Queen Street, Melbourne

Queen Street is a street in the central business district of Melbourne, 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 city centre.

Queen Street

Victoria
Queen Street circa 1890
Queen Street
Coordinates
General information
TypeStreet
Opened1837
Major junctions
North endVictoria Street
 Franklin Street
Abeckett Street
La Trobe Street
Lonsdale Street
Bourke Street
Collins Street
South endFlinders Street
Location(s)
Suburb(s)Melbourne, North Melbourne
A classic underground toilet on Queen Street

Queen Street is named for Queen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort of King William IV.[2]

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 into the dry section and wet section.[3]

Notable buildings

As part of the traditional financial district of Melbourne, Queen Street is home to many buildings listed on Victorian Heritage Register and/or classified by the National Trust of Australia. These include:

There are also many notable high-rise office buildings along Queen Street, including:

Queen Street massacre
See also: 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.[4]

A memorial window for the victims is located at Melbourne's GPO on Elizabeth and Bourke Streets.[5]

References
  1. "Melbourne city grid | Ergo". ergo.slv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. "Melbourne's Streets & Lanes" (PDF). The Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. "About - Queen Victoria Market". Queen Victoria Market. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. "Melbourne remembers Queen St massacre - Breaking News - National - Breaking News". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  5. Design, UBC Web. "Australian Post and Telecom Credit Union Victims Memorial | Monument Australia". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

See also

 Australian Roads portal

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