Victoria succesfully combines heritage, nature, arts, architecture and class. It has a variety of landscapes from the dry outback, to snowy mountains and lush forests to an ispiring coastline. Victoria has some of the most colourful and eventful history in Australia. Victoria is also the home to many of the World's great wines, and most famous surfing beaches.
Victoria is Australia's most densely populated state, with almost 75% of Victorians living in Melbourne, the state capital and largest city.
It's capital Melbourne is rich in arts and culture, alive with entertainment, while peaceful and enchanting. For most of it's history it has been the sport capital of Australia attracting many high profile events.
In 1851 gold was discovered near Ballarat and at Bendigo. Discoveries then occurred across Victoria, triggering one of the largest gold rushes the world has ever seen. As a result of the gold rush, Melbourne had by then become the financial centre of Australia and New Zealand. Despite being the historic centre of Australia's gold rush, Victoria today contributes a mere 1% of national gold production.
