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Swanston Street Precinct

Swanston Street, home to Melbourne’s town hall and
other major civic buildings, has always been a hub of
the city. it is an eclectic illustration of the city’s victorian
and 20th-century public architecture and exemplary of
one of the most interesting relics of Melbourne: an
ordered grid of broad, evenly measured and rectilinear
streets, lanes and arcades. this major thoroughfare
was named after captain charles Swanston, a banker,
politician and member of the Port Phillip association.
Classically inspired Storey Hall, neighbour
of the RMIT Building

The City Baths are set
in a beautiful Edwardian
building with twin cupolas
as a distinctive feature.
They have been carefully
restored to their original
1903 condition.

1 City Baths 2 RMIT Building 8

e St Paul’s Cathedral
Architect William
Butterfield designed
St Paul’s in a Gothic
Revival style in
the 1880s.

w Melbourne
Town Hall
The city’s town hall was
built in 1867, funded by
proceeds of the gold
rush (see pp58–9).
Sandstone
façade
Neo-Classical
columns

4 Melbourne Town Hall 5 St Paul’s Cathedral
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp493–4 and pp526–9