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A relief on the external façade of the Queen Victoria Market building.

The Queen Victoria Market is a major landmark in Melbourne, Australia. It is named after Queen Victoria who ruled the United Kingdom, including Victoria, from 1837 to 1901. Starting as a small market to the East of the city in 1857, it gradually expanded to space made available from the closure of a cemetery west of Queen Street and north of Franklin Street. The market was originally wholesale and retail fruit and vegetable, but has been retail since the wholeseale market in Footscray Road was opened in 1969. Today it is a tourist destination as well as a thriving market offering fruit and vegetables, meat, poultry and seafood, gourmet and deli foods as well as specialty delicacies. It also has a large non-food related market selling a diverse range of things such as clothes, shoes, jewellery and hand made art and crafts to name a few.

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