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data for this location">37.814°S 144.963°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-37.814; 144.963</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><span class="mw-redirectedfrom">(Redirected from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_CBD&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne CBD">Melbourne CBD</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output 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height: 280px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="260" data-height="280" data-zoom="11" data-overlays="["_61ac0009bf841659e84ce2a9c3b0708a4bcca0f1"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,11,a,a,260x280.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Melbourne_central_business_district&revid=1254794302&groups=_61ac0009bf841659e84ce2a9c3b0708a4bcca0f1" width="260" height="280" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,11,a,a,260x280@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Melbourne_central_business_district&revid=1254794302&groups=_61ac0009bf841659e84ce2a9c3b0708a4bcca0f1 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:270px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:270px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:270px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Melbourne CBD is located in Melbourne"><img alt="Melbourne CBD is located in Melbourne" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg/270px-Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="319" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg/405px-Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg/540px-Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="534" data-file-height="631" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:32.427%;left:48.455%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Melbourne CBD"><img alt="Melbourne CBD" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Melbourne CBD</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Melbourne_central_business_district&params=37.814_S_144.963_E_type:city_region:AU-VIC"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°48′50″S</span> <span class="longitude">144°57′47″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.814°S 144.963°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-37.814; 144.963</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">54,941 (<a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-abs21_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abs21-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7003845246153846153♠"></span>8,450/km<sup>2</sup> (21,890/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1835</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_Australia" title="Postcodes in Australia">Postcode(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3000, 3001, 3004<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> 8001 <small><i>(PO Box)</i></small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">30 m (98 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">6.5 km<sup>2</sup> (2.5 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Victoria" title="Local government in Victoria">LGA(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/City_of_Melbourne" title="City of Melbourne">City of Melbourne</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/City_of_Port_Phillip" title="City of Port Phillip">City of Port Phillip</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Lands_administrative_divisions_of_Australia" title="Lands administrative divisions of Australia">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/County_of_Bourke,_Victoria" title="County of Bourke, Victoria">Bourke</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Electorates_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electorates of the Australian states and territories">State electorate(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Albert_Park" title="Electoral district of Albert Park">Albert Park</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Melbourne" title="Electoral district of Melbourne">Melbourne</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Prahran" title="Electoral district of Prahran">Prahran</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Federal division(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Macnamara" title="Division of Macnamara">Macnamara</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Melbourne" title="Division of Melbourne">Melbourne</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="3" style="width:100%; border: 1px #ddd solid;"> <tbody><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f0f0ff;padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center;"><b>Suburbs around Melbourne CBD:</b></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne" title="North Melbourne">North Melbourne</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/Carlton,_Victoria" title="Carlton, Victoria">Carlton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Parkville,_Victoria" title="Parkville, Victoria">Parkville</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy,_Victoria" title="Fitzroy, Victoria">Fitzroy</a></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/West_Melbourne,_Victoria" title="West Melbourne, Victoria">West Melbourne</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;font-weight:bold;">Melbourne CBD</td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/East_Melbourne" title="East Melbourne">East Melbourne</a></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Docklands,_Victoria" title="Docklands, Victoria">Docklands</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/Southbank,_Victoria" title="Southbank, Victoria">Southbank</a> / <a href="/wiki/South_Wharf" title="South Wharf">South Wharf</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Road" title="St Kilda Road">St Kilda Road</a> / <a href="/wiki/South_Yarra" title="South Yarra">South Yarra</a></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Melbourne central business district</b> (colloquially known simply as "<b>the City</b>" or "<b>the CBD</b>"<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is the <a href="/wiki/City_centre" title="City centre">city centre</a> and main <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">urban area</a> of the city of <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria, Australia">Victoria, Australia</a>, centred on the <a href="/wiki/Hoddle_Grid" title="Hoddle Grid">Hoddle Grid</a>, the oldest part of the city laid out in 1837, and includes its fringes. The Melbourne CBD is located mostly in the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Areas_of_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Government Areas of Victoria">local government area</a> of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Melbourne" title="City of Melbourne">City of Melbourne</a>, which also includes some of inner suburbs adjoining the CBD, while a small section extends into the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Port_Phillip" title="City of Port Phillip">City of Port Phillip</a>. </p><p>The contemporary locality of Melbourne includes within its boundaries the <a href="/wiki/Hoddle_Grid" title="Hoddle Grid">Hoddle Grid</a> plus the area of parallel streets just to the north up to <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Street,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Street, Melbourne">Victoria Street</a> including the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria_Market" title="Queen Victoria Market">Queen Victoria Market</a>, but not the <a href="/wiki/Flagstaff_Gardens" title="Flagstaff Gardens">Flagstaff Gardens</a>, and the area between <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street,_Melbourne" title="Flinders Street, Melbourne">Flinders Street</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Yarra_River" title="Yarra River">Yarra River</a>. It includes the grand boulevardes of <a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Road" title="St Kilda Road">St Kilda Road</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Parade,_Melbourne" title="Royal Parade, Melbourne">Royal Parade</a> and <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Street,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Street, Melbourne">Victoria Street</a> marking the entrance to Victoria Parade as well as extensive gardens including the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Botanical_Gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Botanical Gardens">Melbourne Botanical Gardens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jolimont_Yard" title="Jolimont Yard">Jolimont Yard</a>. </p><p>The Central City is the core of Greater Melbourne's <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">metropolitan area</a>, and is a major <a href="/wiki/Financial_centre" title="Financial centre">financial centre</a> in Australia and the <a href="/wiki/Asia-Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia-Pacific">Asia-Pacific</a> region. It is home to Melbourne's <a href="/wiki/Lanes_and_arcades_of_Melbourne" title="Lanes and arcades of Melbourne">famed alleyways and arcades</a> and is renowned for its distinct blend of <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_architecture" title="Contemporary architecture">contemporary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Victorian_architecture" title="Victorian architecture">Victorian architecture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In recent times, it has been placed alongside <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> as one of the world's great <a href="/wiki/Street_art_in_Melbourne" title="Street art in Melbourne">street art meccas</a>, and designated a "City of Literature" by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> in its Creative Cities Network.<sup id="cite_ref-portal.unesco.org_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-portal.unesco.org-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foundation_of_Melbourne">Foundation of Melbourne</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_central_business_district&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Foundation of Melbourne"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Foundation_of_Melbourne" title="Foundation of Melbourne">Foundation of Melbourne</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Melbourne" title="History of Melbourne">History of Melbourne</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Batman_signs_treaty_artist_impression.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Batman_signs_treaty_artist_impression.jpg/180px-Batman_signs_treaty_artist_impression.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Batman_signs_treaty_artist_impression.jpg/270px-Batman_signs_treaty_artist_impression.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Batman_signs_treaty_artist_impression.jpg/360px-Batman_signs_treaty_artist_impression.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="777" /></a><figcaption>Artist's impression of the signing of <i>Batman's Treaty</i></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Batman's_treaty"><span id="Batman.27s_treaty"></span>Batman's treaty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_central_business_district&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Batman's treaty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 1835, <a href="/wiki/John_Batman" title="John Batman">John Batman</a>, a prominent <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grazier" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:grazier">grazier</a> and a member of the Geelong and Dutigalla Association (later <a href="/wiki/Port_Phillip_Association" title="Port Phillip Association">Port Phillip Association</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-Batman_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Batman-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PPA_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PPA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sailed from <a href="/wiki/Launceston,_Tasmania" title="Launceston, Tasmania">Launceston</a> on the island of <a href="/wiki/Van_Diemen%27s_Land" title="Van Diemen's Land">Van Diemen's Land</a> (now the State of <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>), aboard the <a href="/wiki/Schooner" title="Schooner">schooner</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Schooner_Rebecca" title="Schooner Rebecca">Rebecca</a></i>, in search of fresh <a href="/wiki/Grazing" title="Grazing">grazing</a> land in the south-east of the Colony of <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> (the mainland <a href="/wiki/Australia_(continent)" title="Australia (continent)">Australian continent</a>). He sailed across <a href="/wiki/Bass_Strait" title="Bass Strait">Bass Strait</a>, into the bay of <a href="/wiki/Port_Phillip" title="Port Phillip">Port Phillip</a>, and arrived at the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Yarra_River" title="Yarra River">Yarra River</a> in May.