The Queen Victoria Markets

Posted by Bernadette, Yolanda and Silvia

The Queen Victoria Markets located in the city on the corner of Elizabeth Street, and Victoria Street, is built over a burial ground, which is thought to have as many as 10, 000 bodies buried underneath the car park and the sheds. Both Indigenous and non Indigenous people are buried at the sight. As a group we found this information eery and also hard to fathom. The following link provides you with the history surrounding the site; http://melbournewalks.com.au/the-old-melbourne-cemetery-queen-victoria-market-tour/ We also found the following article, regarding the development of the area and the debate that surrounds it; Development Debate http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/bodies-under-queen-vic-haunt-market-revamp-20110311-1bqsp.html The photograph above is a memorial to all the people buried at the Queen Victoria Market site, which is located at the corner of Therry and Queen Street.