Opinion
Can you guess Melbourne’s smallest, poshest or smelliest suburbs? Explore our interactive map
For more than three years, Melburnians have been sharing stories in our popular series Life in the ’Burbs. Whether their suburb has bragging rights as the smallest, poshest, most diverse or smelliest, writers have been laying it bare about their corner of the city.
Today, we bring all of these articles together into a new interactive map – have fun tapping your way around Melbourne and all the suburbs featured in the series so far. See if you can find the suburb with the notorious Five Ways roundabout, the suburb that is Australia’s biggest by population (and growing), the suburbs where JB Hi-Fi and Kmart, Australia, began life, or the suburb where Mad Max and Phar Lap were filmed.
If your suburb is yet to be covered, you might be able to help. We’re looking for writers with funny, quirky and surprising stories about their suburbs. Email us a pitch at opinion@theage.com.au.
If you’d rather not guess about those suburbs, here are some of the answers:
- Melbourne’s smallest suburb
- Melbourne’s biggest and most diverse suburb
- The Five Ways roundabout
- Where JB Hi-Fi began
- Where Kmart began
- Where Mad Max and Phar Lap were filmed
Continue this investigation
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