A young girl has been taken to hospital following an alleged sexual assault in Melbourne.

Emergency services were called to Boundary Road near Racecourse Road in North Melbourne after a 11-year-old child was assaulted just before 2pm today.

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Police arrested a 31-year-old man in North Melbourne.

The child has been taken to hospital.