Greek community of Melbourne Greek community of Melbourne The city of Melbourne, Victoria is the second-largest urban area of Australia behind Sydney. It is the capital city of the state of Victoria as well as the largest city in the state. Also, Melbourne is one of the most diverse cities in Australia and in the world. Greeks are the seventh-largest ethnic group in Australia. Moreover, Melbourne is home to one of the largest Greek diaspora communities in the world as well as being the city with the largest Greek-speaking population outside Greece. According to the 2001 Australian census, Melbourne has the largest Greek Australian
South Australia–Victoria border dispute South Australia–Victoria border dispute The border between the Australian state of South Australia and what is today the State of Victoria was established in 1836 by imperial letters patent "as the 141st degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich". In 1836 the land in what is now called Victoria was part of the colony of New South Wales, the original Victorian border was drawn between the colonies of South Australia and New South Wales. Due to human error by numerous explorers and surveyors, it took more than 75 years and a protracted legal dispute before the precise placement of the