About East Melbourne

East Melbourne is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

East Melbourne is a small area of inner Melbourne located between Richmond and the Melbourne Central Business District. Broadly, it is bounded by Spring Street, Victoria Parade, Punt Road and Brunton Avenue. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Melbourne.

Probably Melbourne's earliest suburb, the area has been affluent since first establishment, East Melbourne has some of the largest and oldest Victorian homes and terrace houses in Melbourne.

East Melbourne is home to most of Victoria's government institutions in the parliamentary precinct and Treasury Precincts as well as St Patrick's Cathedral and many of the larger medical institutions and some of the city's finest Victorian parks and gardens. The suburb is probably best known for the world famous Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) situated in the locality of Jolimont.

The parliamentary and cathedral precincts are located on a gentle hill. Jolimont railway station is at the top of a ridge which extends towards Bridge Road in Richmond, from which Jolimont slopes downwards towards the Yarra and the residential section to the north slopes gradually towards the flatter areas of Fitzroy and Collingwood.