Little Italy in Victoria, Australia (also referred to as simply Lygon Street), is a Little Italy cultural precinct of the Italian community of Melbourne. It is situated along Lygon Street in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton.[1]
According to the 2006 Australian census, Victoria has the largest Italian-Australian population in Australia (around 200,000 statewide), with much of its inner-Melbourne population recorded in the suburbs of Carlton and nearby Brunswick.[2]
Lygon Street is home to a large concentration of Italian restaurants, and is the birthplace of Melbourne's "cafe culture".[1] Because of this, Melbourne was named as a sister city to Milan, Italy in 2004.[3]
- ^ a b "Carlton - City fringe". Tourism Victoria, Government of Victoria. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ "2914.0.55.002 2006 Census Ethnic Media Package; Census Dictionary, 2006 (cat.no 2901.0)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2009. (.xls download)
- ^ "International Relations - Milan". City of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
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