Melburnian
Melburnian - Reference - Around Melbourne
A person hailing from Melbourne is a Melburnian.
Put simply, we are Melburnian (BURN) not Melbournian (BORN)
The term can be traced back to 1876, when the case for Melburnian over Melbournian was made in the Melbourne Grammar School publication, the Melburnian. The diphthong (ou) is not a Latin diphthong: hence, we argued this way, Melburnia would be [the] Latin form of name, and from it comes Melburnian.
Other States: Western Australia: Sandgroper, South Australia: Crow Eater, New South Wales: Cockroach, Queensland: Cane Toad, Northern Territory: Territorian, Tasmania: Tasmanian & Victoria: Mexican | onlyoz.com.au
Also see
Melburnian (this page) | Historical
Melburnian | Popular (media, entertainer & personaility)
Melburnian of the Year
Put simply, we are Melburnian (BURN) not Melbournian (BORN)
The term can be traced back to 1876, when the case for Melburnian over Melbournian was made in the Melbourne Grammar School publication, the Melburnian. The diphthong (ou) is not a Latin diphthong: hence, we argued this way, Melburnia would be [the] Latin form of name, and from it comes Melburnian.
Other States: Western Australia: Sandgroper, South Australia: Crow Eater, New South Wales: Cockroach, Queensland: Cane Toad, Northern Territory: Territorian, Tasmania: Tasmanian & Victoria: Mexican | onlyoz.com.au
Also see
Melburnian (this page) | Historical Melburnian | Popular (media, entertainer & personaility) Melburnian of the Year
--> Melbourne
MECCA founder Jo Horgan has been named 2025 Melburnian of the Year. From a single South Yarra store to stopping trams on Bourke Street, the founder of the MECCA empire has been crowned Melbourne's...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> Melbourne
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...
--> Melbourne
If there every was a "Mr Melbourne" then Ron Walker was it. Ron Walker was many things but most of all he was truly a proud passionate Melburnian making it his life's work to make Melbourne a...
--> 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...
--> Melbourne
Noel Lim has just been named Victorian of the Year for 2025! This award recognises Noel's bold, practical leadership tackling Australia's housing and justice crises. Noel's recognition shines...
--> 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...
--> Melbourne
Award-Winning Stand-Up Comedian, Television Host, Writer and Podcaster. William James Anderson was born on 31 January 1974 and grew up on a dairy farm near Heyfield, Victoria. He attended...
--> Melbourne
Keith Rupert Murdoch is a business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. Keith Rupert Murdoch was born on 11 March 1931 in Melbourne. His mother, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch is regarded our greatest...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 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,...
--> South Melbourne
14 September 1934 - 19 April 2023 Robert John (Bob) Maguire, AM RFD was an Australian Roman Catholic priest, community worker and media personality from South Melbourne. From 1973 to 2012,...
--> 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...
--> Portsea
Australia's 17th Prime Minister, Harold Holt disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea. 5 August 1908 - presumed dead 17 December 1967. Holt spent 32 years in Parliament,...
--> 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...
--> 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,...
Don't miss a thing..
Get a weekly wrap of what's on in Melbourne in our free email newsletter | T&C..
