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Australia’s first street named after a rock band.

AC/DC Lane · Off Flinders Lane

AC/DC Lane in Melbourne

Photo: Dushan Hanuska / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Display cropped. AC/DC Lane, named for the Australian rock band.

About this place

A turn into this small lane reveals the city’s officially named rock tribute, with changing murals around it.

The record

Comparison: Australian street names commemorating a rock band, as reported by the City of Melbourne.

The first-name claim concerns the street naming, not the age or permanence of its current street art.

Visiting

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Sources

Sources checked 23 September 2026. A publisher’s claim is attributed; it is not a complete independent survey.

  • City of Melbourne

    Explicitly calls AC/DC Lane the first Australian street named after a rock band.