Federation Square

Federation Square is a venue for arts, culture and public events on the edge of the central business district. It covers an area of 3.2 ha at the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets built above busy railway lines and across the road from .
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Square
  • Description: public square in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Also known as: “Fed Square”
  • Address: Swanston Street

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Melbourne Southern Cross and Australian Centre for the Moving Image.

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Melbourne's Southern Cross Station is not just the main station of , but where the entire comes together. It's at the western edge of , with plenty tram, suburban and regional connections, in addition to a coach terminal.

Museum
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ACMI, formerly the , is Australia's national museum of screen culture including film, television, videogames, digital culture and art.

Museum
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The is an art gallery that houses the part of the art collection of the . The is located at in , Victoria; while the gallery's international works are displayed at the NGV International on St Kilda Road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melbourne and Chinatown.

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is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.

Neighborhood
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is an ethnic enclave in the of , Victoria, Australia. Centred at the eastern end of Little Bourke Street, it extends between the corners of Swanston and Spring streets, and consists of numerous laneways, alleys and arcades.

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The central business district of is the city's cultural, entertainment and financial heart. Locally called the , or simply "the City", it is where most international and interstate visitors spend the bulk of their time.

Federation Square

Latitude
-37.81777° or 37° 49′ 4″ south
Longitude
144.96931° or 144° 58′ 10″ east
Open location code
4RJ65XJ9+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1098427843
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q923304
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Federation Square” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساحة الاتحاد”
  • Belarusian: “Плошча Федэрацыі, Мельбурн”
  • Belarusian: “Плошча Федэрацыі”
  • Belarusian: “Плошча Фэдэрацыі”
  • Chinese: “联邦广场”
  • Chinese: “聯邦廣場”
  • Dutch: “Federation Square”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان الاتحاد”
  • Esperanto: “Federacia Placo”
  • Esperanto: “Placo de la Federacio”
  • French: “Federation Square”
  • German: “Federation Square”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר הפדרציה”
  • Indonesian: “Federation Square”
  • Japanese: “フェデレーションスクエア”
  • Korean: “페더레이션 광장”
  • Malay: “Federation Square”
  • Marathi: “फेडरेशन स्क्वेर”
  • Portuguese: “Federation Square”
  • Russian: “Площадь Федерации”
  • Spanish: “Federation Square”
  • Ukrainian: “Площа Федерації”
  • Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Liên Bang”

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