History of Melbourne Decade", an initiative to transition human society, economics and environment towards sustainability, was launched in the city. Melbourne has been voted the world's most liveable city for seven consecutive years by the Economist Intelligence Unit since 2010. History of Melbourne The history of Melbourne details the city's growth from a fledging settlement into a modern commercial and financial centre as Australia's second largest city. The area around Port Phillip and the Yarra valley, on which the city of Melbourne now stands, was the home of the Kulin people, an alliance of several language groups of Indigenous Australians, whose ancestors had
Hill River (Western Australia) age, Grey was appointed Governor of South Australia. The mouth of the Hill River is a popular camping destination and can be reached in a two-wheel drive vehicle. The river mouth is usually closed to the ocean by a sandbar, which opens up in periods of high river flow. Hill River (Western Australia) Hill River is a river in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The headwaters of the Hill River rise near Dinner Hill, approximately east of Badgingarra. It then flows in a westerly direction, crossing the Brand Highway just north of Badgingarra, passing through the Hill River Nature