The Queen Victoria Market (also known as the Queen Vic Markets or simply as the Queen Vic) is a major landmark in Melbourne, Australia and at around seven hectares (17 acres) is the largest open air market in the Southern Hemisphere. The Market is significant to Melbourne's culture and heritage and has been listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. The Market is named after Queen Victoria who ruled the British Empire, from 1837 to 1901.
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The Queen Victoria Market (also known as the Queen Vic Markets or simply as the Queen Vic) is a major landmark in Melbourne, Australia and at around seven hectares (17 acres) is the largest open air market in the Southern Hemisphere. The Market is significant to Melbourne's culture and heritage and has been listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. The Market is named after Queen Victoria who ruled the British Empire, from 1837 to 1901.
The Queen Victoria Market is the only surviving 19th century Market in the Melbourne central business district. There was once three major markets in the Melbourne CBD, however two of them, the Eastern Market and Western Market, both opened before the Queen Victoria, closed in the 1960s. It also forms part of an important collection of surviving Victorian markets which includes the inner suburban Prahran Market and South Melbourne Market.
Starting as a small market to the east of the city in 1850's, it gradually expanded to space made available from...
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