550 Swanston St (Building 246)

550 Swanston St (Building 246) is an university building in Melbourne, Victoria which is located on Swanston Street. 550 Swanston St (Building 246) is situated nearby to Chinese Church of Christ, as well as near the apartment building Upper House, Melbourne.

Type: University building
Address: 546-552 Swanston Street, Carlton, VIC 3053
Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Melbourne Southern Cross and Royal Exhibition Building.

Melbourne Southern Cross

Photo: Xb-70, CC BY-SA 2.5.

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

Royal Exhibition Building

Photo: Diliff, CC BY 2.5.

The Royal Exhibition Building is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1879–1880 as part of the international exhibition movement, which presented over 50 exhibitions between 1851 and 1915 around the globe. Royal Exhibition Building is situated 680 metres east of 550 Swanston St (Building 246).

Melbourne Museum

Museum

Photo: Fir0002, GFDL.

The Melbourne Museum is a natural and cultural history museum located in the Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia. Located adjacent to the Royal Exhibition Building, the museum was opened in 2000 as a project of the Government of Victoria, on behalf of Museums Victoria which administers the venue. Melbourne Museum is situated 690 metres east of 550 Swanston St (Building 246).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Italy and Greek Precinct.

Little Italy

Neighborhood

Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Little Italy in Victoria, Australia, is a Little Italy cultural precinct of the Italian community of Melbourne. It is situated along Lygon Street in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton.

Greek Precinct

Neighborhood

The Greek Precinct, Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, is a Greek cultural area centred on the eastern end of Lonsdale Street in the Melbourne city centre.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the central business district of Melbourne, 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.

550 Swanston St (Building 246)

Categories: building and education
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.80385° or 37° 48′ 14″ south

Longitude

144.96386° or 144° 57′ 50″ east

Levels

Height

10 metres (33 feet)

Operator

University of Melbourne

Open location code

4RJ65XW7+FG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 209717251

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=no

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