Arts Centre Melbourne Centre Melbourne is located by the Yarra River and along St Kilda Road, one of the city's main thoroughfares, and extends into the Melbourne Arts Precinct. Major companies regularly performing include Opera Australia, The Australian Ballet, the Melbourne Theatre Company, The Production Company, Victorian Opera, Bell Shakespeare, Bangarra Dance Theatre and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Arts Centre Melbourne also hosts a large number of Australian and international performances and production companies. Arts Centre Melbourne is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. Arts Centre Melbourne's site has long been associated with arts and entertainment; in the early 20th Century it was
West Melbourne, Victoria 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 Coode Island, a locality of West Melbourne, which is home to