City of South Melbourne 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 Melbourne was first incorporated as the Emerald Hill Borough on 26 May 1855, and became a town on
Negri River (Australia) Negri River (Australia) The Negri River is a river in Australia. It flows from the Northern Territory into Western Australia, where it merges with the Ord River to become part of the Ord River catchment. It is roughly 100 kilometres long. It was named by Alexander Forrest on 2 August 1879, the same day he named the Ord River. The following is from his journal. We started on again today, and steering N. E. and E.N.E. for about six miles, we came to a large river, very similar in character to the one we have been following down during the