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City of Melbourne Victoria
Population:	76 678 (2006 Census)
Established:	1842
Area:	36.2 km² (14.0 sq mi)
Mayor:	John So
Council Seat:	Melbourne
Region:	Central Melbourne
State District:	Melbourne, Albert Park, Prahran
Federal Division:	Melbourne, Melbourne Ports
Website: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/
LGAs around City of Melbourne: City of Moonee Valley City of Moreland City of Darebin City of Maribyrnong City of Melbourne City of Yarra City of Hobsons Bay City of Port Phillip City of Stonnington

The City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the central city area of Melbourne. It has an area of 36 square kilometres. In 2001, it had a population of 60,745. The city's motto is "Vires acquirit eundo" which means "She gathers strength as she goes."

The current Lord Mayor is John So. The Melbourne City Council (MCC) holds office in Melbourne Town Hall.

Melbourne was founded in 1835, during the reign of King William IV, with the arrival of the schooner Enterprize near the present site of the Queen's Wharf, as a barely legal, speculative settlement that broke away from New South Wales. Unlike other Australian capital cities, Melbourne did not originate under official auspices, instead forming through the foresight of settlers from Tasmania.

Having been a province of New South Wales from its establishment in 1835, affairs of the settlement had been administered by the Parliament of New South Wales. With the growth of the settlement there had been an increasing demand by the inhabitants for greater autonomy over their own affairs. On 12 August, 1842, Melbourne was incorporated as a Town by Act 6 Victoria No. 7 of the Governor and Legislative Council of New South Wales.

The Town of Melbourne was raised to the status of a City by Letters Patent of Queen Victoria dated 25 June, 1847, five years after its incorporation as a town. A motion was tabled at a meeting of the Town Council to alter the style and title of Melbourne from a Town to a City, a draft Bill was approved and transmitted to the Government for introduction to the Legislature. On 3 August, 1849, Act 13 Victoria No. 14 was finally assented to as "An Act to effect a change in the Style and Title of the Corporation of Melbourne rendered necessary by the erection of the Town of Melbourne to a City".

The Melbourne Town Hall from the western side of Swanston Street looking towards the eastern end of Collins Street.

In 2005, the council announced the construction of a new 6 star environmental office building Council House 2 in Little Collins Street.

On July 2, 2007, the City of Melbourne almost doubled in size when the suburb of Docklands was added to its jurisdiction, having been transferred from the administration of the State Government.

• John So (Lord Mayor)
• Gary Singer (Deputy Lord Mayor)
• Fraser Brindley
• Peter Clarke
• Carl Jetter
• Catherine Ng
• Brian Shanahan
• Fiona Snedden
• David Wilson

See List of Melbourne suburbs for a complete list.

• Carlton
• Carlton North (part)
• Docklands
• East Melbourne
• Flemington (part)
• Jolimont
• Kensington (part)
• Melbourne
• North Melbourne
• Port Melbourne (part)
• Parkville
• Southbank
• South Yarra (part)
• West Melbourne

See List of Melbourne railway stations for a complete list.

• Flagstaff
• Flinders Street
• Jolimont
• Melbourne Central
• North Melbourne
• Parliament
• Richmond
• Royal Park
• Southern Cross (formerly Spencer Street)

• Mac.Robertson Girls' High School Located in Albert Park Reserve in the City of Port Phillip
• Melbourne High School
• Melbourne Girls' Grammar School
• Melbourne Grammar School
• St Aloysius' College
• St Joseph's College

• List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne

• Official website
• Melbourne City Council - Holding them to account(blog)
• Late Night and 24 Hour Venues open in Melbourne
• That's Me!bourne
• Metlink local public transport map
• Local history of the city of Melbourne