Queen Victoria Market
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The Queen Victoria Market is a major landmark and public marketplace in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Covering over seven hectares, it is the largest open air market
Aerial photograph of Queen Victoria Market
Melbourne founder John Batman was among the early colonists buried on the current site of the market.
Built in 1868, the Meat and Fish Hall is the oldest surviving building at the market.
A panoramic view of the market, 1878
John Batman
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John Batman was an Australian grazier, entrepreneur and explorer, who had a prominent role in the founding of Melbourne. He was also involved in many attacks against Aboriginal Australians.
Queen Victoria Market
…Cemetery, which was the first British burial ground in Melbourne. Many of Melbourne's early settlers were buried there, including the founder of the city John Batman. The cemetery was officially closed to burials in 1854 but some legal and many illegal burials continued until 1917, and in 1920 it was estimated that…
Early-20th-century drawing of Batman, based on an earlier engraving
John Glover's painting Batman's Lookout, Benn Lomond (c. 1840). A neighbour and fierce critic of Batman, Glover based the title of the painting on Batman's "frequenting this spot to entrap the Natives."
A late-19th century artist's impression of Batman's Treaty being signed