Melbourne (aus)

Melbourne

Melbourne ranks 51st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kanagawa Prefecture, Hamburg, and Brazil. Memorable people born in Melbourne include Cate Blanchett, Rupert Murdoch, and Chris Hemsworth. Memorable people who died in Melbourne include Fred Perry, Ned Kelly, and Peter Norman. Melbourne has been the birth place of many actors and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and athletes. Melbourne is located in Australia.

Melbourne is the capital of the state of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia, although the most populous by contiguous urban area. Its name generally refers to a 9,993 km2 (3,858 sq mi) metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. Read more on Wikipedia