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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 .
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 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.
1964 Borrie Report Zoning map showing the area first described as the CBD. The Melbourne CBD does not have current official boundaries, but rather is commonly understood to be the Hoddle Grid plus the parallel streets immediately to the north, including the Queen Victoria Market, and the area between Flinders Street and the river. There are a ...
Queen Victoria Village in May 2008 QV Melbourne Night view in August 2017. QV Melbourne or just QV, is a precinct in the Melbourne CBD, Victoria, Australia.Covering the city block bounded by Lonsdale, Little Lonsdale, Swanston, and Russell Streets, and located next to the State Library of Victoria, QV comprises a large shopping centre, a central plaza, an underground food court, Melbourne city ...
The city was rated 41st within the top 50 financial cities as surveyed by the MasterCard Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index (2008), [191] second only to Sydney (12th) in Australia. Melbourne is Australia's second-largest industrial centre. [192] The Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex contributes AU$2 billion to the Victorian economy ...
Melbourne Markets; P. ... Queen Victoria Market; S. South Melbourne market; W. Western Market, Melbourne This page was last edited on 6 May 2023, at 21:41 (UTC ...
In addition to the Carlton Gardens, several other Melbourne landmarks are located on Victoria Street, including RMIT University, the Royal Exhibition Building, St Vincent's Hospital, Queen Victoria Market, the Eastern Hill Fire Station, the Victorian Trades Hall and Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre.