Victoria Street, Melbourne

Victoria Street, Melbourne

Infobox Australian Road
road_name = Victoria Street
""'Victoria Parade"
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photo =
caption =
length = 7
direction = West-East
start = Munster Terrace and Anderson Street, West Melbourne
finish =
est = 1900s
through = North Melbourne, Carlton, Fitzroy, East Melbourne, Richmond
exits = "'Dryburgh Street
Church Street
Burnley Street

, where it becomes a divided road with a reservation down the middle.

It forms a part of the borders of several inner Melbourne suburbs, including West Melbourne, North Melbourne, Melbourne, Carlton, East Melbourne, Fitzroy, Collingwood, Richmond and Abbotsford. In addition to the Carlton Gardens, several other Melbourne landmarks are located on Victoria Street, including RMIT University, the Royal Exhibition Building, St Vincent's Hospital, Queen Victoria Market, the Eastern Hill Fire Station and the Melbourne Trades Hall. Before its relocation to Westgarth, the Valhalla Cinema was located in Victoria Street, Richmond.

Victoria Street is well served by public transport, with several tram routes running along portions of its length, including the 24, 42, 57 and 109 routes. In addition, its western end is located nearby North Melbourne railway station, and North Richmond railway station near its intersection with Hoddle Street.

The Richmond/Abbotsford stretch of Victoria Street is also one of Melbourne's better known restaurant strips, hosting many Vietnamese restaurants and grocery stores, and also to the Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre.

Other Victoria Streets

Victoria street was named during the reign of Queen Victoria, who at that time was also the ruler of Australia. Due to a mixture of her popularity and a certain patriotism about their state, many developers and local councillors named streets in their localities Victoria Street. Nearly all of Melbourne's oldest suburbs contain a Victoria Street, most of them dating from this era.


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