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
Pike River, South Australia and is subject to statutory control for the purposes of “conservation and improvement of water quality” as per the requirements of the "River Murray Act 2003". The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Pike River had a population of 56 people. Pike River is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the local government area of the Renmark Paringa Council. Pike River, South Australia Pike River is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Riverland in the state’s east on the southern side