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Melbourne, city, capital of the state of Victoria, Australia. It is positioned on the southeast coast at the head of Port Phillip Bay. Though the city centre is home to less than 100,000 people, it is the heart of a vast metropolitan area the most southerly in the world with a population of over 1,000,000. In Australia, it is second only to Sydney in population, and between the two cities there is a good natured rivalry, to which geography and history have left various characteristics. Although the flat site of Melbourne has led to the regular development of a rectangular street pattern, the city has many beautiful parks, and the person with an eye for architectural detail and history can find a variety of attractions. Melbourne has a reputation for conservatism and financial soundness attributes that contributed to its growth and are revealed by the rapidly expanding skyline of the city centre and eastern suburbs. Melbourne area, 14 square miles (36 square km); Melbourne area, 33 square miles (86 square km) ; 2.971 square miles (7.695 square km) ; Pop, that's it. (2006) City of Melbourne, 71,380; Melbourne Statistical Division, 270,964; Inner Melbourne, 3,592,591.