Queen Street, Melbourne

Queen Street

Queen Street circa 1890
Map
Queen Street, Melbourne is located in Melbourne
Queen Street
Queen Street
Coordinates
General information
TypeStreet
Opened1837
Major junctions
North end Victoria Street
North Melbourne
 
South end Flinders Street
Melbourne CBD
Location(s)
Suburb(s)North Melbourne, Melbourne CBD
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A classic underground toilet on Queen Street
South-west corner of the intersection of Collins and Queen Street, Melbourne

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]

  1. ^ "Melbourne city grid | Ergo". ergo.slv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Melbourne's Streets & Lanes" (PDF). Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

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