The Royal Arcade is a historic shopping arcade in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1] Opened in 1870,[2] it connects Bourke Street Mall to Little Collins Street, with a side offshoot to Elizabeth Street. It is the oldest surviving arcade in Australia, known for its elegant light-filled interior, and the large carved mythic figures of Gog and Magog flanking the southern entry.
Along with Melbourne's other Victorian era arcade, the nearby Block Arcade, it is a tourist icon of the city, and forms part of the network of lanes and arcades in the CBD.
The arcade is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register,[1] as well as by the National Trust of Australia. It also forms part of Melbourne's Golden Mile heritage walk.[3]
- ^ a b "Royal Arcade, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H0023, Heritage Overlay HO543". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ "History". Royal Arcade Melbourne. Royal Arcade. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Melbourne's Golden Mile Heritage Trail". Tourism Victoria. Retrieved 25 July 2011.