City of Yarra
The City of Yarra is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the inner eastern and northern suburbs of Melbourne. It is the second smallest LGA in the state with an area of 19.5 square kilometres, and in June 2021 it had a population of 91,543, making it the second most densely populated LGA, with around 4,695 people per square kilometre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: local government area of Victoria with 83,600 residents
- Description: local government area in Victoria, Australia
- Also known as: “Yarra”, “Yarra City”, “Yarra City Council”, and “Yarra Council”
- Neighbors: Stonnington
Places of Interest
Highlights include Melbourne Cricket Ground and Royal Exhibition Building.
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Stadium
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The Melbourne Cricket Ground, also known locally as the 'G', is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, the eleventh-largest stadium globally and the second-largest cricket stadium by capacity.
Royal Exhibition Building
The Royal Exhibition Building is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1879–1880 as part of the international exhibition movement, which presented over 50 exhibitions between 1851 and 1915 around the globe.
Melbourne Museum
Museum
The Melbourne Museum is a natural and cultural history museum located in the Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia. Located adjacent to the Royal Exhibition Building, the museum was opened in 2000 as a project of the Government of Victoria, on behalf of Museums Victoria which administers the venue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melbourne and CBD.
Melbourne
Photo: Scott Cresswell, CC BY 2.0.
Melbourne is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.
CBD
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The central business district of Melbourne is the city's cultural, entertainment and financial heart. Locally called the CBD, or simply "the City", it is where most international and interstate visitors spend the bulk of their time.
Inner east
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The inner east of Melbourne consists of a number of suburbs and localities within the Yarra municipality. Compared with glitzy Stonnington on the other side of the river, the inner eastern area is known among Melburnians as a working-class district, filled with pubs and old factories.
City of Yarra
- Location: Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“City of Yarra” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Yarra”
- Chinese: “雅拉市”
- Dutch: “Yarra City”
- French: “Ville de Yarra”
- German: “City of Yarra”
- German: “Yarra City”
- Hebrew: “העיר סיטי”
- Hebrew: “העיר של יארה”
- Hebrew: “יארה סיטי”
- Hebrew: “מועצת העיר יארה”
- Hebrew: “מועצת יארה”
- Hebrew: “עיריית יארה”
- Italian: “città di Yarra”
- Italian: “Città di Yarra”
- Japanese: “ヤラ市”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “City of Yarra”
- Norwegian: “City of Yarra”
- Persian: “شهر یارا”
- Polish: “City of Yarra”
- Russian: “Сити-оф-Ярра”
- Russian: “Ярра”
- Sardinian: “tzitade de Yarra”
- Spanish: “Ciudad de Yarra”
- Swedish: “City of Yarra”
- Swedish: “Yarra”
- Vietnamese: “Thành phố Yarra”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Victoria Park railway station, Melbourne and Collingwood railway station.
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