<sup id="cite_ref-Journal_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Journal-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After exploring the surrounding area, he met with the elders of the indigenous Aboriginal group, the <a href="/wiki/Wurundjeri" title="Wurundjeri">Wurundjeri</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kulin_nation" title="Kulin nation">Kulin nation</a> alliance, and negotiated a transaction for 600,000 acres (940 sq mi; 2,400 km<sup>2</sup>) which later became known as <i><a href="/wiki/Batman%27s_Treaty" title="Batman's Treaty">Batman's Treaty</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Deed_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deed-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The transaction, which is believed to have taken place on the bank of <a href="/wiki/Merri_Creek" title="Merri Creek">Merri Creek</a> (near the modern day suburb of <a href="/wiki/Northcote,_Victoria" title="Northcote, Victoria">Northcote</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-MerriMerri_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MerriMerri-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> consisted of an offering of: <a href="/wiki/Blanket" title="Blanket">blankets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Knife" title="Knife">knives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mirror" title="Mirror">mirrors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sugar" title="Sugar">sugar</a>, and other such items; to be also <a href="/wiki/Tribute" title="Tribute">tributed</a> annually to the Wurundjeri.<sup id="cite_ref-Deed_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deed-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last sentence of Batman's <a href="/wiki/Diary" title="Diary">journal</a> entry on this day became famous as the founding <a href="/wiki/Charter" title="Charter">charter</a> of the settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-Batman_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Batman-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>So the boat went up the large river. And, I am glad to state about six miles up found the river all good water and very deep. This will be the place for a village.<br /> — Journal of John Batman (8 June 1835).<sup id="cite_ref-Journal_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Journal-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Upon returning to Van Diemen's Land, Batman's <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaty</a> was deemed invalid by the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_South_Wales" title="Governor of New South Wales">Governor of New South Wales</a>, Sir <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bourke" title="Richard Bourke">Richard Bourke</a>, under the <i><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Governor_Bourke%27s_Proclamation,_26_August_1835" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Governor Bourke's Proclamation, 26 August 1835">Proclamation of Governor Bourke</a></i> in August 1835.<sup id="cite_ref-Bourke_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bourke-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the belief of Governor Bourke, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tasmania" title="Governor of Tasmania">Governor of Van Diemen's Land</a>, Sir <a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Arthur,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet">George Arthur</a>, that the Aboriginal people did not have any official claims to the lands of the Australian continent. The <a href="/wiki/Proclamation" title="Proclamation">proclamation</a> formally declared, under the doctrine of <i><a href="/wiki/Terra_nullius" title="Terra nullius">terra nullius</a></i>, that <a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">The Crown</a> owned the whole of the Australian continent and that only it alone could sell and distribute land.<sup id="cite_ref-Bourke_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bourke-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It therefore voided any contracts or treaties made without the consent of the government, and declared any person attempting to rely on such a treaty to be <a href="/wiki/Trespass" title="Trespass">trespassing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bourke_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bourke-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, at the time the proclamation was being drawn up, a prominent <a href="/wiki/Businessperson" title="Businessperson">businessman</a> from Van Diemen's Land, <a href="/wiki/John_Pascoe_Fawkner" title="John Pascoe Fawkner">John Pascoe Fawkner</a>, had also funded an <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/expedition" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:expedition">expedition</a> to the area; which sailed from <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Tasmania" title="George Town, Tasmania">George Town</a> aboard the schooner <i><a href="/wiki/Enterprize_(1829)" class="mw-redirect" title="Enterprize (1829)">Enterprize</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fawkner_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fawkner-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, the Port Phillip Association had also funded a second expedition; which sailed from Launceston aboard the <i>Rebecca</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Batman_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Batman-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ac.fawkner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Ac.fawkner.jpg/180px-Ac.fawkner.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Ac.fawkner.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="203" data-file-height="308" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Pascoe_Fawkner" title="John Pascoe Fawkner">John Pascoe Fawkner</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fawkner's_fait_accomplished"><span id="Fawkner.27s_fait_accomplished"></span>Fawkner's fait accomplished</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_central_business_district&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fawkner's fait accomplished"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The settlement party aboard the <i>Enterprize</i> entered the Yarra River, and anchored close to the site chosen by Batman, on 29 August.<sup id="cite_ref-settlement_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-settlement-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party went ashore the following day (near what is today <a href="/wiki/William_Street,_Melbourne" title="William Street, Melbourne">William Street</a>; and is now celebrated as <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Day" title="Melbourne Day">Melbourne Day</a>) and landed their stores, livestock and began to construct the settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-Fawkner_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fawkner-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Association party aboard the <i>Rebecca</i> arrived in September after spending time at a temporary camp at <a href="/wiki/Indented_Head,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Indented Head, Victoria">Indented Head</a>, where they encountered <a href="/wiki/William_Buckley_(convict)" title="William Buckley (convict)">William Buckley</a> – an escaped convict, believed dead, who had been living for 32 years with the indigenous Aboriginal group, the <a href="/wiki/Wathaurong" class="mw-redirect" title="Wathaurong">Wathaurong</a> of the Kulin nation alliance.<sup id="cite_ref-Buckley_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buckley-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Batman was dismayed to discover the settlers of the <i>Enterprize</i> had established a settlement in the area and informed the settlers that they were trespassing on the Association's land. However, according to the <i>Proclamation of Governor Bourke</i>, both the parties were in fact trespassing on <a href="/wiki/Crown_land" title="Crown land">Crown land</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bourke_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bourke-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Fawkner (who was noted for his <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/democratic" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:democratic">democratic</a> nature)<sup id="cite_ref-Fawkner_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fawkner-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> arrived in October, and following tense arguments between the two parties, negotiation were made for land to be shared equally. </p><p>As Fawkner had arrived after the two parties, he was aware of the <i>Proclamation of Governor Bourke</i>, which had gained approval from the <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Office" title="Colonial Office">Colonial Office</a> in October.<sup id="cite_ref-Bourke_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bourke-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He knew that cooperation would be vital if the settlement was to continue to exist <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fait_accompli" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:fait accompli">fait accompli</a></i>. Land was then divided, and the settlement existed peacefully, but without a formal system of governance.<sup id="cite_ref-settlement_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-settlement-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was referred to by a number of names, including: "Batmania" and "Bearbrass"<sup id="cite_ref-Journal_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Journal-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bearbrass_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bearbrass-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of which the latter was agreed upon by Batman and Fawkner.<sup id="cite_ref-Bearbrass_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bearbrass-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fawkner assumed a leading role in the establishment of Bearbrass;<sup id="cite_ref-Fawkner_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fawkner-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which, by early 1836, consisted of 177 <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Celtic_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Celtic Australian">European settlers</a> (142 male and 35 female settlers).<sup id="cite_ref-settlement_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-settlement-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War_and_the_Colonies" title="Secretary of State for War and the Colonies">Secretary of State for the Colonies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Grant,_1st_Baron_Glenelg" title="Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg">Charles Grant</a>, recognised the settlement's <i>fait accompli</i> that same year, and authorised Governor Bourke to transfer Bearbrass to a Crown settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-settlement_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-settlement-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Batman and the Port Phillip Association were compensated <a href="/wiki/Australian_pound" title="Australian pound">£</a>7,000 for the land.<sup id="cite_ref-Batman_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Batman-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> And, in March 1837, it was officially renamed "Melbourne" by Governor Bourke in honour of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">British Prime Minister</a> of the day, <a href="/wiki/William_Lamb,_2nd_Viscount_Melbourne" title="William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne">William Lamb</a> (the Lord Melbourne).<sup id="cite_ref-settlement_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-settlement-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boundaries_and_geography">Boundaries and geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_central_business_district&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Boundaries and geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_CBD_zoning_map_1964.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Melbourne_CBD_zoning_map_1964.jpg/220px-Melbourne_CBD_zoning_map_1964.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Melbourne_CBD_zoning_map_1964.jpg/330px-Melbourne_CBD_zoning_map_1964.