Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 21 minutes ago
While the Queen Victoria Market is now the largest one of its type in the southern hemisphere, Melbourne used to have many others in and around the city.
Join me in today's video as we explore the history of two of these - the Eastern Market and the Western Market.
00:00 Intro
00:48 Eastern Market
03:42 Queen Victoria Market relocation
05:01 Eastern Market Tragedy
07:25 Decline and Fall
08:57 Eastern Market Legacy
09:30 Western Market
10:58 Decline and Fall
Music: CC-BY-SA User: Migfus20 freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/560452
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MORE INFORMATION
My website: philipmallis.com
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SOURCES
philam.github.io/videonotes/lostmarkets
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
While the Queen Victoria Market is now the largest one of its type in the southern hemisphere, Melbourne used to have many others in and around the city.
Join me in today's video as we explore the history of two of these - the Eastern Market and the Western Market.
00:00 Intro
00:48 Eastern Market
03:42 Queen Victoria Market relocation
05:01 Eastern Market Tragedy
07:25 Decline and Fall
08:57 Eastern Market Legacy
09:30 Western Market
10:58 Decline and Fall
Music: CC-BY-SA User: Migfus20 freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/560452
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MORE INFORMATION
My website: philipmallis.com
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SOURCES
philam.github.io/videonotes/lostmarkets
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
