Melbourne's walks
City · Melbourne
Lost Melbourne
The buildings that are no longer there — and the ones that replaced them.
An unexpectedly emotional walk. The Federal Coffee Palace. Cole's Book Arcade on Bourke Street — two million books, mirrors, a brass band and a live monkey, gone by 1929. The original Queen Victoria Hospital. The demolished theatres of Bourke Street. The grand hotels lost to the wrecking ball in the 1960s and '70s. We stand on the exact corners and tell you what used to soar there — and what we got instead.
How long have you got?
75
minutes
30 min2.3 hr
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