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The Queen Victoria Market (also known colloquially as the Vic Market or Queen Vic) is a major landmark and public marketplace in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Covering over seven hectares (17 acres), it is the largest open air market in the Southern Hemisphere .
The markets were located on a 33-hectare site in Footscray Road, West Melbourne, adjacent to the Melbourne Fish Markets, the Port of Melbourne and the South Dynon railway yards and were moved to Epping in 2015. Prior to Footscray they were at the Queen Victoria Market and before that the Western Market in Collins Street which opened in 1841.
The new Eastern Market opened in 1879 but during its construction, its former fresh produce merchants moved to the expanded Queen Victoria Market and had little interest in returning. [ 17 ] In 1881, the city council leased the market to Edward Cole who operated the highly successful Coles Book Arcade nearby.
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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 is named for Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen. [2]
The Melbourne central business district (colloquially known as "the City" or "the CBD", [4] and gazetted simply as Melbourne [5]) is the city centre of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As of the 2021 census , the CBD had a population of 54,941, and is located primarily within the local government area City of Melbourne , with some parts located ...
The Eastern Market (also known as Paddys Market [1]) was one of the three markets established in central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in the 1840s.It operated from 1847 until the demolition of its buildings in 1960.
Melbourne is Australia's second-largest industrial centre. [192] ... Queen Victoria Market is the Southern Hemisphere's largest open air market.