MELBOURNE GEOGRAPHY |
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Melbourne is located in the south-eastern corner of mainland Australia, and
is the southernmost mainland capital city. It looks out on to Port Phillip,
its suburbs sprawling to the east, following the Yarra River out to the
Yarra and Dandenong Ranges, south-east to the mouth of the bay, and
following the Maribyrnong River and its tributaries west and north to flat
farming country. The central business district (the original city) is laid
out in the famous mile-by-half-a-mile Hoddle Grid, its southern edge
fronting on to the Yarra. |
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| Melbourne is a large commercial and industrial centre, with many of
Australia's largest companies, and many multinational corporations (approximately
one-third of the 100 largest multinationals operating in Australia as of
2002) headquartered there. It is home to Australia's largest seaport, seven
universities (the University of Melbourne, Monash University, Deakin
University, Victoria University, La Trobe University, RMIT University, and
Swinburne University), and much of Australia's automotive industry (including
the engine manufacturing facility of Holden, and the Ford and Toyota
manufacturing facilities) amongst many other manufacturing industries. |
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