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North Melbourne is a large inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 2 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district.
Formerly known as Hotham, it was a working-class area, and was one of the first towns in Victoria to be granted municipal status.
History:
North Melbourne's first institutions were built in the 1840s, beginning with a cattle yard. At this time, the area was not well-defined, and included Parkville and Royal Park as part of West Melbourne.
In the 1850s, a Benevolent Asylum was built between Abbotsford and Curzon Streets, coinciding with the desire to find space to accommodate the growing population from the gold rush. In 1859, the area was named Hotham borough, after the governor of Victoria, Charles Hotham. Hotham Post Office opened on 20 March 1860.
By 1861, Hotham had a population of over 7,000.
On 26 August 1887, the borough was renamed North Melbourne Town, after the completion of the imposing North Melbourne Town Hall, and the Metropolitan Meat Market.
During the 1880s, it had become a predominantly working-class area, with most of the male population employed in local industry.
In the 1890s, tram routes had entered the area as far as Abbotsford Street, walking distance from the Arden Street Oval .
In the 1930s many areas of North Melbourne, in particular the laneways, became overcrowded and defined as slums. As such, large government housing development projects were proposed, which were eventually completed in the 1960s.  Latitude: , Longitude:
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