MELBURN

MELBURN (Melbourne), shahrest dar Avstraliya, markazi mamurii sht. Viktoriya. Dar sohili khal. Port-Fillip, dar rezishgohi d. Yarra voqe ast. Pas az Sidney duyumin shahri sernufusi mamlakat. Aholiash 2,7 mln naf. (bo atrofash, 1978). Uzeli rohi ohan va naqliyoti ha­voi; kalontarin bandari mamlakat.

Ba vositai bandar ba khorija galladona, ord, gusht, pashm, mevajot barovarda, az on jo fosforit, neft, qismhoi ehtiyotii avtomobil mekashonad. Dar Melburn va shahrchahoi atrofi on korkhonahoi sanoati moshinsoziyu korkardi metall (kishtisozi va tamiri kishti, avtomobilu dastgohsozi, moshinhoi kh. q., elektrotekhniki), sanoati metallurgi, khimiya va sofkorii neft, bofandagi, duzandagi, poyafzol, khurokvori mavjudand. 3-dhoi tupu samolyotsozi niz dorad. Dar nazdikii shahr angishti bur istehsol mekunand. Melburn markazi madanii mamlakat ham meboshad. Dar Melburn universitet, instituti tekhniki, Kitobkhonai Viktoriya, nigoriston, muzei tarikhi tabiat, Muzei millii Viktoriya, konservatoriya, rasadkhona, bogi botaniki va g. mavjudand. Dar Melburn soli 1956 Bozihoi 16-umi olimpii tobistona shuda guzashtand.

Shahr solhoi 30 asri 19 bunyod yofta, ba sharafi sarvaziri Britaniyai Kabir Lord Melburn hamin tavr nomida shudaast. Solhoi 1901—27 poytakhti Ittifoqi Avstraliya bud.