40 years ago today (plus two days)
  David Featherstone

I meant to post this shot two days ago - but I forgot.
Good old 994 having just left the Haymarket enters Royal Parade - although
technically it is still Elizabeth St until Grattan St.
The Haymarket roundabout (once described as the rojundabout of death
before traffic lights were installed) has the name of Haymarket because, as
explained by Sally Ruljanacich at the site "Melbourne - the City Past and
Present" wrote:

"Melbourne's hay and corn sellers, supplying fodder for the city's horses,
operated from the Western Market from 1841, later moving for a period to
the St Paul's Cathedral site. The first official hay and corn market was
established within the Eastern Market in Bourke Street in 1847, with
traders sharing stalls with the other sellers at designated times during
the day, but this quickly became an acrimonious arrangement. After
petitioning the council, the hay and corn sellers were granted a site at
the corner of Sydney Road and Mount Alexander (now Flemington) Road where a
hay and corn market was erected in 1874 and ran into the late 1930s. The
Royal Dental Hospital formerly operated from the old Northern Market site
from 1963."

Class is adjourned. Cheers.

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