Swanston Street is a major thoroughfare in the Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia. It was laid out in 1837 as part of the original Hoddle Grid. The street vertically bisects Melbourne's city centre and is famous as the world's busiest tram corridor, for its heritage buildings and as a shopping strip.
Swanston Street
Flinders Street station
The Chinatown Archway on Swanston Street
Henry Burn, Swanston Street from Princes Bridge, 1861
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.