Exhibition St, looking north from Bourke St

Exhibition Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne. It runs roughly north-south, perpendicular to the Yarra River. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 654 KB) Summary Author: Rhys McCaig Source: Taken with personal digital camera Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 654 KB) Summary Author: Rhys McCaig Source: Taken with personal digital camera Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License... Bourke Street Mall The newly redeveloped Bourke Street Mall East Bourke Street Mall during redevelopment Bourke Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... Melbourne as seen from south-east side along the Yarra River, home of many rowers and active crew teams The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria (Australia), originally called Birrarung by the Wurundjeri people who occupied the Yarra valley prior to European settlement. ...

At its southern end it flows into Batman Avenue, at the intersection with Flinders Street. Batman Avenue links the central business district to the Monash Freeway, and the section immediately south of Flinders Street is also known as the Exhibition Street Extension. At its northern end, it flows into Rathdowne Street, which runs along the western edge of the Carlton Gardens. The street is named after the World Heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building, which is located in the Gardens. Flinders Street is a notable street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Monash Freeway is a freeway linking Melbournes CBD to its southeastern suburbs and the Gippsland region. ... Carlton Gardens south The Carlton Gardens is a World Heritage Site located on the northeastern edge of the Central Business District in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... A street name or odonym is an identifying name given to a street or road. ... Site #86: Memphis and its Necropolis, including the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). ... The Royal Exhibition Building, viewed from the west The Royal Exhbition Building, showing the fountain on the southern or Carlton Gardens side of the building The Royal Exhibition Building is located in Melbourne, Australia. ...

In 1847, the Eastern Market was opened on the corner of Exhibition Street and Bourke Street. It was the second major market in Melbourne, after the Western Market. It was intended to be Melbourne's main fresh food market, but it proved less popular than the Queen Victoria Market, and eventually became more of an amusement park. It closed in 1960. 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Bourke Street Mall The newly redeveloped Bourke Street Mall East Bourke Street Mall during redevelopment Bourke Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... A relief on the external [[fa�ade]] of the Queen Victoria Market building. ... Amusement park is the more generic term for a collection of and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a fairly large group of people. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Prior to 1898, Exhibition Street was known as Stephen Street. However after the Melbourne International Exhibition and Melbourne Centennial Exhibition were held at the Royal Exhibition Building in 1880 and 1888 respectively, the street was renamed. The name was officially changed by the Melbourne City Council on 5 December 1898. The change only applied to the portion of Stephen Street north of Collins Street. The remainder was called Collins Place, and kept that name until it became part of Exhibition Street in 1963. 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The arms of the City of Melbourne The flag of the City of Melbourne The City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Collins Street is a major street in the Melbourne Central Business District and runs from east to west. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...

Her Majesty's Theatre and Comedy Theatre are both situated on Exhibition Street.