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3 unusual facts about Swanston Street


Arwon

Until two years before his death, he took part in the annual Melbourne Cup Parade down Swanston Street, held on Cup Eve (Monday).

Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria

The building of John Knox Free Presbyterian Church, Swanston Street was opened 8 May 1848 on the corner with Little Lonsdale Street and with frontage to that street.

Storey Hall

Storey Hall, located at 342–344 Swanston Street in Melbourne, Australia, is part of the RMIT City campus of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University).


1923 Victorian Police strike

Riots and looting followed as crowds poured forth from Flinders Street Station on the Friday and Saturday nights and made their way up Elizabeth and Swanston Streets, smashing shop windows, looting, and overturning trams.

Melbourne Central railway station

The station opened as Museum on 24 January 1981 after the adjacent Melbourne Museum in the State Library of Victoria complex on Swanston Street.

Melbourne University tram stop

The current stop was opened in 2005, replacing an earlier, smaller stop at roughly the same location in Swanston Street, Carlton, adjacent to the University of Melbourne.

Transport Hotel

The space enjoys immediate frontage to the busy Swanston Street as well as panoramic views encompassing both the Yarra River Princes Bridge and Flinders Street Station.

William Detmold

He moved to Australia in 1852 and established a business in 1854, based in Swanston Street and later Collins Street.


see also

Landy Field, Geelong

John Landy Field Recreation Reserve is situated at the corner of Swanston Street and Barwon Terrace, South Geelong and was formerly known as Riverside Reserve.

Princes Bridge

Lieutenant-Governor Charles La Trobe favoured an Elizabeth Street crossing, but despite such official pressure the private company favoured the construction conditions at Swanston Street, which had become regarded as the growing town's main street.