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Added to System2025-01-02 16:48:35
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Western

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Western
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-27.6728168
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"The government kept the block between Market and William streets for the Western Market, established 1841, and the Melbourne Town Hall block on the Swanston Street corner."

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"Part of the Melbourne grid plan drawn up by Robert Hoddle in 1837, it was named after Lieutenant-Governor David Collins who had led the unsuccessful 1803 Sorrento settlement."

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"Part of the Melbourne grid plan drawn up by Robert Hoddle in 1837, it was named after Lieutenant-Governor David Collins who had led the unsuccessful 1803 Sorrento settlement."

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William streets

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"The government kept the block between Market and William streets for the Western Market, established 1841, and the Melbourne Town Hall block on the Swanston Street corner."

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Melbourne town hall

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"The government kept the block between Market and William streets for the Western Market, established 1841, and the Melbourne Town Hall block on the Swanston Street corner."

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Collins street

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"Collins Street"

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Elizabeth street

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"Most activity in the 1830s was to the west of Elizabeth Street where many of Melbourne's merchants had their offices."

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"The government kept the block between Market and William streets for the Western Market, established 1841, and the Melbourne Town Hall block on the Swanston Street corner."

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Collins streets

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"His store on the corner of Elizabeth and Collins streets was rented from Alexander Brunton, and was known variously as Brunton's or Cashmore's corner."

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Elizabeth

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"His store on the corner of Elizabeth and Collins streets was rented from Alexander Brunton, and was known variously as Brunton's or Cashmore's corner."

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"Some of the first shops established in Collins Street were draperies, haberdasheries and ironmongers."

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Elizabeth

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"In 1855 the Hall of Commerce, a precursor of the Melbourne Stock Exchange, was built between Elizabeth and Queen streets, by this time firmly established as the city's financial centre."

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Queen streets

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"The Union Bank (1842) on the south-east corner of Collins and Queen streets was the first purpose-built building."

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Collins street

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"After the discovery of gold, activity in Collins Street grew more intense."

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"Melbourne's first bank, an agency of the Derwent Banking Co. , was established on the corner of Collins and Queen streets in 1838, when storekeeper William Rucker 'opened out his books and arranged his bags of coin, and took his station behind a make-shift counter'."

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St james

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"Melbourne's first Anglican church, St James, was built in William Street between Collins and Bourke streets."

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Melbourne club

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"The Melbourne Club and the Mechanics Institute, now the Melbourne Athenaeum, were established in 1838 and 1839 respectively."

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Mechanics institute

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"The Melbourne Club and the Mechanics Institute, now the Melbourne Athenaeum, were established in 1838 and 1839 respectively."

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Melbourne athenaeum

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East end

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"Dr Godfrey Howitt was the first of many doctors and dentists who lived and worked at the east end."

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New baptist church

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Collins street

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"Collins Street was also the location for three other Melbourne institutions of great importance, the Melbourne Town Hall, the Assembly Hall and the Auditorium, which hosted much of Melbourne's musical life."

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Russell streets

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"But perhaps the street's best-known churches are Scots' Church (1874) and St Michael's (1867) , located at the north-east and north-west corners of Collins and Russell streets respectively."

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"The original Collins Street Baptist Church, designed by John Gill, opened for worship in 1845."

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"When the impressionist artists Roberts, McCubbin, Conder and Streeton had their studios at the purpose-built Grosvenor Chambers (1889) at number 9, the area was the centre of Melbourne cultural and business life."

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"'The Block' between Elizabeth and Swanston streets was the place to be seen and, when the original Georges was destroyed by a disastrous fire in 1889, the elegant Block Arcade rose in its place."

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"The Manchester Unity Building at the corner of Swanston Street was a beacon of hope during the great depression, while the new Rialto Towers is renowned for its height and simple elegance."

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"The newly formed Collins Street Defence Movement worked with the National Trust to save Collins Street's heritage, culminating in the establishment of a register of 'protected' historic buildings."

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