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Melbourne's Tiruvitankur connection

The city of Melbourne in Australia has a suburb named Travancore (anglicisation of Tiruvitāṅkūr) whose streets are also Indian-themed with names such as Lucknow St., Baroda St., Madura St., and Mangalore St.

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The place was named Travancore as the estate's owner, a horse breeder named Henry Madden, exported horses to India and was, presumably, familiar with the country.