Dudley Street

Dudley Street
Victoria
General information
Type Street
Length 2 km (1.2 mi)
Route number(s) State Route 32
Major junctions
NE end Peel Street, West Melbourne
 
SW end Wurundjeri Way, Docklands, Victoria
Location(s)
Suburb(s) West Melbourne
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Dudley Street is a main street in the Melbourne central business district. Dudley Street is possibly named after the Governor General from 1908–11, the Second Earl of Dudley, William Humble Ward.[1]

Dudley Street begins at Docklands Boulevard, continues under the Spencer street-North Melbourne rail lines, and across Spencer Street, and ends at the intersection of Peel and William Streets in West Melbourne, Victoria. At its western end, the Depression-era slum camp known as Dudley Flats was occupied by unemployed and homeless people in the 1930s.[2]

Its most famous landmark is the concert venue, Festival Hall.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Cunneen, 'Dudley, second Earl of (1867–1932)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 16 April 2013
  2. ↑ 'Down and out in Melbourne's slums' John Masanauskas Herald Sun 21 March 2012
  3. ↑ The original Festival Hall (West Melbourne Stadium)?

Coordinates: 37°48′44″S 144°57′14″E / 37.8122°S 144.9538°E / -37.8122; 144.9538


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