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On this particular picture you have a city view of Melbourne, Australia. You can observe behind the buses the skyscrapers in the city. Melbourne is a city with a lot tall buildings as you can see it on the picture. Australia has the highest apartment building in the world which is The Eureka Tower. Melbourne is the capital city of Victoria, Australia. Melbourne is a city with a large population which is over three million people. If you want to visit nice suburbs of Melbourne you should have a visit to Port Phillip. You will find pleasant and quiet areas there.  Melbourne has been founded in 1835 by Tasmanian people. When they came to the area, it was inhabited by the indigenous people known under the Kulin group. At this time the Tasmanian negotiated for a piece of land of six hundred thousand acres. The name Melbourne was only given to the area in 1837 in honour of the Prime Minister of Britain, William Lamb, second Viscount Melbourne who was living in Derbyshire, England in a village called Melbourne. At first Melbourne was the capital of Port Phillip District and was only later on named as the capital city of Victoria Australia.

 
 

 

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