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One of the many open-air sheds that comprise the market's central hub. The Queen Victoria Market survives today as the largest and most intact of Melbourne's great nineteenth century markets. [4] It is a major tourist destination in Melbourne, adding to its social and cultural significance. It is open every day of the week except Mondays and ...
The Melbourne, also known as the settlement skyline, and Yarra River The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Pre-European settlement Aboriginal Australians settled the area for at least 30,000 years. 19th century’s timeline Main article: Foundation of Melbourne A map dating to the 1880s shows the well-established suburbs of Melbourne. 1800 ...
It is home to several major attractions in Melbourne, including the many of the city's famed lanes and arcades, the distinct blend of contemporary and Victorian architecture, the Queen Victoria Market, the Melbourne Botanical Gardens, the National Gallery of Victoria, the State Library, Parliament House, and Federation Square. [7]
The La Trobe Reading Room in the State Library of Victoria. Melbourne's literary history is rich and diverse. The State Library of Victoria was the first major cultural institution to be established in Melbourne since its founding in 1854, and is one of Australia's oldest cultural institutions. The library holds more than two million books and ...
In 1840, Queen Victoria married her German cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The couple had nine children, who themselves married into various royal families, and the queen thus became known as the 'grandmother of Europe'. [20] [11] In 1861, Albert died. [19] Victoria went into mourning and withdrew from public life for ten years. [11]
The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria was celebrated on 20 and 21 June 1887 to mark the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession on 20 June 1837. It was celebrated with a Thanksgiving Service at Westminster Abbey , and a banquet to which 50 European kings and princes were invited.
The Romanesque landmark Queen Victoria Building (QVB), designed by George McRae, was completed in 1898 on the site of the old Sydney markets. Built as a monument to the popular and long reigning monarch, Queen Victoria , construction took place while the city was in severe recession and construction of the ornate structure helped employ out of ...
"The most obvious and the most distinctive feature of the History of Civilisation, during the last fifty years [1837–87], is the wonderful increase of industrial production by the application of machinery, the improvement of old technical processes and the invention of new ones, accompanied by an even more remarkable development of old and new means of locomotion and intercommunication."