
* Indigo
* Mansfield
* Mitchell
* Moira
* Murrindindi
* Strathbogie
* Towong
* Wangaratta
* Wodonga

Loddon Mallee region|

* Buloke
* Campaspe
* Central Goldfields
* Gannawarra
* Greater Bendigo
* Loddon
* Macedon Ranges
* Mildura
* Mount Alexander
* Swan Hill

Unincorporated areas|

* Elizabeth Island
* Falls Creek
* French Island
* Gabo Island
* Lady Julia Percy Island
* Lake Mountain
* Mount Baw Baw
* Mount Buller
* Mount Hotham
* Mount Stirling
* Sandstone Island

Former|

| Greater Melbourne region|

| Inner Melbourne|

* Collingwood
* Fitzroy
* Malvern
* Port Melbourne
* Prahran
* Richmond
* South Melbourne
* St Kilda

|

Metropolitan|

* Altona
* Box Hill
* Brighton
* Broadmeadows
* Brunswick
* Camberwell
* Caulfield
* Coburg
* Diamond Valley (S)
* Doncaster & Templestowe
* Essendon
* Footscray
* Hawthorn
* Heidelberg
* Keilor
* Kew
* Moorabbin
* Northcote
* Nunawading
* Sandringham
* Sunshine
* Oakleigh
* Preston
* Williamstown
* Waverley

Outer Metropolitan|

* Berwick
* Bulla (S)
* Chelsea
* Cranbourne
* Croydon
* Dandenong
* Eltham (S)
* Flinders (S)
* Frankston (former)
* Hastings (S)
* Healesville (S)
* Lillydale (S)
* Mordialloc
* Mornington (S)
* Pakenham (S)
* Ringwood
* Sherbrooke (S)
* Springvale
* Upper Yarra (S)

Barwon South West region|

* Bannockburn
* Barrabool
* Belfast
* Bellarine (RC)
* Camperdown (T)
* Colac, City of
* Colac, Shire of
* Corio
* Dundas
* Geelong
* Geelong West
* Glenelg (former)
* Hamilton
* Hampden
* Heytesbury
* Heywood
* Koroit (B)
* Minhamite
* Mortlake
* Mount Rouse
* Newtown
* Otway
* Port Fairy (B)
* Portland
* South Barwon
* Wannon
* Warrnambool
* Winchelsea

Gippsland region|

* Alberton
* Avon
* Bairnsdale, City of
* Bairnsdale, Shire of
* Bass
* Buln Buln
* Korumburra
* Maffra
* Mirboo
* Moe
* Morwell
* Narracan
* Omeo
* Orbost
* Phillip Island
* Rosedale
* Sale
* South Gippsland (former)
* Tambo
* Traralgon, City of
* Traralgon, Shire of
* Warragul (RC)
* Wonthaggi (B)
* Woorayl

Grampians region|

* Arapiles
* Ararat, City of
* Ararat, Shire of
* Avoca
* Bacchus Marsh
* Ballaarat, City of
* Ballan
* Ballarat, Shire of
* Bungaree
* Buninyong
* Creswick
* Daylesford and Glenlyon
* Dimboola
* Dunmunkle
* Grenville
* Horsham
* Kaniva
* Kara Kara
* Karkarooc
* Kowree
* Leigh
* Lexton
* Lowan
* Ripon
* Sebastopol (B)
* St Arnaud (T)
* Stawell, City of
* Stawell, Shire of
* Talbot and Clunes
* Warracknabeal
* Wimmera

Hume region|

* Alexandra
* Beechworth
* Benalla, City of
* Benalla, Shire of
* Bright
* Broadford
* Chiltern
* Cobram
* Delatite
* Euroa
* Goulburn
* Kilmore
* Mansfield (former)
* McIvor
* Myrtleford
* Nathalia
* Numurkah
* Oxley
* Pyalong
* Rodney
* Rutherglen
* Seymour (RC)
* Shepparton, City of
* Shepparton, Shire of
* Tallangatta
* Tungamah
* Upper Murray
* Violet Town
* Wangaratta, City of
* Wangaratta, Shire of
* Waranga
* Yackandandah
* Yarrawonga
* Yea

Loddon Mallee region|

* Bendigo
* Bet Bet
* Birchip
* Castlemaine
* Charlton
* Cohuna
* Deakin
* Donald
* Eaglehawk (B)
* East Loddon
* Echuca
* Gisborne
* Gordon
* Huntly
* Kerang, Borough of (B)
* Kerang, Shire of
* Korong
* Kyabram (T)
* Kyneton
* Maldon
* Marong (RC)
* Maryborough
* Metcalfe
* Mildura, City of
* Mildura, Shire of
* Newham and Woodend
* Newstead
* Rochester
* Romsey
* Strathfieldsaye
* Swan Hill, City of
* Swan Hill, Shire of
* Tullaroop
* Walpeup
* Wycheproof

Authority control databases |

* WorldCat

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