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7Immigration
Museum
400 Flinders St. Map 1 B4.
Tel 13 11 02. £ Southern Cross
Station. v Collins St routes. Open
10am–5pm daily. Closed Good Fri,
25 Dec. & 7 ∑ museumvictoria.
com.au/immigrationmuseum
The Immigration Museum
explores the stories – some sad,
some funny, but all engaging –
of real people from all over the
world who have migrated to
Victoria. Located in the Old General Post Office’s magnificent exterior, completed in 1907
Customs House, it uses moving
images, personal and community of local pop icon Kylie Minogue. the direction of architect
memories, and memorabilia to Events such as the Summer Walter Burley Griffin (see p201).
recreate the journey and arrival Boat Show are held here, and It closed as a post office in 1993
of immigrants and to explore it is home to Etihad Stadium and is now an H&M megastore
the impact of immigration on where sports events are held containing some of the biggest
indigenous people. and a weekly Sunday market. names in international and
Australian fashion.
8Docklands 9General Post
Map 1 A4. £ Southern Cross Office
Station. v City Circle 11, 35, 48, 70, Cnr Little Bourke St Mall & Elizabeth St.
75. 4 Yarra River Shuttle. Map 1 C3. Tel (03) 9290 0200.
£ Flinders St & Melbourne Central.
The spectacular redevelopment v Bourke & Elizabeth sts routes.
of Melbourne Docklands makes Open 10am–6pm Mon–Thu & Sat,
it worth visiting for the modern 10am–8pm Fri, 11am–5pm Sun.
architecture alone. The total Closed Good Fri, 25 Dec, 1 Jan.
redevelopment area is 200 ha 7 via Little Bourke St.
(490 acres), with 3 km (2 miles)
of Yarra River frontage. The final Melbourne’s postal service
stage of the project is to be moved to this site in 1841.
completed in 2020. Docklands The present structure was
is also home to the 120-m- begun in 1859 and completed
(394-ft) tall Melbourne Star in 1907. The first and second Royal Arcade entrance
Ferris wheel, with its panoramic floors were built between
views of the skyline and bay. 1859 and 1867, with the third 0Royal Arcade
The area has a beautiful floor and clocktower added Elizabeth, Bourke & Little Collins sts.
harbour and marina, magnifi- between 1885 and 1890. This Map 1 C3. Tel (03) 9670 7777.
cent public spaces, such as has resulted in an unusual £ Flinders St. v Bourke, Elizabeth &
Harbour Esplanade, Grand Plaza combination of styles, with Collins sts routes. Open 9am–6pm
and Docklands Park, historic Doric columns on the ground Mon–Thu, 10am–8pm Fri, 9am–5pm
wharves, shops and restaurants. floor, Ionic on the second and Sat, 10am–5pm Sun.
There is also urban art (by Corinthian on the top level.
Australian artists such as Bruce The building had a post- Royal Arcade is Melbourne’s
Armstrong) and a bronze statue World War I redesign under oldest surviving arcade, with
boutiques selling everything
from antique jewellery to fine
chocolates. It is part of a
network of lanes and arcades
which sprang up to divide the
big blocks of the city grid into
smaller segments.
The original arcade, built in
1869 and designed by Charles
Webb, runs between Bourke
Street Mall and Little Collins
Street. An annexe, with an
Docklands with the Etihad Stadium and the city’s CBD in the background entrance on Elizabeth Street,
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp493–4 and pp526–9