Fountain Gate Shopping Centre is a large regional shopping centre in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Built in the 1970s, it was purchased by The Westfield Group in the 1990s and redeveloped into a much larger complex. The centre hosts a variety of major chains including Kmart, Coles, Safeway, BiLo, Big W, Target and Aldi. 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. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The Westfield Group ASX: WDC is an Australian-owned company that owns shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... Kmart Australia is a discount department store chain, roughly equivalent to Wal-Mart stores in the United States. ... Coles Supermarkets are an Australian supermarket chain owned by Coles Myer. ... Woolworths Limited, or Woolies (as it is colloquially known) is a large Australian retail corporation. ... BI-LO is the name of three separate supermarket/grocery store chains. ... Big W is a chain of Australian-based, discount retail outlets, selling items ranging from clothing, healthcare accessories and toys, amongst many other categories. ... // Target Australia is an Australian department store with over 250 stores across Australia. ... Aldi Nord logo Aldi Süd logo Aldi is an international hard discount supermarket chain based in Germany. ...

One of the major drawcards of the centre is the entertainment precinct known as The Street. This precinct features a number of entertainment stores, book stores, cafes and a Village Cinemas. Village Roadshow is an Australian media company with interests in cinema, theme parks, film production and distribution. ...

The centre has plans for further future development, including cinema extensions, the construction of more specialty stores and a David Jones. David Jones Limited is an Australian retailing company. ...

Fountain Gate is often referenced as the favourite shopping centre of the main characters of the ABC-TV sitcom Kath & Kim, although the shopping scenes in the series are actually filmed at Southland Shopping Centre in Cheltenham. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australias national non-commercial public broadcaster. ... Jane Turner and Gina Riley as Kath & Kim Kath & Kim is a satirical Australian television series shown on the ABC network. ... Southland Shopping Centre, also known as Westfield Southland, is located in the southern suburb of Cheltenham, approximately 20 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD Southland was on of Melbourne’s premier shopping centres at the time of its opening in 1968. ... Cheltenham is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

External links

• Fountain Gate Shopping Centre website