Bookshops, markets, makers, vintage and specialist stores. 9 discoveries, each with sources and a clear explanation of its record.
David Jones Melbourne
The City of Melbourne describes David Jones as the world’s oldest department store still trading under its original name. The Melbourne branch makes this national brand part of a city walk.
Hill of Content
The city’s oldest-bookshop listing now points to 32 Bourke Street.
Queen Victoria Market
The city guide identifies this market as the southern hemisphere’s largest open-air market. Browse the sheds and food halls.
City Hatters
An unusually long-running shop at Flinders Street Station, with more than a century at the same location.
Truefitt & Hill Melbourne
The city identifies Truefitt & Hill as the world’s oldest barbershop and lists its Melbourne store in the Block Arcade.
The National Opal Collection
The city listing describes an adjoining museum and a showroom of fine unset opals and opal jewellery.
Wunderkammer
The city listing records a collection of fossils, minerals, taxidermy and antique scientific instruments for sale.
South Melbourne Market
The market’s own history records its nineteenth-century opening.
Prahran Market
Prahran Market’s history distinguishes its founding from the opening of its larger Commercial Road premises in 1891.