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Melbourne True or False?
Can you guess whether these statements about Melbourne are true or false?
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Last updated: September 1, 2021
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| First submitted | September 1, 2021 |
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1.
Melbourne served as Australia's first capital
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The Australian parliament sat in Melbourne until moving to Canberra in 1927
2.
Melbourne is home to the tallest building in Australia
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The tallest building in Australia is Q1 on the Gold Coast
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Melbourne has the largest tram (streetcar) network in the world
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The second-largest is St Petersburg's
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Melbourne is the world's southernmost city with a population of over one million
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5.
Melbourne was established by British colonists from New South Wales
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Melbourne was established by British colonists from Tasmania
6.
Melbourne has a higher population than the US state of Arizona
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Melbourne has a population of 5 million; Arizona has a population of 7 million
7.
The MCG is larger than any stadium in Europe
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The MCG has a capacity of over 100,000; Europe's largest stadium, Camp Nou, seats 99,354
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Melbourne is the setting of the soap opera Neighbours
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9.
It occasionally snows in Melbourne
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Snowfall is not uncommon in the outer suburbs and has been known to fall on skyscrapers in the central city
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Nearly all the teams in the Australian Football League are based in Melbourne
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Only half of AFL teams are based in Melbourne
11.
Melbourne has the largest Greek-born population of any city outside Greece or Cyprus
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12.
The Melbourne Cup has the highest prize money of any horse race in Australia
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The Everest in Sydney is higher
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You can catch a ferry from Melbourne to Tasmania
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The Spirit of Tasmania sails from Port Melbourne to Devonport
14.
The Australian Open has always been held in Melbourne
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It has been held in several other cities in Australia and New Zealand
15.
The first British shots of World War I were fired in Melbourne
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On 5 August 1914 a warning shot was fired across the bows of a German merchant vessel attempting to leave Port Philip after the British declaration of war
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