Melbourne @ Five Million strategy. Melbourne survived the financial crisis of 2007-2010 better than any other Australian city. In 2009, more new jobs were created in Melbourne than any other Australian capital – almost as many as the next two fastest growing cities, Brisbane and Perth, combined. and Melbourne's property market remained strong, resulting in historically high property prices and widespread rent increases. 2010s–2020s In February 2010, The Transition Decade, an initiative to transition human society, economics and environment towards sustainability, was launched in the city. Melbourne was voted the world's most liveable city for seven consecutive years (2011–2017) by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The COVID-19 pandemic recorded its first Australian case in Melbourne on 25 January 2020. The city was particularly impacted by the pandemic and spent significant time under COVID-19 lockdowns. The public health policies led to anti-lockdown protests and civil unrest in 2021. See also Timeline of Melbourne history History of Victoria Melbourne References Further reading Briggs, Asa. Victorian cities (1965) pp 283–320. Casey, Maie, ed. Early Melbourne Architecture: 1840 to 1888 (Melbourne, Oxford U. P, 1963) Davison, Graeme, David Dunstan, and Chris McConville. The outcasts of Melbourne: essays in social history (Allen & Unwin, 1985) Flannery, Tim, ed. The Birth of Melbourne (Text Publishing, 2010) Frost, Lionel, and Seamus O'Hanlon. "Urban history and the future of Australian cities." Australian Economic History Review 49.1 (2009): 1–18. Hall, Alan Ross. The Stock Exchange of Melbourne and the Victorian Economy 1852-1900 (Australian National University Press, 1968) Lewis, Miles Bannatyne. Melbourne: the city's history and development (City of Melbourne, 1995). Lockwood, Rupert. Ship to Shore: A History of Melbourne's Waterfront and its Union Struggles (Hale & Iremonger, 1990) Logan, William S. The gentrification of inner Melbourne: a political geography of inner city housing (Univ. of Queensland Press, 1985) Selby, Isaac. The Old Pioneers' Memorial History of Melbourne: From the Discovery of Port Phillip Down to the World War (Old Pioneers' Memorial Fund, 1924) Whitehead, Georgina. Civilising the City: A History of Melbourne's Public Gardens (State Library of Victoria, 1997) External links Local History of the city of Melbourne http://www.whitehat.com.au http://www.museum.vic.gov.au http://www.enterprize.org.au