Queen Street, Melbourne
Queen Street is a street in the Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia. The street forms part of the original Hoddle Grid and was laid out in 1837.[1] It runs roughly north-south and is primarily a commercial and financial thoroughfare of the central business district.
Queen Street | |
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| Queen Street circa 1890 | |
Queen Street | |
| Coordinates | |
| General information | |
| Type | Street |
| Opened | 1837 |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Victoria Street North Melbourne |
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| South end | Flinders Street Melbourne CBD |
| Location(s) | |
| Suburb(s) | North Melbourne, Melbourne CBD |
Queen Street is named for Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.[2]
Geography edit
The northern end of Queen Street intersects with Victoria Street, while its southern end intersects with Flinders Street. Queen Street bisects the Queen Victoria Market into the dry section and wet section.[3]
Notable buildings edit
As part of the traditional financial district of Melbourne, Queen Street is home to many buildings listed on Victorian Heritage Register and/or classified by the National Trust of Australia. These include:
- Queen Victoria Market (1878) & Old Melbourne Cemetery (1837)
- John Smith's House (1852)
- Former Bank of New South Wales (1860)
- 203 Queen Street (1869)
- Former Titles Office (1875)
- Felton Building (1886)
- Former ES&A (English, Scottish & Australian Bank) Building (1887)
- Lombard Building (1889)
- Former Safe Deposit Building (1891)
- Former Records Office (1904)
- Aldersgate House (1924)
- Alkira House (1937)
- ACA (Australian Catholic Assurance) Building (1937)
- National Trustees Executors & Agency Co (1939)
- Several underground public conveniences
There are also many notable high-rise office buildings along Queen Street, including:
- 200 Queen Street (1982)
- ANZ Bank Tower (1993)
- Republic Tower (299 Queen Street)
- Bank of China (270 Queen Street)
- Former Fletcher Jones Building (1873)
Architecture edit
- The Oriental Bank, pictured here in the 1870s, was located on the south-west corner of Queen Street and Flinders Lane, circa 1870s. The bank went out of business in around 1884 and was demolished shortly afterwards.
- Former Records Office
- A. C. Goode House
- Lombard Building
- Melbourne Safe Deposit Building
Queen Street massacre edit
On 8 December 1987 an armed gunman killed eight people and injured five others at the Australia Post offices at 191 Queen Street. The gunman Frank Vitkovic eventually fell from a building window taking the death toll to nine.[4]
A memorial window for the victims is located at the General Post Office on Elizabeth and Bourke Streets.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Melbourne city grid | Ergo". ergo.slv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ (PDF). Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "About - Queen Victoria Market". Queen Victoria Market. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Melbourne remembers Queen St massacre". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ Design, UBC Web. "Australian Post and Telecom Credit Union Victims Memorial | Monument Australia". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 29 January 2017.