ICanberra inhlokodolobha yase-Australia, kodwa ngaphambi kokuba ikhethwe kanjalo inhlokodolobha iMelbourne. Melbourne Kwakuyinhloko-dolobha phakathi kuka-1901 no-1927 kanti eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule kwakhethwa njengedolobha elihle kakhulu emhlabeni ukuhlala kulo.
Ngaphambi kokufika kwabaseYurophu, izindawo zedolobha lamanje zazihlala izizwe ezimbili zabomdabu, kepha amaNgisi afika ngo-1803 futhi asebenzisa ingcebo yendawo ngokudla nangamanzi. Eqinisweni, bekunemizamo eminingana yokuthola isikweletu kanti eyokuqala yehlulekile.
Kuze kwaba ngo-1835 lapho umuntu owayezijabulisa waseTasmania wanamuhla ekwazile ukuthola abomdabu abathile ukuba bamnikeze umhlaba osebeni loMfula iYarra ngakho-ke kwazalwa idolobha lokuqala. Kwakuhambisana neGold Rush ngawo-50 lokho Melbourne lakhula njengetheku futhi kamuva laba isikhungo sezimboni esifundazweni saseVictoria.
e 1901 Melbourne wakhethwa njengenhlokodolobha kazwelonke ye-Federation of Australia, umbuso owawugcina kuze kube yi-1927 lapho ukwakhiwa kwedolobha elihlelelwe iCanberra kwaqedwa. Ama-80s ayengalifanele kahle idolobha, ukungasebenzi, ukuthuthela kwelinye izwe, kepha ngawo-90s kwazalwa kabusha ngenxa yemisebenzi ebalulekile kahulumeni futhi eminyakeni embalwa iMelbourne yaba idolobha elihle kakhulu emhlabeni ukuhlala ... nokuvakasha.
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