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Melbourne is the capital and largest city of Victoria state in Australia
and second most populous city. In 1803 was established the first
European settlement in Victoria on Sullivan Bay. In 1835, forty seven
years after the first settlement of Europeans, Melbourne was founded by
free settlers. For over 30,000 years the indigenous Australians of
Boonwurrung and Wurundjeri nations occupied the area. Melbourne is one
of the most important cities of Australia, it the main centre of
industry, commerce and cultural activities. The city is a lot visited by
tourist and businessmen. In the world Melbourne is ranked as one of the
most liveable cities. Melbourne has an oceanic climate and well known
for the city is its changeable weather condition, this is because if
Melbourne’s flat topography. Melbourne is well known for “four season’s
in one day” and lot of tourists visits the city for this particular
observation. In winter Melbourne is known to be colder than other
Australian capital cities, but snowfalls is very rare. The city centre
of Melbourne is popular for attractive and historic arcades and lanes.
Melbourne CBD is well known in having tall buildings and five of the
sixth tallest buildings are found there.
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