Australia Melbourne1 Captain Cook's cottage and the War Memorial

1. MELBOURNE Melbourne

3. Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia after Sydney (approximate population of four million)

4. The metropolis is located on the large natural bay known as Port Phillip, with the city centre positioned at the estuary of the Yarra River

6. Melbourne was founded in 1835 (47 years after the European settlement of Australia) by settlers from Van Diemen's Land. The metropolitan area then extends south from the city centre, along the eastern and western shorelines of Port Phillip, and expands into the hinterland. The city centre is situated in the municipality known as the City of Melbourne, and the metropolitan area consists of a further 30 municipalities.

7. The city was named by governor Richard Bourke in 1837, in honor of William Lamb—the 2nd Viscount Melbourne. In the coat of arms the lion supporters were taken from the arms of Lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of Great Britain, after whom the city was named in 1837. The supporters were added in 1970.

8. In 1851Melbourne became the capital city of the newly created colony of Victoria

9. The Melbourne City Centre is also known as the "Central Business District" or "CBD”

11. Today, it is a centre for the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, sport and tourism. It is often referred to as the "cultural capital of Australia”

12. Melbourne is an international cultural centre, with cultural endeavors spanning major events and festivals, drama, musicals, comedy, music, art, architecture, literature, film and television

13. Melbourne was the second city after Edinburgh to be named a UNESCO City of Literature

16. Melbourne Cricket Ground -The Spiritual Home of Australian Sport

17. Melbourne is a notable sporting location as the host city for the 1956 Summer Olympics games (the first Olympic Games ever held in the southern hemisphere), along with the 2006 Commonwealth Games

18. Melbourne is home to three major annual international sporting events: the Australian Open (one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments), the Melbourne Cup (horse racing), and the Australian Grand Prix (Formula One)

20. In recent years, the city has claimed the Sports Business title "World's Ultimate Sports City". The city is home to the National Sports Museum, which until 2003 was located outside the members pavilion at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and reopened in 2008 in the Olympic Stand

22. The city centre is positioned at the estuary of the Yarra River

23. Melbourne is often referred to as Australia's garden city, and the state of Victoria was once known as the garden state

24. Diana and the Hounds (William Leslie Bowles1940) in Fitzroy Gardens

25. Captain Cook's Cottage is a cottage rebuilt in the picturesque Fitzroy Gardens to commemorate the voyages of Captain James Cook, discoverer of Australia. The cottage was constructed in 1755 in the English village of Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, by the parents of Captain James Cook, James and Grace Cook, and was brought to Melbourne in 1934 by Sir Russell Grimwade

26. Captain James Cook (7 November 1728– 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia

30. For Australia, as for many nations, the First World War remains the most costly conflict in terms of deaths and casualties. From a population of fewer than five million, 416,809 men enlisted, of which over 60,000 were killed and 156,000 wounded, gassed, or taken prisoner

31. The Melbourne War Memorial, more commonly known as the Shrine of Remembrance, is the largest memorial in all of Victoria and is probably Melbourne's most visited and recognized landmarks. It was built to remember the soldiers and others who died during World War I and all armed conflicts and peacekeeping missions since

33. Built from Tynong granite, the stately monument's design was inspired by the Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus and the Parthenon in Athens. One of the benefits of the young country was their ability to use the hindsight of other cultures and countries when building monuments and if that is any indication that the Shrine of Remembrance would have such grandeur, than the architects and veterans who designed acted brilliantly.

34. Eureka Tower is a 297.3-metre skyscraper located in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne (2006). The project was designed by Melbourne architectural firm Fender Katsalidis Architects

41. John 'Jack' Simpson Kirkpatrick (6 July 1892 – 19 May 1915), who served under the name John Simpson, was a stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli Campaign in World War I

42. After landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915, he obtained a donkey and began carrying wounded British Empire soldiers from the frontline to the beach, for evacuation

43. He continued this work for three and a half weeks, often under fire, until he was killed. Simpson and his Donkey are a key part of the 'Anzac legend’

46. Melbourne Pictures: Sanda Foişoreanu DoinaGrigoraş Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu https://www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda https://ma-planete.com/michaelasanda 2011 Sound: Peter Allen - I Still Call Australia Home Ken Davis - Ocean Radiance