Queen Street Melbourne underground public toilet

Queen Street is a street in the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

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 met ...

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. The street forms part of the original

Hoddle Grid Hoddle Grid is the contemporary name given to the approximately grid of streets that form the Melbourne central business district, Australia. Bounded by Flinders Street, Spring Street, La Trobe Street, and Spencer Street, it lies at an an ...

and was laid out in 1837. It runs roughly north-south and is primarily a commercial and financial thoroughfare of the city centre. Queen Street is named for

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Geography

The northern end of Queen Street intersects with Victoria Street, while its southern end intersects with Flinders Street. Queen Street bisects the

Queen Victoria Market The Queen Victoria Market (also known colloquially as Vic Market or Queen Vic) is a major landmark in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Covering over , it is the largest open air market in the Southern Hemi ...

into the dry section and wet section.

Notable buildings

As part of the traditional financial district of Melbourne, Queen Street is home to many buildings listed on

Victorian Heritage Register The Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) lists places deemed to be of cultural heritage significance to the State of Victoria, Australia. It has statutory weight under the Heritage Act 2017. The Minister for Planning is the responsible Minister. H ...

and/or classified by the

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. These include: *

(1878) &

Old Melbourne Cemetery The Queen Victoria Market (also known colloquially as Vic Market or Queen Vic) is a major landmark in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Covering over , it is the largest open air market in the Southern Hemi ...

(1837) * John Smith's House (1852) * Former Bank of New South Wales (1860) * 203 Queen Street (1869) * Former Titles Office (1875) * Felton Building (1886) * Former ES&A (English, Scottish & Australian Bank) Building (1887) * Lombard Building (1889) * Former Safe Deposit Building (1891) * Former Records Office (1904) *

Aldersgate House Aldersgate is a Ward of the City of London, named after one of the northern gates in the London Wall which once enclosed the City. The Ward of Aldersgate is traditionally divided into Aldersgate Within and Aldersgate Without, the suffix denot ...

(1924) *

Alkira House Alkira House is a historic building in Melbourne, Australia. It is widely regarded as one of Melbourne’s most stunning examples of Art Deco architecture. Built in 1936 by architect, James Wardrop, Alkira House is located at 18 Queen Street. ...

(1937) * ACA (Australian Catholic Assurance) Building (1937) * National Trustees Executors & Agency Co (1939) * Several underground public conveniences There are also many notable high-rise office buildings along Queen Street, including: *

200 Queen Street 200 Queen Street, also known as 200Q and previously known as ACI House, is an office building in Melbourne. It is located at the north-east corner of Queen Street and Little Bourke Street. Around 130 metres in height, it has 32 full floors, p ...

(1982) * ANZ Bank Tower (1993) *

Republic Tower A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...

(299 Queen Street) *

Bank of China The Bank of China (BOC; ) is a Chinese majority state-owned commercial bank headquartered in Beijing and the fourth largest bank in the world. The Bank of China was founded in 1912 by the Republican government as China's central bank, repl ...

(270 Queen Street) *

Former Fletcher Jones Building A former is an object, such as a template, gauge or cutting die, which is used to form something such as a boat's hull. Typically, a former gives shape to a structure that may have complex curvature. A former may become an integral part of the f ...

(1873)

Gallery

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Queen Street massacre

On 8 December 1987 an armed gunman killed 8 people and injured 5 others at the Australia Post offices at 191 Queen Street. The gunman Frank Vitkovic eventually fell from a building window taking the death toll to 9. A memorial window for the victims is located at Melbourne's GPO on Elizabeth and Bourke Streets.

Geography

Notable buildings

Gallery

Queen Street massacre

References

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