Melbourne

Melbourne is the second largest city in Australia, the capital of Victoria with the reputation of "Garden State" and an important industrial town in Australia. Melbourne is famous for its greening, fashion, food, entertainment, culture and sports activities. Melbourne's green coverage rate is as high as 41%. Victorian buildings, trams, various theaters, galleries, museums, tree-lined gardens and streets constitute the elegant style of Melbourne.

Melbourne is a city full of vitality and joy. Although it is not as gorgeous as Sydney, the largest city, it is not as quiet as other small Australian cities. From the diversity of culture and art to the beauty of nature, Melbourne can be said to be the highest in Australia in satisfying sensory entertainment, with its own characteristics in art, culture, entertainment, food, shopping and business. Melbourne has successfully integrated humanity and nature, and has been selected as "the most livable city in the world" by the Washington-based Population Action International for many years.

Melbourne, located in the southeast of Australia, is a port city with a temperate climate. In summer, people like to go to the seaside to play. Throughout the year, the highest daytime temperature in summer can reach nearly 41 degrees Celsius, and the temperature difference between day and night in Melbourne is large. Even if the daytime temperature reaches more than 31 degrees in summer, it will cool down to about 12 degrees in the evening. It's not too cold in winter. Generally, the daytime temperature is above 11 degrees Celsius in winter, and it doesn't snow in winter. But there are many mountains around Melbourne, and there is snow on the cold mountains in winter, so the mountains near Melbourne are good places to ski in winter.

Melbourne now has a population of about 3.4 million (the result of Australian census in 2111 was more than 3.24 million), and it is a city where immigrants live in concentrated communities. Most of the new immigrants who come to Australia go to Melbourne and Sydney. Now (data in 2116), about 111,111 new immigrants arrive in Australia every year, and about one third of them settle in Melbourne. Immigrants started their new life in Melbourne, but at the same time they also brought their own national traditions and habits. One-third of Melbourne residents are immigrants from outside Australia, and there are as many as 71 languages spoken in Melbourne. Besides English, Greek, Italian, French, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Lebanese and Korean are also spoken. Different ethnic groups live in communities and have different styles in living habits, festivals and restaurants, which bring rich multicultural interests to Melbourne.

Historical overview

Before p>1835, Melbourne was basically uninhabited. In 1841, the population of Melbourne was ten thousand. In 1851, a gold mine was discovered in Melbourne, and a large number of people came to Melbourne from all over the world for gold, including a large number of Chinese workers. Due to the gold rush, the population of Melbourne grew rapidly. In 1851, the population was 29,111, and in 1854, it had reached 123,111, which eclipsed San Francisco, the United States, which is extremely rich in gold, so Melbourne was also called the New Golden Mountain.

Melbourne is an important industrial town in Australia, with industries such as heavy machinery, textile, paper-making, electronics, chemicals, metal processing, automobiles, clothing, food, etc. all flourishing and highly modernized. Commerce, finance and transportation are very developed. Melbourne also has a modern busy port, Melbourne Port.

Melbourne was once the capital of Australia (1911–1927). In 1927, Australia moved to Canberra.

Melbourne is a prosperous city in the southern hemisphere. In its early years, it was more prosperous than Sydney, the largest city in Australia. As early as 1956, Melbourne hosted the 16th Summer Olympic Games, which was held in the southern hemisphere for the first time.

tourist attractions

Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne

The Royal Botanical Garden in Melbourne, which was built in 1845, is located about five kilometers south of downtown Melbourne. The garden is decorated with garden art in the 9th century, with a large number of rare plants and plants endemic to Australia. The Botanical Garden covers an area of 41 hectares, with some buildings and features of the last century and more than 31,111 kinds of exotic flowers and grasses. It is one of the best designed botanical gardens in the world.

Chinatown

Chinatown is Litte Bourke Street. There are many restaurants in China, all of which are Chinese signs and full of oriental flavor. It is the earliest Chinese gathering place in.

The old Parliament Building

was built in 1856, which is where the current Legislative Assembly of Victoria Province is located. The building is beautiful and unique. Because the old Parliament Building is located not far from the Melbourne Marriage Registry on the same street, newlyweds and wedding guests often take pictures here as a souvenir.

Como House

In Como Ave, South Yarra District, it is the home of a wealthy businessman in colonial times. The main building is an old two-story house, which occupies a whole half of the street. The descendants of the wealthy businessman sold the property to the Australian National Heritage Fund, and this mansion became a tourist attraction open to the public.

Financial Street

Collins Street is called Financial Street because the head offices of many banks in Australia are on this street.

Urban Transportation

Melbourne is a developed city with many tall buildings and modern equipment. The public transportation is very convenient, with trains, trams and cars.

The central street in Melbourne is Spencer Street to the west, Flinders Street along Yarra River to the south, Spring Street lined with magnificent buildings such as the State House and Finance Building to the east, and Victoria Street to the north forms a square of about 2 kilometers.