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[[image:EEEE(after)_western_market.jpg align="left" caption="The location where the Western Market used to be"]]
= =           Where are They Now? Queen Victoria Market is Melbourne’s renowned open-air market. It is always thriving with people and bursting with character. It is also the largest market in the southern hemisphere. These are just a few reasons why the Queen Vic Market survived the test of time. But the others have not been so lucky:

The Fish Market lasted 69 years, opened in 1890 and closed in 1959. Around the time of the Melbourne Olympics, a lot of buildings were pulled down to help modernise Melbourne's image. The building was located in Flinders Street West, but then later the buisness moved to the Spencer Street Railyards. The fish market building is now the sight of a carpark which it has been for 52 years, the spencer street railyards where the fish market was located has since been refurbished to modernise the Docklands, city by the bay.

The Western Market was in the trade for 90 years, built in 1842 and was demolished in 1961, when it was replaced with the RSL clubrooms.

The Eastern Market was 81 years old, established in 1879 and bit the dust in 1960. All these markets (except Queen Vic Market of course) have been unfortunately demolished completely.