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Melbourne

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Located at the head of Port Phillip Bay on its northern and eastern shores, Victoria's capital and most populous city — Australia's second most-populous — takes its name from William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, who was the British Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when it was incorporated as a Crown settlement in 1837. To the Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung people of the Kulin Nation, it was Narrm.

Sources:

• Encyclopedia Britannica: Melbourne
• Wikipedia: Melbourne