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Melbourne_CBD_zoning_map_1964.jpg/440px-Melbourne_CBD_zoning_map_1964.jpg 2x" data-file-width="595" data-file-height="724" /></a><figcaption>1964 Borrie Report Zoning map showing the area first described as the CBD</figcaption></figure> <p>The Melbourne CBD does not have current official boundaries, but rather is commonly understood to be the Hoddle Grid plus the parallel streets immediately to the north, including the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria_Market" title="Queen Victoria Market">Queen Victoria Market</a>, and the area between <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street,_Melbourne" title="Flinders Street, Melbourne">Flinders Street</a> and the river. There are a number of officially demarcated areas which are similar, but all differ slightly. Some that are larger still use the term 'Melbourne', which leads to some confusion. </p><p>The boundaries of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Statistical Area Level 2 'Melbourne' is a good representation of the commonly understood area of 'the CBD'; it includes the Hoddle Grid, plus the area of parallel streets just to the north up to Victoria Street including the Queen Victoria Market, but not the Flagstaff Gardens or the streets to the west of it, and the area between Flinders Street and the Yarra river west of <a href="/wiki/Swanston_Street" title="Swanston Street">Swanston Street</a>. A map can be found <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/206041122?opendocument">here</a>. This is not to be confused with the State Suburb level area, also called Melbourne, which is a larger area. </p><p>The area of the postcode 3000 is very similar, but also includes the area to the east of <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street_railway_station" title="Flinders Street railway station">Flinders Street Station</a>, and a leg up northern <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Street,_Melbourne" title="Elizabeth Street, Melbourne">Elizabeth Street</a>. A map of this can be found <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Melbourne+VIC+3000/@-37.811262,144.9543962,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6ad642b8c21cb29b:0x1c045678462e3510!8m2!3d-37.8152065!4d144.963937?hl=en">here</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/suburb-map-melbourne-3000.pdf">here</a>. </p><p>The locality (suburb) of Melbourne is an official area,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but is larger; it is the area of postcode 3000 combined with the area of postcode 3004 (an area to the south of the central city, including the Domain and Botanic Gardens parklands, and the east side of <a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Road" title="St Kilda Road">St Kilda Road</a>) and both of these postcodes are known as Melbourne. </p><p>The term 'central business district', or 'CBD', was first used in the <i>Report on a planning scheme for the central business area of the City of Melbourne</i> by town planner E.F. Borrie, which was commissioned by the City of Melbourne, and published in 1964. The maps used in the report show the CBD as just the Hoddle Grid, plus the parallel streets immediately to the north, and the area between Flinders Street and the river, very similar to the ABS area. </p><p>Since 1999, the <i>Melbourne Planning Scheme</i> has included a 'Capital City Zone' which is a much larger area, including the former CBD, minus the RMIT area, but including Southern Cross Station, much of <a href="/wiki/Southbank,_Victoria" title="Southbank, Victoria">Southbank</a> down a line along the <a href="/wiki/West_Gate_Freeway" title="West Gate Freeway">West Gate Freeway</a>, Kingsway, down to Coventry Street, <a href="/wiki/South_Melbourne" title="South Melbourne">South Melbourne</a>, and the north wharf area and the <a href="/wiki/South_Wharf" title="South Wharf">South Wharf</a> area. A map of the CCZ can be found <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://planningschemes.dpcd.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/490512/melbourne08zn.pdf">here</a>. The area described as 'the central city' in Clause 21.08 of the <i>Melbourne Planning Scheme</i> is similar, but also includes the <a href="/wiki/Docklands,_Victoria" title="Docklands, Victoria">Docklands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Government_of_Victoria_2009_3,_figure_12:_Central_City_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Government_of_Victoria_2009_3,_figure_12:_Central_City-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are several adjoining areas that have important functions that are sometimes included within the idea of 'the CBD' or the central city, such as <a href="/wiki/Parliament_House,_Melbourne" title="Parliament House, Melbourne">Parliament House</a> and the Treasury buildings on Spring Street, which are officially in <a href="/wiki/East_Melbourne" title="East Melbourne">East Melbourne</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_railway_station" title="Southern Cross railway station">Southern Cross railway station</a> on <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Street" title="Spencer Street">Spencer Street</a>, which is officially in Docklands. Other areas have in the last 30 years become heavily developed with apartments, office buildings and important functions similar to the CBD, and are sometimes incorporated, such as the <a href="/wiki/Docklands,_Victoria" title="Docklands, Victoria">Docklands</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Docklands Stadium</a>) to the west, and <a href="/wiki/Southbank,_Victoria" title="Southbank, Victoria">Southbank</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Wharf" title="South Wharf">South Wharf</a> on the other side of the Yarra River. </p><p>Despite the area being described as the central business district, it is neither the geographic or demographic centre of Melbourne; due to <a href="/wiki/Urban_sprawl" title="Urban sprawl">urban sprawl</a> to the south east the geographic centre is in the southeastern suburbs (in 2002 it was located at Bourne Street, <a href="/wiki/Glen_Iris,_Victoria" title="Glen Iris, Victoria">Glen Iris</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hoddle_Grid">Hoddle Grid</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_central_business_district&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hoddle Grid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hoddle_Grid" title="Hoddle Grid">Hoddle Grid</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_city_centre_aerial.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Melbourne_city_centre_aerial.jpg/220px-Melbourne_city_centre_aerial.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Melbourne_city_centre_aerial.jpg/330px-Melbourne_city_centre_aerial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Melbourne_city_centre_aerial.jpg/440px-Melbourne_city_centre_aerial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of the western end of the CBD. The far right of the image is <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street_railway_station" title="Flinders Street railway station">Flinders Street station</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Yarra_River" title="Yarra River">Yarra River</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Queen_Street_Melbourne_underground_public_toilet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Queen_Street_Melbourne_underground_public_toilet.jpg/220px-Queen_Street_Melbourne_underground_public_toilet.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Queen_Street_Melbourne_underground_public_toilet.jpg/330px-Queen_Street_Melbourne_underground_public_toilet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Queen_Street_Melbourne_underground_public_toilet.jpg/440px-Queen_Street_Melbourne_underground_public_toilet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>A public underground toilet on <a href="/wiki/Queen_Street,_Melbourne" title="Queen Street, Melbourne">Queen Street</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Hoddle Grid is the rectangular grid of the streets in the centre of the city laid out in 1837 by government surveyor <a href="/wiki/Robert_Hoddle" title="Robert Hoddle">Robert Hoddle</a>. All major streets are one and half <a href="/wiki/Chain_(unit)" title="Chain (unit)">chains</a> (99 ft or 30 m) in width, while all blocks are exactly ten chains square (ten acres (4.0 ha), 660 ft × 660 ft or 200 m × 200 m). It is one-mile (1.6 km) long by one-half-mile (0.80 km) wide. It is bounded by <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street,_Melbourne" title="Flinders Street, Melbourne">Flinders Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Street" title="Spencer Street">Spencer Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_Trobe_Street" title="La Trobe Street">La Trobe Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spring_Street,_Melbourne" title="Spring Street, Melbourne">Spring Street</a>. The grid's longest axis is oriented 70 degrees clockwise from true north, to align better with the course of the <a href="/wiki/Yarra_River" title="Yarra River">Yarra River</a>. Most of the arterial streets outside the Hoddle Grid were aligned almost north–south, Melbourne, at 8 degrees clockwise from true north–noting that magnetic north was 8° 3' E in 1900, increasing to 11° 42' E in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hoddle's survey did not include any <a href="/wiki/Public_square" class="mw-redirect" title="Public square">public squares</a> or <a href="/wiki/Piazza" class="mw-redirect" title="Piazza">piazzas</a>, reputedly to avoid any facilitation of protests or public loitering,<sup id="cite_ref-Colonial_control_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Colonial_control-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though colonial government practice did not generally include public squares other than land set aside for government buildings or markets.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The whole town was at first accommodated within the Hoddle Grid, but the huge surge in immigration brought about by the Gold Rush in the 1850s quickly outgrew the grid spreading into the first suburbs in Fitzroy and South Melbourne (Emerald Hill), and beyond. </p><p>The Hoddle Grid and its fringes remained the centre and most active part of the city into the mid 20th century, with retail in the centre, banking and prime office space on <a href="/wiki/Collins_Street,_Melbourne" title="Collins Street, Melbourne">Collins Street</a>, medical professionals on the Collins Street hill, legal professions around William Street, and warehousing along Flinders Lane and in the western end. Government buildings like GPO, State Library, Supreme Court, and Customs House occupied various blocks with Parliament House and the railway stations on the edges. </p><p>Residential uses, most notably the slums of <a href="/wiki/Little_Lonsdale_Street" title="Little Lonsdale Street">Little Lonsdale Street</a>, were largely replaced by commercial uses by the 1950s, with residential not making a return until the 1990s with the conversion of older buildings. Since the 2000s this has accelerated with numerous high rise apartment buildings and student housing projects. </p><p>With the loss of residents, restricted retail and pub hours, the central city became dominated by 9-5 business uses, with one commentator remarking that in the 1970s, the city was "as deserted as war-torn Berlin".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:608px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_1880_by_Samuel_Calvert.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Melbourne 1880, Samuel Calvert, depicting an organised grid layout of the city streets."><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Melbourne_1880_by_Samuel_Calvert.jpg" decoding="async" width="600" height="338" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="338" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_1880_by_Samuel_Calvert.jpg" title="File:Melbourne 1880 by Samuel Calvert.jpg"> </a></div><i>Melbourne 1880</i>, Samuel Calvert, depicting an organised <a href="/wiki/Grid_plan" title="Grid plan">grid layout</a> of the city streets.</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_central_business_district&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_China_Town.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Melbourne_China_Town.jpg/150px-Melbourne_China_Town.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Melbourne_China_Town.jpg/225px-Melbourne_China_Town.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Melbourne_China_Town.jpg/300px-Melbourne_China_Town.