Chinatown
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.Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Also known as: “Chinatown, Melbourne”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Melbourne Southern Cross and State Library of Victoria.
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.
State Library of Victoria
Library
Photo: Donaldytong, Public domain.
State Library Victoria is the state library of Victoria, Australia. Located in Melbourne, it was established in 1854 as the Melbourne Public Library, making it Australia's oldest public library and one of the first free libraries in the world.
Royal Exhibition Building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include CBD and Melbourne.
CBD
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The central business district of Melbourne is the city's cultural, entertainment and financial heart. Locally called the CBD, or simply "the City", it is where most international and interstate visitors spend the bulk of their time.
Melbourne
Photo: Scott Cresswell, CC BY 2.0.
Melbourne is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.
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.
Chinatown
Latitude
-37.81181° or 37° 48′ 43″ southLongitude
144.96763° or 144° 58′ 4″ eastOpen location code
4RJ65XQ9+73OpenStreetMap ID
way 525738401OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q2461579
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Chinatown” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “唐人街”
- Chinese: “墨尔本唐人街”
- Chinese: “墨爾本唐人街”
- Dutch: “Chinatown”
- Esperanto: “Ĉina Kvartalo”
- French: “Chinatown”
- German: “Chinatown”
- Malay: “Pekan Cina, Melbourne”
- Portuguese: “Chinatown de Melbourne”
- Russian: “Чайна-таун”
- Yue Chinese: “墨爾本唐人街”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Exford Hotel and Chinatown Cinema.
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