Melbourne (/ˈmɛlbərn/, AU i/ˈmɛlbən/) is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania. The name "Melbourne" refers to the area of urban agglomeration (as well as a census statistical division) spanning 9,900 km2 (3,800 sq mi) which comprises the broader metropolitan area, as well as being the common name for its city centre. The metropolis is located on the large natural bay of Port Phillip and expands into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon mountain ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley. Melbourne consists of 31 municipalities. It has a population of 4,347,955 as of 2013, and its inhabitants are called Melburnians.
Founded by free settlers from the British Crown colony of Van Diemen's Land on 30 August 1835, in what was then the colony of New South Wales, it was incorporated as a Crown settlement in 1837. It was named "Melbourne" by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Richard Bourke, in honour of the British Prime Minister of the day, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne. It was officially declared a city by Queen Victoria in 1847, after which it became the capital of the newly founded colony of Victoria in 1851. During the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s, it was transformed into one of the world's largest and wealthiest cities. After the federation of Australia in 1901, it served as the nation's interim seat of government until 1927.
.au is the internet country code for Australia.
The domain name was originally allocated by Jon Postel, operator of IANA to Kevin Robert Elz of Melbourne University in 1986. After an approximately five-year process in the 1990s, the Internet industry created a self-regulatory body called .au Domain Administration to operate the domain. It obtained assent from ICANN in 2001, and commenced operating a new competitive regime for domain registration on 1 July 2002. Since this new regime, any registration has to be ordered via a registrar.
Oversight of .au is by .au Domain Administration (auDA). It is a not-for-profit organisation whose membership is derived from Internet organisations, industry members and interested individuals. The organisation operates under the consent of the Australian government which has legislative power to decide the operators of electronic addressing in the country.
Policy for .au is devised by policy development panels. These panels are convened by auDA and combine public input with industry representation to derive policy.
Melbourne is a compilation album by the Models, recorded in the early 1980s and released in 2001. The album was distributed by Shock Records.
The album was compiled by dedicated Models fan, Mark Burchett (a band booking agent for Premier Artists), who compiled sixteen cuts of the Models' material before they signed with Mushroom Records, consisting of demos, studio cuts and live tracks with the assistance of Melbourne public radio station 3RRRFM. The liner notes for the album are written by Australian Rock historian Ian McFarlane.
Chess [?] it up so picture me give up
They say foolish pride blinds the eyes I can't see that
Downers haters I don't need that
I could do battle on my own I earn all my stitches
I swear I got this own
Talk to haters and I love them
But I'm comfortable in my own skin
Modern day here we [?] all black Louie V right this is the I'm so G
Some things sell them scene
Every day is a skin for the cream knowledge and well being
Only success no other options
Blow up leaves I got this
A rose that arose from conflicts
Now I got the world in my optics
[Hook:]
This world is for the the [?]
If you need something and you needed it there's no way
This world is for the [?]
Make a move gotta act on the fast of debating
I ain't [?] this the best258 gotta stay upon your [?]
Want something to go for it
Only here once need something to show for it
We grab like bottles [?] and we ride hard
No roots with this but I've seen friends die hard
Action [?] where I live [?] over cracked stacks kids kidnapped
Brought their guns put [?] that
I bet you fucked out enemies that you live that
You see the world where I [?] I need like a tourist
A lot of bullshit in this game but I'm all for it
Make my better change [?] out in the story
The world is yours what's the plan
Seat around hoping you're fallen in your head go
Whatever you picture in mind [?] apply grind the strive
Do ti now there's no better time
You gotta take this what I learned from the [?]
Blue wand white follow those rules [?]
[Hook:]
This world is for the the [?]
If you need something and you needed it there's no way
This world is for the [?]
Make a move gotta act on the fast of debating
I ain't [?] this the best258 gotta stay upon your [?]
Want something to go for it