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1712" data-file-height="2288" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_Melbourne" title="Chinatown, Melbourne">Chinatown, Melbourne</a>, the longest continuous Chinese settlement in the <a href="/wiki/Western_World" class="mw-redirect" title="Western World">Western World</a> and the oldest Chinatown in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere" title="Southern Hemisphere">Southern Hemisphere</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> China is the most common birthplace of CBD residents, with 24.9% of residents born there, while Mandarin is the most spoken language at home by CBD residents, with 30.8% of CBD residents speaking it at home</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_census" title="2016 Australian census">2016 census</a>, the population of the CBD (the Level 2 statistical area of Melbourne) was <b>37,321</b> residents, about half of which were overseas students. Only 14.3% of residents were born in Australia, while 24.9% were born in China. Other places of birth included Malaysia 8.3%, India 6.2%, Indonesia 4.5% and South Korea 4.0%. Only English was spoken at home by 21.7% of residents, while 30.8% spoke Mandarin. Most of these overseas born are students, with 57.3% of residents attending a tertiary educational institution, and 54.3% of residents aged between 20 and 29.<sup id="cite_ref-:0a_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0a-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In common with Australian capital cities generally, especially Melbourne and Sydney, there has been remarkable growth in the CBD in the last 10 years to 2017. Residential units, population, jobs and visitation have all increased markedly, changing the central business district from a primarily business or work oriented hub, to a mixed business and residential district.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the 2010s, Australian CBD's were generally places workers would commute to from the suburbs and served little purpose beyond employment and shopping opportunity. </p><p>In this period, many sometimes very tall towers of small one and two bedroom apartments and <a href="/wiki/Studio_apartment" title="Studio apartment">studio-style</a> student housing (with no carparks) have been built, greatly increasing the resident population of the CBD, including students. Many older buildings have been converted to loft-style apartments, and there are some older apartment buildings with larger more spacious units, with a relatively small amount of luxury housing. There are few families with young children, with only 3.1% of residents under the age of 14, and equally small numbers of over 50, so most residents are students or young professionals.<sup id="cite_ref-:0a_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0a-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_central_business_district&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The CBD is the core <a href="/wiki/Central_Activities_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Activities District">central activities district</a> (CAD) of Greater Melbourne. It encompasses a number of places of significance, which include the, <a href="/wiki/Federation_Square" title="Federation Square">Federation Square</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Aquarium" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Aquarium">Melbourne Aquarium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Town_Hall" title="Melbourne Town Hall">Melbourne Town Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Library_of_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="State Library of Victoria">State Library of Victoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parliament_House,_Melbourne" title="Parliament House, Melbourne">State Parliament of Victoria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Victoria" title="Supreme Court of Victoria">Supreme Court of Victoria</a>. It is also the main <a href="/wiki/Terminal_train_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Terminal train station">terminus</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Railways_in_Melbourne" title="Railways in Melbourne">Melbourne metropolitan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Victoria" title="Rail transport in Victoria">Victorian regional</a> passenger rail networks–being <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street_railway_station" title="Flinders Street railway station">Flinders Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_railway_station" title="Southern Cross railway station">Southern Cross</a> stations respectively, as well as the most dense section of the <a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Melbourne" title="Trams in Melbourne">Melbourne tram network</a>. </p><p>Bordering its north-east perimeter is the <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage</a>-listed <a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Gardens" title="Carlton Gardens">Carlton Gardens</a> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Museum" title="Melbourne Museum">Melbourne Museum</a>. Just to the south are the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Convention_%26_Exhibition_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre">Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crown_Melbourne" title="Crown Melbourne">Crown Casino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arts_Centre_Melbourne" title="Arts Centre Melbourne">Arts Centre Melbourne</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Victoria" title="National Gallery of Victoria">National Gallery of Victoria</a> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Town_hall_administration_buildings_melbourne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Town_hall_administration_buildings_melbourne.jpg/220px-Town_hall_administration_buildings_melbourne.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Town_hall_administration_buildings_melbourne.jpg/330px-Town_hall_administration_buildings_melbourne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Town_hall_administration_buildings_melbourne.jpg/440px-Town_hall_administration_buildings_melbourne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="488" /></a><figcaption>Town Hall administration buildings</figcaption></figure> <p>The central business district is a major <a href="/wiki/Financial_centre" title="Financial centre">financial centre</a> in Australia and the <a href="/wiki/Asia-Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia-Pacific">Asia-Pacific</a> region.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is home to the corporate headquarters of the world's two largest mining companies: <a href="/wiki/BHP" title="BHP">BHP</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rio_Tinto_(corporation)" title="Rio Tinto (corporation)">Rio Tinto</a>; as well as two of Australia's "big four" banks: <a href="/wiki/Australia_%26_New_Zealand_Banking_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Australia & New Zealand Banking Group">ANZ</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Australia_Bank" title="National Australia Bank">National Australia Bank</a>, its two largest gaming companies: <a href="/wiki/Crown_Resorts" title="Crown Resorts">Crown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tabcorp" title="Tabcorp">Tabcorp</a>, largest telecommunications company <a href="/wiki/Telstra" title="Telstra">Telstra</a>, two largest transport management companies: <a href="/wiki/Toll_Group" title="Toll Group">Toll</a> and <a href="/wiki/Transurban" title="Transurban">Transurban</a> and the iconic brewing company <a href="/wiki/Foster%27s_Group" title="Foster's Group">Foster's Group</a>. </p><p>It also serves as the main <a href="/wiki/Administrative_centre" title="Administrative centre">administrative centre</a> for the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Melbourne" title="City of Melbourne">City of Melbourne</a> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Victoria">State Government of Victoria</a> – the latter with the suburb of <a href="/wiki/East_Melbourne" title="East Melbourne">East Melbourne</a>. Two universities have major campuses in the area: the main city campus <a href="/wiki/RMIT_University" class="mw-redirect" title="RMIT University">RMIT University</a> (<a href="/wiki/RMIT_Melbourne_City_campus" title="RMIT Melbourne City campus">city campus</a>), and three campuses for <a href="/wiki/Victoria_University,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria University, Australia">Victoria University</a> (City King, Queen, Flinders campuses). The <a href="/wiki/Victorian_College_of_the_Arts" title="Victorian College of the Arts">Victorian College of the Arts</a> campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Melbourne" title="University of Melbourne">University of Melbourne</a> lies just to the south. </p><p>The CBD, along with the adjacent Southbank area, has had comparatively unrestricted height limits in recent years, and has four of the six <a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Australia" title="List of tallest buildings in Australia">tallest buildings in Australia</a> (or 5 of the top 10, excluding spires). The tallest in the CBD is currently <a href="/wiki/Aurora_Melbourne_Central" title="Aurora Melbourne Central">Aurora Melbourne Central</a> which topped out in December 2018. Melbourne had historically competed with Sydney for the tallest buildings, which until the 2000s were all office towers, and the three tallest buildings in Australia in the 1980s and 1990s were all in the Melbourne CBD. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_and_sport">Culture and sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_central_business_district&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Culture and sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Princess_Theatre_at_dusk,_Melbourne_Australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Princess_Theatre_at_dusk%2C_Melbourne_Australia.jpg/200px-Princess_Theatre_at_dusk%2C_Melbourne_Australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Princess_Theatre_at_dusk%2C_Melbourne_Australia.jpg/300px-Princess_Theatre_at_dusk%2C_Melbourne_Australia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Princess_Theatre_at_dusk%2C_Melbourne_Australia.jpg/400px-Princess_Theatre_at_dusk%2C_Melbourne_Australia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Princess_Theatre,_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Theatre, Melbourne">Princess Theatre</a> on <a href="/wiki/Spring_Street,_Melbourne" title="Spring Street, Melbourne">Spring Street</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arts">Arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_central_business_district&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_theatres_in_the_Melbourne_City_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="List of theatres in the Melbourne City Centre">List of theatres in the Melbourne City Centre</a></div> <p>Almost all the major theatres in Melbourne are located in the CBD or its fringes. Historic theatres including the <a href="/wiki/Princess_Theatre,_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Theatre, Melbourne">Princess Theatre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Regent_Theatre,_Melbourne" title="Regent Theatre, Melbourne">Regent Theatre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Forum_Theatre" title="Forum Theatre">Forum Theatre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Theatre,_Melbourne" title="Comedy Theatre, Melbourne">Comedy Theatre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Athenaeum,_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Athenaeum, Melbourne">Athenaeum Theatre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Theatre,_Melbourne" title="Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne">Her Majesty's Theatre</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Theatre,_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Capitol Theatre, Melbourne">Capitol Theatre</a> are all located within the Hoddle Grid. The <a href="/wiki/Arts_Centre_Melbourne" title="Arts Centre Melbourne">Arts Centre Melbourne</a> (which includes the <a href="/wiki/State_Theatre_(Melbourne)" title="State Theatre (Melbourne)">State Theatre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hamer_Hall,_Melbourne" title="Hamer Hall, Melbourne">Hamer Hall</a>, the Playhouse and the Fairfax Studio), and the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Recital_Centre" title="Melbourne Recital Centre">Melbourne Recital Centre</a> are located just to the south of the CBD, with the <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Myer_Music_Bowl" title="Sidney Myer Music Bowl">Sidney Myer Music Bowl</a> in parklands to the east. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_laneway_art.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Melbourne_laneway_art.jpg/200px-Melbourne_laneway_art.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Melbourne_laneway_art.jpg/300px-Melbourne_laneway_art.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Melbourne_laneway_art.jpg/400px-Melbourne_laneway_art.