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Little Bourke Street in the Melbourne central business district runs roughly east–west within the Hoddle Grid.It is a one-way street heading in a westward direction. The street intersects with Spencer Street at its western end and Spring Street at its eastern end. [1]
Hardware Lane. From 1857, the lane was known as Wrights Lane. In 1927 it was renamed Hardware Lane after Hardware House. [2] The lane is on land formerly occupied by Kirk's Horse Bazaar, a horse and livery trading centre built in 1840 by James Bowie Kirk, [1] and the first home of Melbourne's Tattersall's Club, [4] where wagers with the big bookmakers were settled.
The Old High Court Building is a Heritage Council of Victoria [1] and National Heritage List [2] listed building in Little Bourke Street, Melbourne. [3] The High Court of Australia sat at the building from 1928 to 1980, and it was the location of its registry from 1928 to 1973. [4]
View south down the arcade Bourke Street Mall facade The Royal Arcade is a historic shopping arcade in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria , Australia. [ 1 ] Opened in 1870, [ 2 ] it connects Bourke Street Mall to Little Collins Street , with a side offshoot to Elizabeth Street .
In order to provide power for a new system of electric street lights, the City of Melbourne built a coal fired power station on the corner of Spencer Street and Little Bourke Street, opening in 1894. [157] It was expanded and machinery upgraded many times, adding and altering buildings in 1907–8, and in the 1920s.
Chinatown (Chinese: 墨爾本華埠) is an ethnic enclave in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Centred at the eastern end of Little Bourke Street, it extends between the corners of Swanston and Spring streets, and consists of numerous laneways, alleys and arcades.
A second footbridge from levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 also connects directly to the David Jones store which occupies the property next to Myer between Bourke and Little Bourke streets. [1] A food court with approximately 30 food outlets is located on Level 3 and includes mostly independent food outlets.
Caledonian Lane is a street in the Melbourne central business district. It is a short, quiet and narrow (4 metre wide) open laneway, running between Little Bourke and Lonsdale streets. The alley has been a street artists’ favourite for years and is often referred to as the 'gaming laneway' hosting various gaming murals.