Melbourne's Lost Victorian Landmarks
Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia, was an important Victorian-era city and erected "some of the world's most majestic buildings" of the era. Many grand buildings survive from the period, particularly public buildings, including the State Library of Victoria (1856), Parliament House (1856), the General Post Office (1867 and 1887), the Royal Exhibition Building (1880), and commercial buildings such as the Windsor Hotel (1884), the Block Arcade (1893), and the Rialto Building Group (1888–1891). However, many other architectural gems of Melbourne's central city from the Victorian and other periods were lost in the 1950s-70s when Melbourne, like many other cities, sought to reinvent itself as a modern metropolis. Whelan the Wrecker was by far the most successful demolition company in the period, and was responsible for almost all of these losses, but often saved items such as statuary for resale. In response to the many losses (in particular the threat of demolitio ...
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Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ...
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