List of songs about Melbourne

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The music of Australia and most particularly the rock, pop, Hip hop and indie rock music of Australia has had a long fascination with the local environment be it urban or rural. This is a list of songs which mention or are about Melbourne the capital city of Victoria, Australia, the suburbs of Melbourne and nearby locations. In 2004, an article by Michael Dwyer published in The Age discussed songs written about Melbourne. A list of twenty-five songs about Melbourne were also published. [1]

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The Sydney Morning Herald ran a concurrent article discussing songs written about Sydney at the time. Paul Kelly had four songs in each list, one of which ("From St Kilda to Kings Cross") featured in both lists. [2]

This is a dynamic list of songs and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Dwyer, Michael (28 August 2004). "Songs Of Melbourne". The Age. Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
  2. ↑ Zuel, Bernard (18 September 2004). "A Tale Of Two Cities' Ditties". Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 22 July 2006.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 "Songs About Melbourne (Unearthed Special)". JFiles. triple j, ABC. 21 June 2001. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
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  12. ↑ "Broderick Smith's Big Combo". Rate Your Music. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
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