Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kirkiro Majalisar Birnin Melbourne a cikin 1847, kuma ɗayan ɗayan ƙauyukan ma sun sami matsayin birni, tare da majalisun gari da magajin gari. A shekara ta 1851 Majalisar Dokoki da aka zaɓa ta jam'iyyar, wacce ke da rinjaye ta hanyar sha'awar mallaka, ta yi adawa da ra'ayin zaɓe na gama gari da kuma rawar Majalisar Dokoki. A watan Disamba na 1854 rashin jin daɗi game da tsarin lasisi a kan filayen zinariya ya haifar da tashin hankali a Eureka Stockade, daya daga cikin 'yan tawaye biyu kawai a tarihin Australiya (ɗayan kuma shine
Castle Hill ya yi tawaye a 1804).