Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
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Elizabeth Street is one of the main streets in the Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid laid out in 1837. It is presumed to have been named in honour of governor Richard Bourke's wife.
Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
Elizabeth Street, looking south from the Queen Victoria Market
Melbourne's GPO is located on the corner of Elizabeth & Bourke Streets
Michaels Building corner of Elizabeth & Lonsdale Streets
Melbourne central business district
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The Melbourne central business district is the city centre and main urban area of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, centred on the Hoddle Grid, the oldest part of the city laid out in 1837, and includes its fringes. The Melbourne CBD is located mostly in the local government area of the City of Melbourne, which also includes some of inner suburbs adjoining the CBD, while a small section extends into the City of Port Phillip.
CBD of Melbourne as viewed from Eureka Tower, June 2012
Artist's impression of the signing of Batman's Treaty
John Pascoe Fawkner
Aerial view of the western end of the CBD. The far right of the image is Flinders Street station and the Yarra River.