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Melbourne Found
Melbourne is founded by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner -
First seaport & market
1841 – First seaport and market are opened -
Melbourne is declared
Melbourne declared a city by Queen Victoria on 25 June -
Melbourne Hospital founded
1848- Melbourne Hospital is founded -
Gas Works
1852 - City's first gas works is opened -
Queen Victoria Market is founded
• 1857 – Queen Victoria market is founded -
First Reservoir water supply
1857 – First reservoir water supply (at Yan Yean Reservoir) tapped outside city limits -
City Streets first lit
1857 – City streets first lit by gas lighting -
Melbourne Cup
1861 – First Melbourne Cup -
First cable tram line
1885 – First cable tram line opens in the Melbourne cable tramway system -
Streets first lit
• 1894 – City streets first lit by electric lighting -
Sewage system
1897 – First part of the mains sewage system becomes operational -
First Australian open
1905 – First Australian Open championship -
General Post office
1907 – The General Post Office is completed -
Flinders Street Station completed
1910 – Current Flinders Street Station building is completed -
Olympic Games
1956 – The Olympic Games held in Melbourne -
First Television station
• 1956 – First television station HSV-7 -
West Gate Bridge collapses
1970 – 35 construction workers die when a span of the West Gate Bridge collapsed. -
Colour Television
1975 – Colour television introduced. -
Melbourne Dust Storm
1983 – The Melbourne dust storm -
Ash Wednesday
1983 - Ash Wednesday fires occur -
Hoddle Street Massacre
• 1987 – Hoddle Street Massacre, killing 7 and injuring 19. -
Queen St Massacre
1987 – Queen Street Massacre, killing 8 and injuring 5. -
Docklands developement
1996 – Development of the Docklands area begins -
Bolte Bridge opens
1999 – Bolte Bridge open for traffic. -
Victorian bushfires
• 2009 – Victorian bushfires around Melbourne – worst fires in the history of the city -
The University of Melbourne is founded
1853 - Melbourne University is founded