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4592" data-file-height="3056" /></a><figcaption>A laneway in Melbourne featuring the city's characteristic street art</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Federation_Square" title="Federation Square">Federation Square</a> arts complex occupies a prime site on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets, and includes the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Centre_for_the_Moving_Image" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Centre for the Moving Image">Australian Centre for the Moving Image</a>, the Australian art galleries of the <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Victoria" title="National Gallery of Victoria">National Gallery of Victoria</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Koorie_Heritage_Trust" title="Koorie Heritage Trust">Koorie Heritage Trust</a>, and the Deakin Edge auditorium. </p><p>Melbourne is considered the literary centre of Australia, and has more bookshops and publishing companies per capita than any other city in Australia.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The headquarters of the world's largest travel guidebook publisher <i><a href="/wiki/Lonely_Planet" title="Lonely Planet">Lonely Planet</a></i> is located just outside the CBD in Carlton. In 2008, Melbourne was designated a "<a href="/wiki/City_of_Literature" title="City of Literature">City of Literature</a>" by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> in its <a href="/wiki/Creative_Cities_Network" title="Creative Cities Network">Creative Cities Network</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-portal.unesco.org_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-portal.unesco.org-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/State_Library_Victoria" title="State Library Victoria">State Library Victoria</a> is the most visited library in the city, and hosts the <a href="/wiki/Wheeler_Centre" title="Wheeler Centre">Wheeler Centre</a>. Melbourne has been placed alongside New York and Berlin as one of the world's great street art meccas,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its extensive street art-laden laneways, alleys and arcades were voted by <i><a href="/wiki/Lonely_Planet" title="Lonely Planet">Lonely Planet</a></i> readers as Australia's top cultural attraction.<sup id="cite_ref-Graff_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Graff-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:State_Library_of_Victoria_-_right_side.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/State_Library_of_Victoria_-_right_side.jpg/200px-State_Library_of_Victoria_-_right_side.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/State_Library_of_Victoria_-_right_side.jpg/300px-State_Library_of_Victoria_-_right_side.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/State_Library_of_Victoria_-_right_side.jpg/400px-State_Library_of_Victoria_-_right_side.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2150" data-file-height="1433" /></a><figcaption>The State Library</figcaption></figure> <p>The CBD is home to many small independent galleries, often in the upper floors of older buildings or down laneways, and some of the most commercial galleries in Victoria are also in 'the city'. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_central_business_district&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AFL_Grand_Final_2010_on_the_Melbourne_Cricket_Ground.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/AFL_Grand_Final_2010_on_the_Melbourne_Cricket_Ground.jpg/200px-AFL_Grand_Final_2010_on_the_Melbourne_Cricket_Ground.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/AFL_Grand_Final_2010_on_the_Melbourne_Cricket_Ground.jpg/300px-AFL_Grand_Final_2010_on_the_Melbourne_Cricket_Ground.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/AFL_Grand_Final_2010_on_the_Melbourne_Cricket_Ground.jpg/400px-AFL_Grand_Final_2010_on_the_Melbourne_Cricket_Ground.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1071" /></a><figcaption>Melbourne Cricket Ground</figcaption></figure> <p>There are no sporting grounds within the CBD, but the 'shrine of sport' in Melbourne is the MCG (<a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a>) located in the adjacent parkland known as Jolimont. Both the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Club" title="Melbourne Cricket Club">Melbourne Cricket Club</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne Football Club</a> are based there. The Melbourne Cricket Club has a fairly exclusive membership, whilst the Melbourne Football Club, although bearing the name Melbourne, is associated by the supporters of other suburban clubs as representing the central area and perceive its supporters to represent the locality and not the entire city.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Melbourne Football Club has recently made efforts to shed its suburban tag and be embraced by the whole metropolitan area.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Events">Events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_central_business_district&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The CBD has hosted a number of events of significance, which include: the <a href="/wiki/1901_Australian_federal_election" title="1901 Australian federal election">1901 inauguration</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Australia">Government of Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/1956_Summer_Olympics" title="1956 Summer Olympics">1956 Summer Olympic Games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Heads_of_Government_Meeting" title="Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting">1981 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Police_and_Fire_Games" title="World Police and Fire Games">1995 World Police and Fire Games</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Economic_Forum" title="World Economic Forum">2000 World Economic Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_Commonwealth_Games" title="2006 Commonwealth Games">2006 Commonwealth Games</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_Cricket_World_Cup" title="2015 Cricket World Cup">2015 Cricket World Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_G20_ministerial_meeting" title="2006 G20 ministerial meeting">G20 Ministerial Meeting</a> – among others. It is also recognised for the substantial number of <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Melbourne" title="Culture of Melbourne">cultural and sports events and festivals</a> it holds annually – many being the largest in Australia and the world. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_central_business_district&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Melbourne" title="Transport in Melbourne">Transport in Melbourne</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:C2.5113_bourke,_2014(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/C2.5113_bourke%2C_2014%283%29.jpg/220px-C2.5113_bourke%2C_2014%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/C2.5113_bourke%2C_2014%283%29.jpg/330px-C2.5113_bourke%2C_2014%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/C2.5113_bourke%2C_2014%283%29.jpg/440px-C2.5113_bourke%2C_2014%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3776" data-file-height="2520" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/C2-class_Melbourne_tram" title="C2-class Melbourne tram">C2-class</a> tram on <a href="/wiki/Bourke_Street" title="Bourke Street">Bourke Street</a>, December 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>The Melbourne central business district is the transport hub of the city. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street_railway_station" title="Flinders Street railway station">Flinders Street station</a> is the hub for <a href="/wiki/Railways_in_Melbourne" title="Railways in Melbourne">Melbourne's suburban train network</a> and the busiest station,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_railway_station" title="Southern Cross railway station">Southern Cross station</a>, which is the hub for regional and interstate transit located on <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Street" title="Spencer Street">Spencer Street</a>, and the three underground stations of the <a href="/wiki/City_Loop" title="City Loop">Melbourne Underground Rail Loop</a>–<a href="/wiki/Parliament_railway_station" title="Parliament railway station">Parliament</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Central_railway_station" title="Melbourne Central railway station">Melbourne Central</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flagstaff_railway_station" title="Flagstaff railway station">Flagstaff</a> stations are located on the east and north fringes. A hybrid <a href="/wiki/Rapid_transit" title="Rapid transit">rapid transit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heavy_rail" class="mw-redirect" title="Heavy rail">heavy rail</a> project known as the <a href="/wiki/Metro_Tunnel" title="Metro Tunnel">Metro Tunnel</a> is currently under construction, with two stations in the city centre at the State Library and Town Hall.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This will be the first rapid transit system to serve the city of Melbourne and the second of its kind in Australia. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Yarra_River_and_Flinders_Street_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/The_Yarra_River_and_Flinders_Street_Station.jpg/220px-The_Yarra_River_and_Flinders_Street_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/The_Yarra_River_and_Flinders_Street_Station.jpg/330px-The_Yarra_River_and_Flinders_Street_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/The_Yarra_River_and_Flinders_Street_Station.jpg/440px-The_Yarra_River_and_Flinders_Street_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street_railway_station" title="Flinders Street railway station">Flinders Street station</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Yarra_River" title="Yarra River">Yarra River</a>, October 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>The Melbourne <a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Melbourne" title="Trams in Melbourne">trams</a> network is the world's largest, and most lines from the suburbs run down one of the streets of the CBD, with <a href="/wiki/Swanston_Street" title="Swanston Street">Swanston Street</a> hosting of six lines, making it one of the world's busiest tram corridors. Trams also run along Flinders, Collins, Bourke, <a href="/wiki/La_Trobe_Street" title="La Trobe Street">La Trobe</a>, Spencer, <a href="/wiki/Market_Street,_Melbourne" title="Market Street, Melbourne">Market</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Street,_Melbourne" title="Elizabeth Street, Melbourne">Elizabeth</a>, and Spring Streets. In recent years nearly all CBD tram stops have been rebuilt as larger all-accessibility "superstops".<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city is also well connected by bus services, with majority of buses running down <a href="/wiki/Lonsdale_Street" title="Lonsdale Street">Lonsdale Street</a>, with major bus stops at Melbourne Central and <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria_Village" title="Queen Victoria Village">Queen Victoria Village</a>. Most bus routes service suburbs north and east of the city given the lack of train lines to these areas. </p><p>Major bicycle trails lead to the CBD and a main bicycle path down Swanston Street. </p><p>Ferries dock along the northbank of the Yarra at <a href="/wiki/Federation_Wharf" class="mw-redirect" title="Federation Wharf">Federation Wharf</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Turning_basin" title="Turning basin">turning basin</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Sports_and_Aquatic_Centre" title="Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre">Aquatic Centre</a>. There is also a water taxi service to Melbourne and Olympic Parks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_central_business_district&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/City_of_Melbourne" title="City of Melbourne">City of Melbourne</a> has five sister cities.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the City of Melbourne council, "the city as a whole has been nourished by their influence, which extends from educational, cultural and sporting exchanges to unparalleled business networking opportunities."