11 Facts About Melbourne CBD

The Melbourne CBD is located in the local government area of the City of Melbourne which includes some of inner suburbs adjoining the CBD.

Contemporary locality of Melbourne includes within its boundaries the Hoddle Grid plus the area of parallel streets just to the north up to Victoria Street including the Queen Victoria Market, but not the Flagstaff Gardens, and the area between Flinders Street and the Yarra River.

Central City is the core of Greater Melbourne CBD's metropolitan area, and is a major financial centre in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

Melbourne CBD knew that cooperation would be vital if the settlement was to continue to exist fait accompli.

Locality of Melbourne CBD is an official area, but is larger; it is the area of postcode 3000 combined with the area of postcode 3004 and both of these postcodes are known as Melbourne CBD.

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Since 1999, the Melbourne Planning Scheme has included a 'Capital City Zone' which is a much larger area, including the former CBD, minus the RMIT area, but including Southern Cross Station, much of Southbank down a line along the West Gate Freeway, Kingsway, down to Coventry Street, South Melbourne, and the north wharf area and the South Wharf area.

In 2008, Melbourne CBD was designated a "City of Literature" by UNESCO in its Creative Cities Network.

Melbourne CBD has been placed alongside New York and Berlin as one of the world's great street art meccas, and its extensive street art-laden laneways, alleys and arcades were voted by Lonely Planet readers as Australia's top cultural attraction.

Melbourne CBD is home to many small independent galleries, often in the upper floors of older buildings or down laneways, and some of the most commercial galleries in Victoria are in 'the city'.

Melbourne CBD has hosted a number of events of significance, which include: the 1901 inauguration of the Government of Australia, 1956 Summer Olympic Games, 1981 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, 1995 World Police and Fire Games, 2000 World Economic Forum, 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2015 Cricket World Cup, G20 Ministerial Meeting – among others, and the 2020 T20 World Cup.

In recent years nearly all Melbourne CBD tram stops have been rebuilt as larger all-accessibility "superstops".