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*abbreviated as vic*
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*”victoria” is a ‘state’ in ‘south-eastern australia’*
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(‘victoria’ is australia’s smallest mainland state and its 2nd-most-populous state (after ‘new south wales) overall, thus making it the most densely populated state overall)
(most of its population lives concentrated in the area surrounding ‘port phillip bay’, which includes the ‘metropolitan area’ of its ‘state capital’ and largest city (‘melbourne’), australia’s 2nd-largest city)
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(‘victoria’ is bordered by…)
*south*
‘bass strait
‘tasmania’
*north*
‘new south wales’
*east*
‘tasman sea’
*west*
‘south australia’
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(the area that is now known as ‘victoria’ is the home of many ‘aboriginal people groups’, including…)
(the ‘boon wurrung’)
(the ‘bratauolung’)
(the ‘djadjawurrung’)
(the ‘gunai’ / ‘kurnai’)
(the ‘gunditjmara’)
(the ‘taungurong’)
(the ‘wathaurong’)
(the ‘wurundjeri’)
(the ‘yorta yorta’)
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(there were more than ’30 aboriginal languages’ spoken in the area prior to the european settlement of ‘australia’)
(the ‘kulin nation’ is an alliance of ‘5 aboriginal nations’ which makes up much of the central part of the state)
(with ‘great britain’ having claimed the entire australian continent east of the ‘135th meridian east’ in ‘1788’, ‘victoria’ formed part of the wider colony of ‘new south wales’)
(the first european settlement in the area occurred in ‘1803’ at ‘sullivan bay’, and much of what is now ‘victoria’ was included in ‘1836’ in the ‘port phillip district’, an ‘administrative division’ of ‘new south wales’)
(named in honour of ‘queen victoria’, who signed the division’s separation from ‘new south wales’, the colony was officially established in ‘1851’ and achieved ‘self-government’ in ‘1855’)
(the ‘victorian gold rush’ in the ‘1850s’ and ‘1860s’ significantly increased both the ‘population’ and ‘wealth’ of the colony, and by the time of the ‘federation of australia’ in ‘1901’, ‘melbourne’ had become the ‘largest city’ and ‘leading financial center’ in ‘australasia’)
(‘melbourne’ served as ‘federal capital’ of ‘australia’ until the construction of ‘canberra’ in ‘1927’, with the ‘federal parliament’ meeting in melbourne’s ‘parliament house’ and all ‘principal offices’ of the ‘federal government’ being based in ‘melbourne’)
(politically, ‘victoria’ has ’37 seats’ in the ‘australian house of representatives’ and ’12 seats’ in the ‘australian senate’)
(at the ‘state level’, the ‘parliament of victoria’ consists of the ‘legislative assembly’ (the ‘lower house’) and the ‘legislative council’ (the ‘upper house’))
(the ‘labor party’ led ‘daniel andrews’ as premier has governed ‘victoria’ since ‘2014’)
(the ‘personal representative’ of the ‘queen of australia’ in the state is the ‘governor of victoria’, currently ‘linda dessau’ (in office since ‘2015’))
(‘victoria’ is divided into ’79 municipal districts’ (including ’33 cities’), although a number of ‘unincorporated areas’ still exist, which the ‘state administers’ directly)
(the economy of ‘victoria’ is ‘highly diversified’, with ‘service sectors’ including…)
*’financial’ + ‘property’ services*
*health*
*education*
*wholesale*
*retail*
*hospitality*
*manufacturing*
(these ‘service sectors’ constitute the majority of ’employment’)
(victoria’s ‘total gross state product’ (GSP) ranks 2nd in ‘australia’, although ‘victoria’ ranks 4th in terms of ‘GSP per capita’ because of its ‘limited mining activity’)
(culturally, ‘melbourne’ hosts a # of ‘museums’, ‘art galleries’, and ‘theaters’, and is also described as the ‘world’s sporting capital’)
(the ‘melbourne cricket ground’ (the largest stadium in ‘australia’ and the ‘southern hemisphere’), hosted the ‘1956 summer olympics’ and the ‘2006 commonwealth games’)
(the ground is also considered the “spiritual home” of ‘australian cricket’ and ‘australian rules football’, and hosts the ‘grand final’ of the ‘australian football league’ (‘AFL’) each year, drawing crowds of approximately ‘100,000’)
(nearby ‘melbourne park’ has hosted the ‘australian open’, one of tennis’ 4 ‘grand slam events’, annually since ‘1988’)
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(‘victoria’ has 8 public universities, with the oldest (the ‘university of melbourne’) dating from ‘1853’)
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👈👈👈☜*“THE 6 AUSTRALIAN STATES”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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