Melbourne Urban Development

History of Settlement & Urban Development - Melbourne

The area around Port Phillip, where Melbourne is now located, was the home to the indigenous Kulin people, made up of several different groups of original Australians, whose ancestors had lived in the area for an estimated 31,000 to 40,000 years. The Kulin lived by fishing, hunting and gathering, and made a good living from the rich food sources of Port Phillip and the surrounding grasslands.

John Batman, a successful farmer in northern Tasmania, desiring more grazing land, entered Port Phillip Bay on 29 May 1835 and after exploring the area decided it would be a good place for a settlement and he entered into a treaty with the Kulin to take 600,000 acres.

John Batman Attempts to

Melbourne also has the largest freeway network of all the Australian cities for private cars.

The majority of the public transport system uses the Myki ticketing system for payment of fares.

This map shows which suburbs are the most congested with traffic. The areas that have the highest congestion have the lowest amount of public transport. As the city grows it will be essential to improve the public transport networks to ensure people can move about easily and the city doesn’t become clogged with traffic jams as seen in other large cities.
Transport – Shanghai

Shanghai is China’s largest city by population and is home to more than 24 million people as of 2014 making it 5 times more populous than Melbourne.

It is a global transport hub with the world’s busiest container shipping port. It has an extensive public transport system using buses, taxis, trolleybuses, trams and a metro railway system that was developed before and after the 2010 World

The three largest service industries in the city are retail, real estate and financial services.

The Shanghai stock exchange ranks third in the world for trading volumes and trades a lot of key commodities including zinc, rubber and copper.

Shanghai has the world’s busiest sea port and it is a major contributor to the economy with raw materials entering the country and manufactured good leaving the country for export.

Shanghai is also a major industrial city and has the country’s largest steel maker, Baosteel operating there along with shipbuilders and car manufacturing.

Another area of growth is the conference sector with an increasing demand for hotel rooms for international delegates for meetings.

Religion - Melbourne

Melbourne has a very multi-cultural population due to immigration from different countries across its history. Therefore, Melbourne has a wide range of different religions represented in its population including Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Sikhism and