Overview of Melbourne: History

The settlement of Melbourne commenced in 1835 when settlers from Tasmania "purchased" land on Port Phillip Bay and the Yarra River from the local Aboriginal tribes. The streets of central Melbourne were carefully laid out in 1837, with some streets 30 metres wide. Read More »

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Nillumbik, Victoria

Beauty Peak, 23 km (15 miles)

Hills in Victoria

Bald Hill, 34 km (21 miles)

Frankston, Victoria

Arncott, 38 km (24 miles)

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Arroyo Los Jagueles, a stream in Provincia de Cordoba, Argentina
Bear Spring, a spring in Greenlee County, Arizona
Boete, a stream in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ch'onch'ang in Chagang-do, North Korea
Chaurang in Korak, Chitawan, Narayani Zone, Central Region, Nepal
City of Craig, population 248 in Holt County, Missouri
Dedlu in East Azarbaijan, Iran
Desa Gadungrejo in Central Java, Indonesia
Digby in Nova Scotia
Diwana Baba in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Djebel Bou Fares, a mountain in Wilaya de Relizane, Algeria
Erg Zaza, a sandy desert in Wilaya d' Adrar, Algeria
Findley Church of Christ, a church in White County, Tennessee
Five Mile Rapids, a rapids in Ontario
Gandah Chah in Farah, Afghanistan
Ghole in Solomon Islands

Huta Puhun in North Sumatra, Indonesia
Laguna La Chica, a salt pond in Provincia del Chubut, Argentina
Lekek in Southern Kordofan State, Sudan
Little Mud Creek, a stream in Franklin County, Alabama
Liuliwang in Anhui Sheng, China
Muziago in Ghana
Nail Lake, a lake in Manitoba
Qash Gaz in Ostan-e Fars, Iran
Sel'tsy in Pskovskaya Oblast', Russia
Severnaya Kayla, a stream in Tomskaya Oblast', Russia
Shi`b al Jinn, a wadi in Yabuth, Muhafazat Hadramawt, Yemen
Snelling, population 274 in Barnwell County, South Carolina
Tongoro in Northern Darfur State, Sudan
Vorona, a stream in Russia
Yofu Bay, a bay in Likoma District, Northern Region, Malawi

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