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T ROAD ALBERT ROAD E S E F ITZROY ST A QUEENS T a r GA r W a Y T S S I T E R N F HE F W FLINDERS ST Y E ive R r T H O E A D D A E EE R W Y A E A W Y R L U F E T The Rough Guide to Melbourne written and researched by Stephen Townshend with additional contributions by George Dunford NEW YORK • LONDON • DELHI www.roughguides.com 01 Melbourne colour section.indt i 25/11/04 4:37:00 pm ii 01 Melbourne colour section.indt i 25/11/04 4:37:15 pm 왕 View from Brighton beach Introduction to Melbourne Australia’s second-largest city and capital of the state of Victoria, Melbourne prides itself on being a place that knows how to live well. It may lag behind Sydney in terms of population and prestige, but its less brazen charms offer a quality of life which other Australian cities fi nd diffi cult to match. Magnifi cent landscaped gardens and parklands have made the city one of the greenest in the world, while beneath the skyscrapers of the arresting Central Business District (CBD), elegant Victorian-era facades present Melbourne on an agreeably human scale. Often topping lists as the world’s most live- able big city, it’s an enjoyable place to visit too. Residents and tourists alike can take pleasure in its successfully multi-ethnic society; its revitalized city centre, housing some of Aus- tralia’s coolest cafés and bars; and in its leading role in Australian cultural and sporting life. For close on a century a rather staid, Anglo- Celtic city, postwar immigration has shaken up Melbourne’s old ways for good. Reminders of former conservatism linger on in the city’s uniform layout and relentless suburbanization, but the infl ux of peo- ple from Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Vietnam, China and more recently Eastern Europe has enriched and energized the city’s formerly inward- looking and parochial character. In the last decade, Melbourne has also undergone a remarkable renais- sance in everything from architecture and design to fashion, food and iii literature, thanks to forward-thinking state governments and massive 01 Melbourne colour section.indt i 25/11/04 4:37:28 pm | INTRODUCTION | WHAT TO SEE | WHEN TO GO | private investment. The “Postcode 3000” campaign has reinvented the Central Business District as a place to live and socialize, not just to work. A key indicator of the campaign’s success has been the rise in CBD residents – in 1982, a mere 700 lived here, now it’s almost 10,000. Melbourne has also become a major cultural and architectural laboratory, with the redevel- opment and creation of pub- lic spaces such as Federation Square, the National Gallery of Victoria and Docklands testa- ment to the city’s bold and experimental approach to art and design. Not all the changes have been positive – older buildings have been demolished to make way for Manhattan-style high-rises and apartments, and there’s an increasing number of home- iv less people and drug addicts on the streets – but, despite these 01 Melbourne colour section.indt iv 25/11/04 4:37:30 pm 왕 Bolte Bridge | INTRODUCTION | WHAT TO SEE | WHEN TO GO | 왕 Luna Park entrance

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