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The '''Division of Melbourne''' is an [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Australian Electoralelectoral Divisiondivision]] in the [[states and territories of Australia|state]] of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], represented since the [[2010 Australian federal election|2010 election]] by [[Adam Bandt]], a member of the [[Australian Greens|Greens]].

The Divisiondivision was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the [[List of Australian electorates contested at every election|original 65 divisions]] to be contested at the [[1901 Australian federal election|first federal election]]. The Division of Melbourne encompasses the [[City of Melbourne]] and the suburbs of [[Abbotsford, Victoria|Abbotsford]], [[Ascot Vale, Victoria|Ascot Vale]], [[Burnley, Victoria|Burnley]], [[Carlton, Victoria|Carlton]], [[Carlton North, Victoria|Carlton North]], [[Collingwood, Victoria|Collingwood]], [[Cremorne, Victoria|Cremorne]], [[Docklands, Victoria|Docklands]], [[East Melbourne, Victoria|East Melbourne]], [[Fitzroy, Victoria|Fitzroy]], [[Fitzroy North, Victoria|Fitzroy North]], [[Flemington, Victoria|Flemington]], [[Kensington, Victoria|Kensington]], [[North Melbourne, Victoria|North Melbourne]], [[Parkville, Victoria|Parkville]], [[Princes Hill, Victoria|Princes Hill]], [[Richmond, Victoria|Richmond]], [[Travancore, Victoria|Travancore]] and [[West Melbourne, Victoria|West Melbourne]]. The area has heavy and light engineering, extensive manufacturing, commercial and retail activities (including Melbourne markets and central business district), dockyards, clothing and footwear industries, warehousing and distributing of whitegoods, building and other general goods. This capital city electorate's northern boundary is formed by Maribyrnong Road, Ormond Road, Park Street, Sydney Road and Glenlyon Road between the [[Yarra River]], [[Maribyrnong River]] and [[Merri Creek]].