The Queen Victoria Building is a heritage-listed late-nineteenth-century building located at 429–481 George Street in the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Designed by the architect George McRae, the Romanesque Revival building was constructed between 1893 and 1898 and is 30 metres (98 ft) wide by 190 metres (620 ft) long. The domes were built by Ritchie Brothers, a steel and metal company that also built trains, trams and farm equipment. The building fills a city block bounded by George, Market, York, and Druitt Streets. Designed as a marketplace, it was used for a variety of other purposes, underwent remodelling, and suffered decay until its restoration and return to its original use in the late twentieth century. The property is co-owned by the City of Sydney and Link REIT, and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 5 March 2010.
The Queen Victoria Building, as viewed from George Street
Wood-engraving of former Sydney Markets (1850)
The Grand Central Dome is accompanied by 20 other smaller domes
The QVB's George Street facade
George Street is a street in the central business district of Sydney.
George Street, Sydney
George Street in 1855
Looking south on George Street, c. 1900
The intersection of George and King Street, November 2020