Electoral district of South Melbourne the Saltwater River, being the commencing Point."" South Melbourne was abolished by the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858. New districts of Emerald Hill and Sandridge were created. = by-election Electoral district of South Melbourne Electoral district of South Melbourne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the British colony of Victoria (Australia). Its area was defined by the Victoria Constitution Act as: ""Bounded on the North by the Yarra Yarra River, from its Junction with the Saltwater River to Princes’ Bridge, on the East by the Road bearing Southeast to the Northern Angle of Section No. 46, St. Kilda,
West Melbourne, Victoria and retains the "Island" name, despite no longer being an island. West Melbourne, Victoria West Melbourne is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, north-west and adjacent to Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Melbourne. At the , West Melbourne had a population of 5,515. West Melbourne is bounded by Victoria Street and the Sunbury/Werribee railway lines in the north, Footscray Road, the Moonee Ponds Creek; and by La Trobe Street in the south. Peel Street and the Flagstaff Gardens help form the eastern boundary, with the western boundary defined by the Maribyrnong River and