City of South Melbourne National Academy of Music. The City of South Melbourne was divided into four wards, each electing three councillors: City of South Melbourne The City of South Melbourne was a local government area about south of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, on the south bank of the Yarra River. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1855 until 1994. The council area was bounded by the Yarra River to the north, Fraser and Lorne Streets to the south, the Port Phillip foreshore and Pickles Street to the west, and St Kilda Road to the east. South
South Melbourne, Victoria South Melbourne, Victoria South Melbourne is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 2 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District (CBD). It is in the local government area of the City of Port Phillip. At the 2011 Census, South Melbourne had a population of 9,317. Historically known as Emerald Hill, it was one of the first of Melbourne's suburbs to adopt full municipal status and is one of Melbourne's oldest suburban areas, notable for its well preserved Victorian era streetscapes. Before European settlement, the area now called South Melbourne featured a single hill (where the Town Hall now stands) surrounded