Federation Square – Melbourne

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Federation Square is a venue for arts, culture and public events on the edge of the Melbourne central business district. It covers an area of 3.2 ha (7.9 acres) at the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets built above busy railway lines and across the road from Flinders Street station.

It incorporates major cultural institutions such as the Ian Potter Centre, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and the Koorie Heritage Trust as well as cafes and bars in a series of buildings centred around a large paved square, and a glass walled atrium.

Federation Square occupies roughly a whole urban block bounded by Swanston, Flinders, and Russell Streets and the Yarra River. The open public square is directly opposite Flinders Street station and St Paul’s Cathedral.
The layout of the precinct is designed to connect the historical central district of the city with the Yarra River and a new park Birrarung Marr.

« GENERAL INFORMATION »

Type: Public space
Area: 3.2 ha (7.9 acres)
Created: 26 October 2002
Designer: Lab Architecture Studio Bates Smart
Operated by: Fed Square Pty Ltd (State Trustees Ltd for State of Victoria)
Visitors: 8.5 million
Open: 24/7 (All year)
Public transit access: Flinders Street station

Melbourne is the capital and most-populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Its name refers to an urban agglomeration of 9,993 km2 (3,858 sq mi), comprising a metropolitan area with 31 municipalities, and is also a common name for its city centre.

The city occupies much of the coastline of Port Phillip bay and spreads into the Hinterland towards the Dandenong and Macedon ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley. It has a population of 5 million (19% of the population of Australia), and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as “Melburnians”.

Home to Indigenous Australians for over 40,000 years, the Melbourne area served as a popular meeting place for local Kulin nation clans.
Established: 30 August 1835;