Queen Street | |
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| Queen Street circa 1890 | |
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  Queen Street | |
| Coordinates | |
| General information | |
| Type | Street |
| Opened | 1837 |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |  Lily StreetNorth Melbourne, Melbourne |
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| South end |  Flinders StreetMelbourne CBD |
| Location(s) | |
| Suburb(s) | North Melbourne,Melbourne CBD |
Queen Street is a street in theMelbourne central business district,Victoria, Australia. The street forms part of the originalHoddle 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 forAdelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.[2]
The northern end of Queen Street intersects withVictoria Street, while its southern end intersects withFlinders Street. Queen Street bisects theQueen Victoria Market into the dry section and wet section.[3]
As part of the traditional financial district of Melbourne, Queen Street is home to many buildings listed onVictorian Heritage Register and/or classified by theNational Trust of Australia. These include:
There are also many notable high-rise office buildings along Queen Street, including:
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On 8 December 1987 a gunman killed eight people and injured five others at theAustralia Post offices at 191 Queen Street. The gunman Frank Vitkovic eventually fell from a building window taking the death toll to nine.[4]
A memorial window for the victims is located at theGeneral Post Office on Elizabeth and Bourke Streets.[5]