<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The recognised cities are: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a>, Japan (1978)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tianjin" title="Tianjin">Tianjin</a>, China (1980)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, United States (1985)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a>, Italy (2004)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_central_business_district&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 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Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Melbourne" title="Crown Melbourne">Crown Entertainment Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IMAX_Melbourne" title="IMAX Melbourne">IMAX Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_Park,_Melbourne" title="Luna Park, Melbourne">Luna Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Myer_Music_Bowl" title="Sidney Myer Music Bowl">Sidney Myer Music Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_End_Theatre_District" title="East End Theatre District">Theatre District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Zoo" title="Melbourne Zoo">Zoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shopping centres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Block_Arcade,_Melbourne" title="Block Arcade, Melbourne">Block Arcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_Arcade" title="Cathedral Arcade">Cathedral Arcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collins_Place" title="Collins Place">Collins Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DFO_South_Wharf" class="mw-redirect" title="DFO South Wharf">DFO South Wharf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emporium_Melbourne" title="Emporium Melbourne">Emporium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office,_Melbourne" title="General Post Office, Melbourne">GPO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Central_Shopping_Centre" title="Melbourne Central Shopping Centre">Melbourne Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myer" title="Myer">Myer Flagship Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria_Market" title="Queen Victoria Market">Queen Victoria Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria_Village" title="Queen Victoria Village">QV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Arcade,_Melbourne" title="Royal Arcade, Melbourne">Royal Arcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Collins_Lane" class="mw-redirect" title="St Collins Lane">St Collins Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_District_Docklands" title="The District Docklands">The District Docklands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public museums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Centre_for_Contemporary_Art" title="Australian Centre for Contemporary Art">ACCA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Centre_for_the_Moving_Image" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Centre for the Moving Image">ACMI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Museum,_Melbourne" title="Chinese Museum, Melbourne">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Museum,_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenic Museum, Melbourne">Hellenic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Potter_Museum_of_Art" title="Ian Potter Museum of Art">Ian Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_Museum,_Melbourne" title="Immigration Museum, Melbourne">Immigration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Museum" title="Melbourne Museum">Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Observatory" title="Melbourne Observatory">Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Potter_Centre:_NGV_Australia" title="Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia">NGV Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Victoria" title="National Gallery of Victoria">NGV International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Melbourne_Gaol" title="Old Melbourne Gaol">Old Melbourne Gaol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Treasury_Building,_Melbourne" title="Old Treasury Building, Melbourne">Old Treasury Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMIT_Gallery" title="RMIT Gallery">RMIT Gallery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_House,_Melbourne" title="Government House, Melbourne">Government House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Town_Hall" title="Melbourne Town Hall">Town Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_House,_Melbourne" title="Parliament House, Melbourne">Parliament House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Library_of_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="State Library of Victoria">State Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Victoria_(building)" title="Supreme Court of Victoria (building)">Supreme Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Barracks,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Barracks, Melbourne">Victoria Barracks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable structures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arts_Centre_Melbourne" title="Arts Centre Melbourne">Arts Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_108" title="Australia 108">Australia 108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eureka_Tower" title="Eureka Tower">Eureka Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation_Square" title="Federation Square">Federation Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrine_of_Remembrance" title="Shrine of Remembrance">Shrine of Remembrance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_Melbourne" title="St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne">St Patrick's Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Melbourne" title="St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne">St Paul's Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_and_Jackson_Hotel" title="Young and Jackson Hotel">Young and Jackson Hotel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sports venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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Park)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Sports_%26_Aquatic_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre">Sports & Aquatic Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Sports_%26_Entertainment_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Sports & Entertainment Centre">Melbourne Sports & Entertainment Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkville_Stadium" title="Parkville Stadium">Parkville Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Park_Golf_Club" title="Royal Park Golf Club">Royal Park Golf Club</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Parks_and_gardens_of_Melbourne" title="Parks and gardens of Melbourne">Parks and gardens</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Park_and_Lake" title="Albert Park and Lake">Albert Park</a></li> <li><a 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Day">Melbourne Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Underground_Film_Festival" title="Melbourne Underground Film Festival">Melbourne Underground Film Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Writers_Festival" title="Melbourne Writers Festival">Melbourne Writers Festival</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spring</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>September:</i> <a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final">AFL Grand Final</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Fringe_Festival" title="Melbourne Fringe Festival">Melbourne Fringe Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_International_Festival_of_Brass" title="Melbourne International Festival of Brass">Melbourne International Festival of Brass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Royal_Show" title="Melbourne Royal Show">Melbourne Royal Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandown_500" title="Sandown 500">Sandown 500</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>October:</i> <a href="/wiki/Around_the_Bay_in_a_Day" title="Around the Bay in a Day">Around the Bay in a Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Marathon_Festival" title="Melbourne Marathon Festival">Melbourne Marathon Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Racing_Carnival" title="Spring Racing Carnival">Spring Racing Carnival</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>November:</i> <a href="/wiki/Head_of_the_Yarra" title="Head of the Yarra">Head of the Yarra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cup" title="Melbourne Cup">Melbourne Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Public_transport_in_Melbourne" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Melbourne#Public_transport" title="Transport in Melbourne">Public transport in Melbourne</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color: #eee;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Public_Transport_Victoria" title="Public Transport Victoria">Public Transport Victoria</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Integrated_ticketing" title="Integrated ticketing">Ticketing</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Myki" title="Myki">Myki</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;;text-align: left; background-color: #eee; box-shadow: inset 0.5em 0 0 0 #0072ce;"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_train_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/Melbourne_train_logo.svg/20px-Melbourne_train_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/Melbourne_train_logo.svg/30px-Melbourne_train_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/Melbourne_train_logo.svg/40px-Melbourne_train_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="513" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Railways_in_Melbourne" title="Railways in Melbourne">Train</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Melbourne#Lines" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in Melbourne">Lines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alamein_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Alamein railway line">Alamein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgrave_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgrave railway line">Belgrave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craigieburn_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Craigieburn railway line">Craigieburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranbourne_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Cranbourne railway line">Cranbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flemington_Racecourse_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Flemington Racecourse railway line">Flemington Racecourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankston_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankston railway line">Frankston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Waverley_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Glen Waverley railway line">Glen Waverley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurstbridge_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurstbridge railway line">Hurstbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilydale_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Lilydale railway line">Lilydale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mernda_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Mernda railway line">Mernda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakenham_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakenham railway line">Pakenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandringham_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandringham railway line">Sandringham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stony_Point_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Stony Point railway line">Stony Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunbury_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunbury railway line">Sunbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upfield_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Upfield railway line">Upfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werribee_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Werribee railway line">Werribee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamstown_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Williamstown railway line">Williamstown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Operator</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metro_Trains_Melbourne" title="Metro Trains Melbourne">Metro Trains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Rolling stock</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comeng_(train)" title="Comeng (train)">Comeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X%27Trapolis_100" title="X'Trapolis 100">X'Trapolis 100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siemens_Nexas" title="Siemens Nexas">Siemens Nexas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Capacity_Metro_Train" title="High Capacity Metro Train">HCMT</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/X%27Trapolis_2.0" title="X'Trapolis 2.0">X'Trapolis 