Pall Mall is a major thoroughfare in the centre of

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. It is one of the main streets of the Bendigo

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and connects the

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intersection to the south-west with McCrae Street to the north-east at Howard Place, opposite Mundy Street. Pall Mall also forms a 500-metre section of the Midland Highway, one of Bendigo's main thoroughfares. Since the 1860s, Pall Mall has been regarded as "one of the most charming thoroughfares in Australia" and the collection of

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buildings in the

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architectural style, gardens and

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either side of the wide tree-lined streetscape is unparalleled in regional Victoria. Bendigo Law Courts from Rosalind Park - 20051010

Etymology

Pall Mall in Bendigo is named for Pall Mall in

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: a street known for its shops and architecturally important buildings. Like its English namesake, Pall Mall in Bendigo is also in the immediate vicinity of the

intersection. BendigoShamrockHotel

Geography

The street is around 500 metres long - only 140 metres shorter than its London namesake. It runs in a north-easterly direction from the Charing Cross intersection, across Williamson Street and

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Place, then across Bull Street and

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Place, to continue as McCrae Street. It is part of the Midland Highway, a major regional highway in Victoria. Pall Mall runs parallel to the south-eastern side of the

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and south-eastern boundaries of

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, the Queen's Gardens and the Conservatory Gardens. Bendigo post office

History

After rapid European settlement in the Bendigo Valley following the official discovery of gold on

in October 1851, "Pall Mall", together with the neighbouring "Charing Cross" junction, was planned in 1858 by the government and district surveyor Richard William Larritt, who planned the original township of "Sandhurst" in his "Plan of the Valley of Bendigo". Bendigo was officially named "Sandhurst" from 1853 to 1891. In 1861, to "retain an association with Pall Mall and Charing Cross",Cusack, Frank (1973). Bendigo: a history (p.128) there was even a proposal to give the name St James's Park to what became the adjacent

, as

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in London is also in the immediate proximity of

and Pall Mall. As Pall Mall in Bendigo was further developed from the late 1860s, the street was planned as the location for many of Bendigo's most important civic buildings and landmarks including the former

Bendigo Post Office The Bendigo Post Office is a building on Pall Mall in Bendigo, a provincial city in the Australian state of Victoria. The post office backs onto and is partly surrounded by Rosalind Park. The building was built between 1883 and 1887 by the contr ...

(now the Bendigo Visitor Centre and Post Office Gallery), the

Bendigo Law Courts The Bendigo Law Courts is a building on Pall Mall in Bendigo, a regional city in the Australian state of Victoria. The courts back onto and are partly surrounded by Rosalind Park. The building was built between 1892 and 1896 by the contractors ...

, the Bendigo Soldiers' Memorial Institute Military Museum, the

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, and the intersection with Bull Street offering a vista to the

Bendigo Town Hall The Bendigo Town Hall is an Australian town hall prominently located at the intersection of Bull Street and Hargreaves Street in Bendigo, Victoria. It is considered one of the finest Victorian-era Second Empire buildings in Australia. Early hi ...

. There is also much fine statuary along Pall Mall including statues of

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and mining entrepreneur George Lansell, the father of

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20190818 Statue of George Lansell in Bendigo

Notable 19th-century buildings

(now Visitor Centre) *

Bendigo Soldiers' Memorial Institute Military Museum
*

* Vista to

via Bull Street

References

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