The best university city in the world
It’s hard not to be in awe of a city that was founded by Batman.
John Batman, that is, who, in 1835, established the settlement upon the Yarra River that would become Melbourne.
The discovery of gold triggered the Victoria Gold Rush in 1851, and Melbourne grew into a thriving city. By the 1880s, at the peak of the gold rush, Melbourne had become the richest city in the world, exceeded in size only by London.
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