Streets running South to North
Wellington Parade: probably named after the Duke of Wellington.Batman Avenue: recalls the founder of Melbourne, John Batman. He had the potential to become one of the more revered names in Australian history. He is the only native-born Australian to found a state capital city. He spoke Aboriginal languages and was one of the few people of his time to attempt to compensate Aborigines for the use of their land. In fact, had things turned out differently, Melbourne might now be known by one the names proposed early in its settlement - Batmania!
Flinders Street: recalls Matthew Flinders, navigator and lieutenant of the British Royal Navy, who performed a variety of exploratory journeys charting the Australian coastline. He was the first person to circumnavigate Australia and it was upon his suggestion that Australia adopted its name.
Mercantile Place: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Delgraves Place: Merchant pastoralist William Delgraves built a steam driven flour mill on this site in 1851.
Flinders Lane: a service lane parallel to Flinders Street.
Beaney Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Collins Street: recalls David Collins (1754-1810), who first attempted settlement of the Port Phillip District in 1803 at Sorrento. His colony, on the Mornington Peninsula, was shortlived, and within a year had moved to Ridson Cove, Tasmania (near present day Hobart).
Francis Street: Merchant politician JG Francis held the Trade & Customs portfolio in 1886 when the Government Shipping Offices were built here fronting Spencer Street.
St James Lane: recalls St James Church of England, established 1839, which was relocated from William Street to King Street, West Melbourne, in 1913.
Temple Lane: see Temple Court Place.
Roszlier Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Mitre Lane: the haunt of artists, lawyers and writers, the name recalls the high-gabled Mite Travern, licenced since 1867.
Presgrave Place: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Ulster Lane: recalls the Ulster Family Hotel on the corner of Spring and Little Collins Streets.
Little Collins Street: a service lane parallel to Collins Street.
Donaldson Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Bourke Street: recalls Major-General Sir Richard Bourke, Governor of the colony of New South Wales, 3rd December, 1831 to 5th December, 1837. Melbourne was within the boundaries of New South Wales during Bourke's tunure as Governor.
Turner Alley: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Golden Fleece Alley: recalls Russell Street's Golden Fleece Hotel.
Mornane Place: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Turnbull Alley: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Little Bourke Street: a service lane parallel to Bourke Street.
Belman Place: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Smythe Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Lonsdale Street: recalls Captain William Lonsdale (1799-1864) of the 4th Regiment Infantry who acted as police magistrate and commander of the settlement from 1st October 1835. He had arrived in Sydney in December 1831 with a detachment of troops guarding convicts in the Bussorah Merchant. During the next five years he served in Van Diemen's Land and in New South Wales. In July 1834 he was promoted captain and on 6th April 1835, while stationed at Port Macquarie, he married Martha, the youngest daughter of Benjamin Smythe, civil engineer of Launceston. During his two years in Victoria, friction developed between Lonsdale and other civil officials who disputed his right to supervise their activities. The surveyors, Robert Russell and Robert Hoddle, would not recognize that he had any authority beyond that of a police magistrate, and Lonsdale complained that a missionary to the Aboriginals, George Langhorne, was subverting his authority. He was relieved by Charles La Trobe in October 1839.
Lonsdale Lane: additional service lane to Lonsdale Street.
Drewery Alley / Drewery Lane: recalls Chemist Thomas Drewery who was elected as a City Councillor for the Gipps Ward in 1851.
Sanders Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Little Lonsdale Street: a service lane parallel to Lonsdale Street.
Flannigan Lane: Architects John Flanagan Snr and Jnr who designed the now demolished Estaern Market.
Guildford Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
McLean Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
McIntyre Alley: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
LaTrobe Street: Charles LaTrobe (1801-1875), who was appointed Superintendant of the Port Phillip District, arriving from England in September 1839. He took up the post in October 1839, replacing Capt. William Lonsdale. In his wake the colony established of a separate police force, a customs office and, perhaps most importantly, a separate Lands Office.
A'Beckett Street: named after Victoria's first chief justice Sir William A'Beckett.
Centre Place: believed to recall either a business or trader at this locality, or to refer to its position.
Howey Place: a shopping arcade formerly known as "Cole's Walk". In 1896, Edward William Cole, the developer of the famous Cole's Book Arcade, covered the lane with a glass canopy and created glass showcases along the street to attract tenants which included a Cole's wholesale bookstore, a toy department store and printing shop. Howey House, a tall art-deco building and part of the Collins Street in the 1930s once connected the lane to Collins Street via an open laneway, however Howey House was demolished in the 1980s for the construction of the Sportsgirl Centre, a modern shopping mall.
Streets running East to West
Spencer Street: Lord George John Spencer (1782-1845). He was notably Chancellor of the Exchequer the Whig government under Lord Grey from 1830 to 1834. He was also the first president of the Royal Agricultural Society (founded 1838), and a notable cattle-breeder.Godfrey Street: formed by a subdivision in the 1880s, it was probably named after a developer.
Langs Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Cosgrave Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Cleve Lane: Cleve Brothers built a bonded store in Lonsdale Street in 1854. The expanded their business to the King Street corner in 1862.
Rose Alley: recalls hay and corn merchant Alexander Rose who conducted his business from King Street premises.
Pender Alley: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Uniacke Court: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Merriman Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Elliott Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Alston Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Warner Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Nicholson Place: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
King Street: recalls either Phillip Gidley King, an early Govenor of NSW, or King William IV (right), the third son of King George III (1765-1837). In 1830, on the death of his brother George IV, William became King and was the reigning monarch when Melbourne was founded.v Highlander Lane: from Royal Highlanders Hotel in Flinders Street.