2.0</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_Loop" title="City Loop">City Loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street_Viaduct" title="Flinders Street Viaduct">Flinders Street Viaduct</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Metro_Tunnel" title="Metro Tunnel">Metro Tunnel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Airport_rail_link" title="Melbourne Airport rail link">Melbourne Airport Rail</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Suburban_Rail_Loop" title="Suburban Rail Loop">Suburban Rail Loop</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_railway_stations_in_Melbourne" title="List of railway stations in Melbourne">List of railway stations in Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Melbourne_rail_extensions" title="Proposed Melbourne rail extensions">Proposed extensions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;;text-align: left; background-color: #eee; box-shadow: inset 0.5em 0 0 0 #71BE43;"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_tram_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/Melbourne_tram_logo.svg/20px-Melbourne_tram_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/Melbourne_tram_logo.svg/30px-Melbourne_tram_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/Melbourne_tram_logo.svg/40px-Melbourne_tram_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Melbourne" title="Trams in Melbourne">Tram</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Melbourne_tram_routes" title="List of Melbourne tram routes">Routes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_1" title="Melbourne tram route 1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_3" title="Melbourne tram route 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_5" title="Melbourne tram route 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_6" title="Melbourne tram route 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_11" title="Melbourne tram route 11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_12" title="Melbourne tram route 12">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_16" title="Melbourne tram route 16">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_19" title="Melbourne tram route 19">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_30" title="Melbourne tram route 30">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Circle_tram" title="City Circle tram">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_48" title="Melbourne tram route 48">48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_57" title="Melbourne tram route 57">57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_58" title="Melbourne tram route 58">58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_59" title="Melbourne tram route 59">59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_64" title="Melbourne tram route 64">64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_67" title="Melbourne tram route 67">67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_70" title="Melbourne tram route 70">70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_72" title="Melbourne tram route 72">72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_75" title="Melbourne tram route 75">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_78" title="Melbourne tram route 78">78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_82" title="Melbourne tram route 82">82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_86" title="Melbourne tram route 86">86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_96" title="Melbourne tram route 96">96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_109" title="Melbourne tram route 109">109</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Operator</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yarra_Trams" title="Yarra Trams">Yarra Trams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Rolling stock</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W-class_Melbourne_tram" title="W-class Melbourne tram">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Z-class_Melbourne_tram" title="Z-class Melbourne tram">Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-class_Melbourne_tram" title="A-class Melbourne tram">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B-class_Melbourne_tram" title="B-class Melbourne tram">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_Melbourne_tram" title="C-class Melbourne tram">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C2-class_Melbourne_tram" title="C2-class Melbourne tram">C2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-class_Melbourne_tram" title="D-class Melbourne tram">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-class_Melbourne_tram" title="E-class Melbourne tram">E</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/G-class_Melbourne_tram" title="G-class Melbourne tram">G</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Melbourne_tram_extensions" title="Proposed Melbourne tram extensions">Proposed extensions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;;text-align: left; background-color: #eee; box-shadow: inset 0.5em 0 0 0 DarkOrange;"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Victoria_bus_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Victoria_bus_logo.svg/20px-Victoria_bus_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Victoria_bus_logo.svg/30px-Victoria_bus_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Victoria_bus_logo.svg/40px-Victoria_bus_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Buses_in_Melbourne" title="Buses in Melbourne">Bus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadmeadows_Bus_Service" title="Broadmeadows Bus Service">Broadmeadows Bus Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CDC_Melbourne" title="CDC Melbourne">CDC Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranbourne_Transit" title="Cranbourne Transit">Cranbourne Transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dysons" title="Dysons">Dysons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastoria_Bus_Lines" title="Kastoria Bus Lines">Kastoria Bus Lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinetic_Melbourne" title="Kinetic Melbourne">Kinetic Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_Bus_Service" title="Martyrs Bus Service">Martyrs Bus Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKenzie%27s_Tourist_Services" title="McKenzie's Tourist Services">McKenzie's Tourist Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panorama_Coaches" title="Panorama Coaches">Panorama Coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Brothers_Bus_Service" title="Ryan Brothers Bus Service">Ryan Brothers Bus Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunbury_Bus_Service" title="Sunbury Bus Service">Sunbury Bus Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transit_Systems_Victoria" title="Transit Systems Victoria">Transit Systems Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bus_routes_in_Melbourne" title="List of bus routes in Melbourne">List of bus routes in Melbourne</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_bus_route_202" title="Melbourne bus route 202">202</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_bus_route_601" title="Melbourne bus route 601">601</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_bus_route_901" title="Melbourne bus route 901">901</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Network_(Melbourne)" title="Night Network (Melbourne)">Night Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SmartBus" title="SmartBus">SmartBus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Busway,_Melbourne" title="Eastern Busway, Melbourne">Eastern Busway</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulleen_Park_and_Ride_bus_station" title="Bulleen Park and Ride bus station">Bulleen Park and Ride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Park_and_Ride_bus_station" title="Doncaster Park and Ride bus station">Doncaster Park and Ride</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;;text-align: left; background-color: #eee; box-shadow: inset 0.5em 0 0 0 #8F1A95;"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Victoria_train_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Victoria_train_logo.svg/20px-Victoria_train_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Victoria_train_logo.svg/30px-Victoria_train_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Victoria_train_logo.svg/40px-Victoria_train_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="513" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Railways_in_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Railways in Victoria">Regional train</a>*</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Lines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deer_Park%E2%80%93West_Werribee_railway_line" title="Deer Park–West Werribee railway line">Deer Park–West Werribee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballarat_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballarat V/Line rail service">Melton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Operator</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V/Line" title="V/Line">V/Line</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Rolling stock</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V/Line_VLocity" title="V/Line VLocity">VLocity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V/Line_Sprinter" title="V/Line Sprinter">Sprinter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V/Line_N_class" title="V/Line N class">N class</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VicRail_N_type_carriage" title="VicRail N type carriage">N type carriage</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Rail_Link_project" title="Regional Rail Link project">Regional Rail Link</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Western_Rail_Plan" title="Western Rail Plan">Western Rail Plan</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;;text-align: left; background-color: #eee; box-shadow: inset 0.5em 0 0 0 #00a799;"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_ferry_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Melbourne_ferry_logo.svg/20px-Melbourne_ferry_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Melbourne_ferry_logo.svg/30px-Melbourne_ferry_logo.svg.png 1.5x, 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0 Red;"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_skybus_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Melbourne_skybus_logo.svg/20px-Melbourne_skybus_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Melbourne_skybus_logo.svg/30px-Melbourne_skybus_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Melbourne_skybus_logo.svg/40px-Melbourne_skybus_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/SkyBus_(airport_bus)" title="SkyBus (airport bus)">SkyBus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Service</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SkyBus_(airport_bus)#Melbourne_City_Express" title="SkyBus (airport bus)">Melbourne City Express</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Operator</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kinetic_Group" title="Kinetic Group">Kinetic Group</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;;text-align: left; background-color: #eee; box-shadow: inset 0.5em 0 0 0 #9C9C9C;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Transport_and_Planning" title="Department of Transport and Planning">Department of Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Level_Crossing_Removal_Project" title="Level Crossing Removal Project">Level Crossing Removal Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_Projects_Victoria" title="Rail Projects Victoria">Rail Projects Victoria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color: #eee;"><div> <ul><li><i>Italics</i> denotes services yet to commence</li> <li>*Only including services within metropolitan Melbourne</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Trams_in_Melbourne" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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id="Trams_in_Melbourne" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Melbourne" title="Trams in Melbourne"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Trams in Melbourne</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Melbourne_tram_routes#Current_routes" title="List of Melbourne tram routes">Current routes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_1" title="Melbourne tram route 1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_3" title="Melbourne tram route 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_5" title="Melbourne tram route 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_6" title="Melbourne tram route 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_11" title="Melbourne tram route 11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_12" title="Melbourne