one of the World's Most Livable Cities... no doubt!

"Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia.

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was founded in 1835 (47 years after the European settlement of Australia) by settlers from Van Diemen's Land. (...) was officially declared a city by Queen Victoria in 1847. In 1851, it became the capital city of the newly created colony of Victoria. During the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s, it was transformed into one of the world's largest and wealthiest cities. (...)
Today, it is a centre for the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, sport and tourism. (...) It is also a major centre for contemporary and traditional Australian music. It is often referred to as the "cultural capital of Australia".
Melbourne has been ranked as one of the top three World's Most Livable Cities by the Economist Group's Intelligence Unit (since 2002), top 10 Global University Cities by RMIT's Global University Cities Index (since 2006) and top 20 Global Innovation Cities by the 2thinknow Global Innovation Agency (since 2007)."

text from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne
photo by: Olga T.