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An inner northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, bordered by North Melbourne to the south-west, Carlton and Carlton North to the south and east, Brunswick to the north, and Flemington to the west.
Icons include the University of Melbourne, the Royal Children's Hospital, the Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens, and Royal Park which it was named for. Elizabeth Street becomes Royal Parade in the suburb (before becoming Sydney Road and Hume Hwy, which runs to Sydney).
Melways maps 2A, 2B, 29 (bottom) and 43 (top).