tram route 12">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_16" title="Melbourne tram route 16">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_19" title="Melbourne tram route 19">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_30" title="Melbourne tram route 30">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Circle_tram" title="City Circle tram">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_48" title="Melbourne tram route 48">48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_57" title="Melbourne tram route 57">57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_58" title="Melbourne tram route 58">58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_59" title="Melbourne tram route 59">59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_64" title="Melbourne tram route 64">64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_67" title="Melbourne tram route 67">67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_70" title="Melbourne tram route 70">70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_72" title="Melbourne tram route 72">72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_75" title="Melbourne tram route 75">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_78" title="Melbourne tram route 78">78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_82" title="Melbourne tram route 82">82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_86" title="Melbourne tram route 86">86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_96" title="Melbourne tram route 96">96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_109" title="Melbourne tram route 109">109</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Melbourne_tram_routes#Discontinued_routes" title="List of Melbourne tram routes">Former routes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_3" title="Melbourne tram route 3">3a</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_8" title="Melbourne tram route 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_24" title="Melbourne tram route 24">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_31" title="Melbourne tram route 31">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_55" title="Melbourne tram route 55">55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_55#Route_68" title="Melbourne tram route 55">68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_79" title="Melbourne tram route 79">79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_86#Route_95" title="Melbourne tram route 86">95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_112" title="Melbourne tram route 112">112</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Current trams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W-class_Melbourne_tram" title="W-class Melbourne tram">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Z-class_Melbourne_tram" title="Z-class Melbourne tram">Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-class_Melbourne_tram" title="A-class Melbourne tram">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B-class_Melbourne_tram" title="B-class Melbourne tram">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_Melbourne_tram" title="C-class Melbourne tram">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-class_Melbourne_tram" title="D-class Melbourne tram">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C2-class_Melbourne_tram" title="C2-class Melbourne tram">C2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-class_Melbourne_tram" title="E-class Melbourne tram">E</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Future trams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/G-class_Melbourne_tram" title="G-class Melbourne tram">G</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Former trams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-class_Melbourne_tram_(1910)" title="A-class Melbourne tram (1910)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B-class_Melbourne_tram_(1917)" title="B-class Melbourne tram (1917)">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_Melbourne_tram_(1913)" title="C-class Melbourne tram (1913)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-class_Melbourne_tram_(1914)" title="D-class Melbourne tram (1914)">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-class_Melbourne_tram_(1914)" title="E-class Melbourne tram (1914)">E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F-class_Melbourne_tram" title="F-class Melbourne tram">F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G-class_Melbourne_tram_(1913)" title="G-class Melbourne tram (1913)">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H-class_Melbourne_tram" title="H-class Melbourne tram">H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J-class_Melbourne_tram" title="J-class Melbourne tram">J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K-class_Melbourne_tram" title="K-class Melbourne tram">K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L-class_Melbourne_tram" title="L-class Melbourne tram">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-class_Melbourne_tram" title="M-class Melbourne tram">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N-class_Melbourne_tram" title="N-class Melbourne tram">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O-class_Melbourne_tram" title="O-class Melbourne tram">O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P-class_Melbourne_tram" title="P-class Melbourne tram">P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q-class_Melbourne_tram" title="Q-class Melbourne tram">Q</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-class_Melbourne_tram" title="R-class Melbourne tram">R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-class_Melbourne_tram" title="S-class Melbourne tram">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-class_Melbourne_tram" title="T-class Melbourne tram">T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-class_Melbourne_tram" title="U-class Melbourne tram">U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V-class_Melbourne_tram" title="V-class Melbourne tram">V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X-class_Melbourne_tram" title="X-class Melbourne tram">X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X1-class_Melbourne_tram" title="X1-class Melbourne tram">X1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X2-class_Melbourne_tram" title="X2-class Melbourne tram">X2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y-class_Melbourne_tram" title="Y-class Melbourne tram">Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y1-class_Melbourne_tram" title="Y1-class Melbourne tram">Y1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Current operator</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yarra_Trams" title="Yarra Trams">Yarra Trams</a> (<a href="/wiki/Keolis_Downer" title="Keolis Downer">Keolis Downer</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Former operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Tramway trusts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy,_Northcote_%26_Preston_Tramways_Trust" title="Fitzroy, Northcote & Preston Tramways Trust">Fitzroy, Northcote & Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Footscray_Tramway_Trust" class="mw-redirect" title="Footscray Tramway Trust">Footscray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Tramways_Trust" title="Hawthorn Tramways Trust">Hawthorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne,_Brunswick_%26_Coburg_Tramways_Trust" title="Melbourne, Brunswick & Coburg Tramways Trust">Melbourne, Brunswick & Coburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prahran_and_Malvern_Tramways_Trust" title="Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust">Prahran & Malvern</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Private operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Electric_Tramway_%26_Lighting_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company">North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Government owned</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_%26_Metropolitan_Tramways_Board" title="Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board">Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Transit_Authority_(Victoria)" title="Metropolitan Transit Authority (Victoria)">Metropolitan Transit Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Transport_Corporation" title="Public Transport Corporation">Public Transport Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways#Other_functions" title="Victorian Railways">Victorian Railways</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Franchises</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Tramway_and_Omnibus_Company" title="Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company">Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-Tram" title="M-Tram">M>Tram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TransdevTSL" title="TransdevTSL">TransdevTSL</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Tourist services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_Circle_tram" title="City Circle tram">City Circle tram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Tramcar_Restaurant" title="Colonial Tramcar Restaurant">Colonial Tramcar Restaurant</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Current depots</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_tram_depot" title="Brunswick tram depot">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camberwell_tram_depot" title="Camberwell tram depot">Camberwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essendon_tram_depot" title="Essendon tram depot">Essendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenhuntly_tram_depot" title="Glenhuntly tram depot">Glenhuntly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kew_tram_depot" title="Kew tram depot">Kew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malvern_tram_depot" title="Malvern tram depot">Malvern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_Workshops" title="Preston Workshops">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southbank_tram_depot" title="Southbank tram depot">Southbank</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Former depots</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Preston_tram_depot" title="East Preston tram depot">East Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_tram_depot" title="Hawthorn tram depot">Hawthorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Fitzroy_tram_depot" title="North Fitzroy tram depot">North Fitzroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Melbourne_tram_depot" title="South Melbourne tram depot">South Melbourne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Future depots</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maidstone_tram_depot" title="Maidstone tram depot">Maidstone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Stops</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Park_light_rail_station" title="Albert Park light rail station">Albert Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anzac_Station_tram_stop" title="Anzac Station tram stop">Anzac Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beacon_Cove_light_rail_station" title="Beacon Cove light rail station">Beacon Cove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarendon_Street_Junction_tram_stop" title="Clarendon Street Junction tram stop">Clarendon Street Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Street_light_rail_station" title="Graham Street light rail station">Graham Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_University_tram_stop" title="Melbourne University tram stop">Melbourne University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Park_light_rail_station" title="Middle Park light rail station">Middle Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montague_Street_light_rail_station" title="Montague Street light rail station">Montague Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moonee_Ponds_Junction_tram_stop" title="Moonee Ponds Junction tram stop">Moonee Ponds Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Port_light_rail_station" title="North Port light rail station">North Port</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Melbourne_light_rail_station" title="South Melbourne light rail station">South Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_light_rail_station" title="St Kilda light rail station">St Kilda Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Vincent%27s_Plaza_tram_stop" title="St Vincent's Plaza tram stop">St Vincent's Plaza</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Miscellaneous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_classification" title="Melbourne tram classification">Classification system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balaclava_Junction" 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