Queen Street is a street in the Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia. The street forms part of the original Hoddle Grid and was laid out in 1837. It runs roughly north-south and is primarily a commercial and financial thoroughfare of the central business district.
Queen Street, Melbourne
A classic underground toilet on Queen Street
South-west corner of the intersection of Collins and Queen Street, Melbourne
The Oriental Bank, pictured here in the 1870s, was located on the south-west corner of Queen Street and Flinders Lane, circa 1870s. The bank went out of business in around 1884 and was demolished shortly afterwards.
Melbourne central business district
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.