Melbourne is a
city in Australia in Victoria. It is the state's
and it has more
3,000,000 inhabitants. It is the second
city in Australia.
There is
industry (factories) and commerce (buying and selling) in
Melbourne. Many of Australia's
companies and many
companies work there. (In
, about one-third of the 100
multinational companies in Australia were in Melbourne.) It
is home to Australia's
seaport. There are
universities (the University of Melbourne, Monash University,
Deakin University, Victoria University, La Trobe University, RMIT
University, and Swinburne University).
of Australia's automotive (car) industry is there, for
example the engine
"Holden", and "Ford" and "Toyota"
builders.
Melbourne was founded in
by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner. Melbourne grew
quickly because people went there around
after they heard that gold had been found. At the end of the
, Melbourne was called "Marvellous Melbourne"; "marvellous"
means "wonderful". The
Australian government was in Melbourne.