Melburnian
A person hailing from Melbourne is a Melburnian.
The variant spelling 'Melbournian' is considered grammatically incorrect as it would make us a mel-BORN-ian instead of a mel-BURN-ian. Sometimes you'll see Melburnite, but they have no idea (sic).
State: Western Australia: Sandgroper, South Australia: Crow Eater, New South Wales: Cockroach, Queensland: Cane Toad, Northern Territory: Territorian, Tasmania: Tasmanian & Victoria: Mexican | onlyaustralia.com.au
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Melburnian (this page) historically known person
Popular (this page) media, entertainer & sport personaility
The variant spelling 'Melbournian' is considered grammatically incorrect as it would make us a mel-BORN-ian instead of a mel-BURN-ian. Sometimes you'll see Melburnite, but they have no idea (sic).
State: Western Australia: Sandgroper, South Australia: Crow Eater, New South Wales: Cockroach, Queensland: Cane Toad, Northern Territory: Territorian, Tasmania: Tasmanian & Victoria: Mexican | onlyaustralia.com.au
Also see Melburnian | Popular | Melburnian of the Year
This page explained
Melburnian (this page) historically known person
Popular (this page) media, entertainer & sport personailityAdam Lindsay Gordon
⊜ Brighton
Adam Lindsay Gordon, Australia's acclaimed national poet, remembered by Melburnians for a monument located in the Treasury Gardens (see below). Adam Lindsay Gordon was born on the 19 October 1833 a ..
Captain Moonlite: Queer Bushranger
⊜ Melbourne
Andrew George Scott (January 8, 1845 - January 20, 1880) was a famous Australian bushranger, known as Captain Moonlite, sometimes spelt "Moonlight". Captain Moonlite is today an Australian folk fi ..
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch
⊜ Langwarrin
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch is a remarkable woman and will always remain our greatest Melburnian. She was born Elisabeth Joy Greene on February 8, 1909 in Armadale, educated at St Catherine's School in ..
Ernest Edward 'Weary' Dunlop (Sir)
⊜ 387-389 Sydney Rd Brunswick
Sir Ernest Edward 'Weary' Dunlop is one of the extraordinary figures in Australia's history. His name and deeds are associated with compassion, courage, steadfastness and hope. Weary Dunlop, soldi ..
George James Coles (Sir)
⊜ Melbourne
George James Coles (G. J. Coles) businessman and philanthropist, was born on 28 March 1885 at Jung Jung, near Murtoa, Victoria. George James Coles | 28 March 1885 - 4 December 1977, was the second ..
Harold Holt
⊜ Melbourne
Harold Edward Holt CH was Australia's 17th Prime Minister whose term dramatically ended in December 1967 when he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea. 5 August 1908 - presumed d ..
John Batman
⊜ Pleasant Hill - later Batmans Hill Melbourne
John Batman was born in Parramatta New South Wales on 21 January 1801. His parents, William and Mary Bat(e)man arrived in Sydney aboard the convict ship Ganges on 2 June 1797. William was transpor ..
John Cade (Dr)
⊜ Melbourne
John Cade was born in Murtoa was a phsychiatrist credited with discovering the effects of lithium carbonate as a mood stabilizer in the treatment of bipolar disorder Dr John Frederick Joseph Cade ( ..
John Pascoe Fawkner
⊜ Melbourne
John Pascoe Fawkner (20 October 1792 - 4 September 1869) was a pioneer, businessman and politician and self proclaimed founder of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In April 1835, John Pascoe Fawkner ..
Macpherson Robertson (Sir)
⊜ Fitzroy
'Mac' Robertson was without a doubt, the greatest entrepreneur and philanthropist in contemporary Australian History. Sir Macpherson Robertson was the founder of confectionery company MacRobertson ..
Mary MacKillop
⊜ Brunswick St Fitzroy
Mary MacKillop: Australia's first canonised saint was born in Brunswick St Fitzroy, a suburb of Melbourne on 15 January 1842. Mary MacKillop (15 January 1842 - 8 August 1909) now known as Saint ..
Melburnian of the Year 2020 | Doug Hilton
⊜ Melbourne
2020 Melburnian of the Year Professor Douglas Hilton AO FAA FTSE FAHMS Under Professor Hilton's leadership scientists at Australia's oldest medical research centre have pioneered promising disc ..
Melburnians - List of...
⊜ Melbourne
The following is a List of notable Melburnians who come from or who have significant associations with Melbourne, Australia: A person from Melbourne is a Melburnian, or the variant spelling 'Melbou ..
Mr Melbourne
⊜ Melbourne
A reader posed an interesting question: is there a "Mr Melbourne"? In our view, Mr Melbourne would be a Melburnian (born here), passionate and knowledgeable about the city of Melbourne. While h ..
Ned Kelly | Bushranger
⊜ Melbourne
The infamous Edward "Ned"Kelly was born near Melbourne in January 1855 and hanged at the Melbourne gaol on 11 November 1880. Ned Kelly and his gang are Australia's most famous bushrangers, pursued ..
Nobel Prize Winners | Victorian
⊜ Nobel Prize Winners | Melburnian Melbourne
The State of Victoria boasts two Nobel Prize Winners, Frank Macfarlane Burnet and Sir John Carew Eccles. The Nobel Prizes are awards in Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physiology or Medicine ..
Reginald Myles Ansett (Sir)
⊜ Corner Ballarat Road and Riley Street Hamilton
Sir Reginald Myles Ansett was an Australian businessman and aviator; best known for founding Ansett Airlines one of Australia's two leading domestic airlines between 1957 and 2001. He born in Ingl ..
Robert Hoddle
⊜ 0
Victoria's First Surveyor General, Robert Hoddle was born on 20 April 1794 in Westminster, London, a son of a clerk of the Bank of England. In 1812 he became a cadet-surveyor in the army and for n ..
Sidney Myer - Simcha Myer Baevski
⊜ Melbourne
Simcha Myer (Sidney) Baevski (1878-1934), merchant and philanthropist, was born on 8 February 1878 at Krichev in the Russian province of Mogilev, within the Pale of Settlement, youngest of eleven chil ..
William Barak
⊜ Croydon
William Barak was the last traditional ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri-willam clan. He was an influential spokesman for Aboriginal social justice and Wurundjeri cultural lore. Barak c. 1824 - 15 Augu ..
William Buckley
⊜ Sorrento
William Buckley (1776 - 1856) known as the 'Wild White Man' was an English convict who was transported to Australia, escaped, was given up for dead and lived in an Aboriginal community for many years. ..
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