curprev04:4704:47, 30 May 2023 Davidnicholsknowsbesttalkcontribs 29,702 bytes+3 →History: I'm uncomfortable about crediting the Tasmanians who founded Melbourne with 'foresight'. They obviously couldn't have foreseen a city of six million people, and I'm not clear what 'foresight' they demonstrated.undo
curprev04:4504:45, 30 May 2023 Davidnicholsknowsbesttalkcontribs 29,699 bytes−108 →History: the use of the term 'barely legal' is inappropriate here. Neither Melbourne nor Victoria 'broke away' from NSW; Victoria was granted status as a separate colony 16 years after the establishment of Melbourne.undo