The Dairy Produce Hall at Queen Victoria Market is a rectangular building on Therry Street, recognizable by its distinctive roof line featuring louvers designed for natural airflow. Built in nineteen twenty-nine, the structure originally…
Queen Victoria Market Heritage
This self-guided walk leads you through the historic halls, open-air sheds, and hidden cemetery roots of the Southern Hemisphere's largest operating market.
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1. Dairy Produce Hall
2. John Batman Memorial
The John Batman memorial is a tall bluestone obelisk that stands near the edge of the Queen Victoria Market parking area. Erected by public subscription in eighteen eighty-one, the monument honors the man who led an eighteen thirty-five…
3. String Bean Alley
String Bean Alley is a pedestrian laneway lined with twenty-six colorful, repurposed shipping containers. Situated between sheds L and M at the Queen Victoria Market, these containers serve as permanent storefronts for independent artists,…
4. Shed B Stall 1-3 Victoria St
You have reached the open-air iron sheds of the Queen Victoria Market. Shed B is one of the historic structures here, easily identified by its long, low-slung roof supported by a grid of dark, riveted iron columns that stretch across the…
5. Alec Watson & Son Butchers
Alec Watson & Son Butchers is located inside the Meat and Fish Hall at the Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne. The stall is identified by its position at shop number forty-one, where rows of pork, beef, and lamb sourced from Victorian…
6. Ambiance Gifts
Ambiance Gifts is a retail shop located at five hundred nine to five hundred eleven Elizabeth Street, positioned at the edge of the historic Queen Victoria Market building. It is recognized by a collection of festive goods that remain on…