Victoria
Victoria is state at the southeast tip of Australia. Its area is 87,884 sq. miles with population over 4 million. The capital of Victoria is Melbourne. Victoria is the smallest and chiefly farming region. The coast was discovered in 1797. It became a separate colony in 1851. After the Gold Rush many miners became farmers. The state was named after Queen Victoria.
The Great Dividing Range occupies the east and centre. The northwest is semiarid. Victoria is an agricultural region of wheat, oats, barley, hay, potatoes, fruit and vines, sheep and cattle farming and dairying. Victoria has rich resources of timber, lignite, antimony, silver, tin, and hydroelectric power. The main industries include food processing, agricultural machinery, textiles, chemicals, iron and steel.
University of Melbourne opened in 1855 and University of Monash in 1961.
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