Customs House Lane: A lane which services the rear entry of Customs House, built in 1841 on a narrow block between William and Market Streets by Robert Russell in 1841.
Geddes Lane: Engineer and machinist William Geddes who operated from premises in Collins Street.
McCrackens Lane: McCracken's Collins Street brewery produced stout and ales from 1851 until it became part of Carlton & United Breweries in 1907.
Church Lane: recalls St James Church of England, established 1839, which was relocated from William Street to King Street, West Melbourne, in 1913.
Henty Lane: recalls the pastoralist Henty family who established Henty & Co., a merchant and shipping agency in Little Collins Street in 1851.
Gresham Street: formed in late 1880s, the name was first listed in 1933. Thought to recall a local business.
Ramsay Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Goldsborough Lane: A service lane to the back of the Goldsborough Mort warehouse erected on the corner of William and Bourke Streets.
Brown Alley: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Merritts Place: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Crombie Lane: the late was created in the early 1850s and was one of Melbourne's first laneways. It is believed to have been named after Lonsdale Street drapers and importers, Crombie, Clapperton & Findlay.
Guests Lane: recalls the primisesof biscuit maker, TB Guest & Co. which were located here. The lane gave side entry to its premises.
Manton Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Healeys Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Chisholm Place: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Wicklow Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Eagle Alley: an old right-of-way that became Eahle Alley in 1890, though the name applied originally to only the 'dog-leg' section.
Park Street: named because of its proximity to Flagstaff Gardens. It was created in 1877 to allow access between LaTrobe and Little lonsdale Streets.
Brights Place: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Alsops Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
William Street: recalls William IV, the third son of King George III (1765-1837). In 1830, on the death of his brother George IV, William became King. He was King when Melbourne was founded.
Market Street: The street became a boundary of the Melbourne General Markets established on the corner of William Street and Flinders Lane in 1837.
Foxton Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Tavistock Place: named as a lane in 1865, possibly after Tavistock House wshich stood in Flinders Lane.
Harper Lane: recalls merchant and Federal MP Rolbert Harper, who had a tea, coffee, spice, flour and oatmeal business in Flinders Lane from 1865.
Moylans Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Samuel Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Gurners Lane: recalls Henry Gurner, Crown Solicitor from 1841-80, who lived in William Street until 1854.
Temple Court Place: it was home of the legal profession and named for one of London's Inns of Court.
Bank Place: the Bank of Australasia built premises here facing Collins Street in 1840 on land purchased from CH Ebden. It was rebuilt in 1858 on the Queen Street corner.
Austral Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality, possibly a hotel.
Kitz Lane: Swiss born wine merchant Louis Kitz had stores in Bourke and Collins Streets, and also in Geelong.
Michaels Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Little William Street: a short service lane parallel to William Street, however it was not included in Hoddle's original plan of Melbourne.
Thomson Street: recalls Thomson & Co., brassfounders and coppersmiths, who operated in Little Bourke Street c.1880-1950.
Little Queen Street: a short service lane parallel to Queen Street, however it was not included in Hoddle's original plan of Melbourne.
St Patricks Alley: near St Patrick's Hall in Little Bourke Street. It hosted Victoria's first Legislative Council, 1851-56.
Merlin Alley: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Benjamin Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
St Johns Lane: believed to recall either a business or trader at this locality, or it being near St Johns Church.
Barry Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Sampson Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Queen Street: recalls the consort to King William IV, and Queen Adelaide. The compliment would have been more marked and the name more distinctive, if they had called it Adelaide Street, but wasn't so as to match King Street.
Bond Street: numerous import merchants established bond stores there after Melbourne was granted full Customs port status in 1840.
Commerce Way: numerous import businesses operated from premises in the vicinity.
Mill Place: believed to recall a mill at this locality.
Flinders Court: a laneway leading onto Flinders Street.
Ryrie Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Fulham Place: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Bligh Place: recalls merchants Bligh & Harbottle who traded from premises in Little Bourke Street.
Staughton Alley: pastoralist and banker Simon Staughton, who died in 1865. He was a stockholder in Flinders Lane.
Briscoe Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Collins Way: a laneway leading onto Little Collins Street.
Equitable Place: the premises of Equitable Life Assurance were built on the Collins-Elizabeth Street corner by Dame Nellie Melba's father, David Mitchell.
Penfold Place: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
McKillop Street: named in 1856, possibly after Scottish accountant and estate agent, JP McKillop, who operated his businesss activities here.
Gills Alley: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Kirk Lane: originally Kirk's Lane, recalls Kirks Horse Bazaar, a business which once operated here between Swanston and Queen Street. Kirk's was a horse and livery trading centre built in 1840 by James Bowie Kirk.
Hardware Street: Named after Hardware House in the 1920s, Hardware Lane was built on land formerly occupied by Kirk's Horse Bazaar, a horse and livery trading centre built in 1840 by James Bowie Kirk.
Platypus Alley: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Racing Club Lane: the Racing Club Hotel and the offices of the Victorian Racing Club were located nearby.
Warburton Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Rankins Lane: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Somerset Place: believed to recall a business or trader at this locality.
Crown Place: Crown Hotel, on the corner of Lonsdale and Queen Streets.
Goldie Place: recalls David Goldie, a business owner.
Niagara Lane: a laneway access to the side of the Niagara Hotel.
Whitehart Lane: was named pre-1858, possibly after the White Hart Inn that was situated here and was run by James Power.
Finlay Lane: possibly for John Finlay, road contractor, pastoralist and later St Kilda resident.