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MELBOURNE
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Here the deep-sea mail liners are berthed beside the
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wharf with the city. The river Yarra, which runs into
Hobson’s Bay, is a winding narrow stream which has, by
means of a system of canals and by dredging, been made
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Parliament Houses
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Free Public Library
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Trades Hall
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11. Princess Theatre
12. Theatre Royal
13. St.Patrick's Cathedral
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steamers. Navigation for large vessels ends at the Falls
Bridge, but above that bridge the river is devoted to
rowing and pleasure boats. The port of Melbourne is
under the control of a Harbour Trust, established in 1877,
which has borrowed over £2,000,000 for the improvement
of the port, for constructing canals, dredging, and other¬
wise overcoming the natural disadvantages in the way of
the safe navigation of the river and port.
The city proper is built upon long undulating hills,
rising from a shallow valley, once occupied by a small but