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	Flinders Street, Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Flinders Street Station, located at the intersection of Flinders Street and Swanston Streets, 1927.
		The street is home to Flinders Street Station, the central station in Melbourne's suburban rail network.
		Flinders Street is a notable street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flinders_Street,_Melbourne (327 words)

	Flinders Street Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Flinders Street Station (frequently just called Flinders Street; the context indicates whether the station or the street is being specified) is the central railway station of the suburban rail network of Melbourne, Australia.
		It is rumoured that the original plans of Flinders Street Station were actually designed for the central station of Mumbai (then Bombay), India, but were mixed up in the London office and sent to Australia instead.
		It is located on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets next to the Yarra River in the heart of the city.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flinders_Street_Station (1007 words)

	history.html
		Flinders Street Station has emerged as a symbol of Victoria's capital city and is an institution in the daily routine of nearly a quarter of a million people.
		Flinders Street was the main station owned by the Hobson's Bay Railway Company and was opened on September 12, 1854, by Lieutenant-Governor Charles Hotham.
		Flinders Street's architectural style is neo-classical, and it is built in granite and basalt, with the octagonal dome, the clock tower and pavilions linked by the facade.
	www.buslines.com.au /hillsidetrains/history.html (1678 words)

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		Flinders Street Station has become a symbol of Victoria's capital City and is a part of the daily routine for nearly a quarter of a million people a day.
		The first Flinders Street Station was officially opened on 12th September 1854 by Lieutenant-Governor Charles Hotham and was the first steam rail station in Australia.
		Flinders Street Station was named in 1837 after Captain Matthew Flinders of the Royal Navy.
	teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au /cyberfair2004/FlindersStreetStation.htm (315 words)

	Flinders Street Railway Station - Central Melbourne [C.B.D ] - Sightseeing - Only Melbourne
		Flinders street is the busiest suburban railway Station in the southern hemisphere even after the completion of the city loop railway subway with three stations in a subway and linking Spencer street to suburban train trips.
		Flinders Street Railway Station at the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets is the oldest city station in Australia, completed in 1910.
		Flinders Street Station is 'the' meeting place for Melburnians, expressed simply as "meet me under the clocks", a reference to the clocks above the main entrance.
	www.onlymelbourne.com.au /melbourne_details.php?id=774 (184 words)

	Public transport - Flinders Street Station
		Located on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets, Flinders Street Station is at the core of Melbourne's social and cultural identity.
		While Flinders Street Station remains in the ownership of the State Government (and therefore the Victorian community), the day-to-day management of the station is the responsibility of train operator
		Therefore, Flinders Street Station is undergoing a $10 million upgrade to ensure the building remains a structure of which all Victorians can be proud.
	www.doi.vic.gov.au /DOI/Internet/transport.nsf/0/AB47B5F09BEEAB39CA256C37000EE083?OpenDocument (797 words)

	Flinders Street Station
		Flinders Street Station was a four month project involving the cleaning and replacement of missing Art Nouveau painted glass panels.
	home.mira.net /~almond/comm4.html (67 words)

	Print Article: Vision required for life under the clocks
		During its lengthy decline, many have recognised that Flinders Street Station represented a great but under-used community asset.
		Not only was Flinders Street magnificently busy, but its administrative wing was used by dozens of community groups that met in its offices, which stretched the length of a city block.
		At its height, the station was used for recreation and public education, and with a little imagination and sufficient funding it could be opened to the public again.
	www.theage.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2004/01/02/1072908904854.html (497 words)

	Flinders street station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	Flinders Street Station [Building Profile - Walking Melbourne]
		FLINDERS St Station is about to get a facelift with some of the work complete before the Commonwealth Games, ensuring that long degrading cultural icon and one of the busiest railway stations in the world will not lose its prominence to the newly redeveloped Spencer Street Station.
		With the central spire reaching 79.2 metres high, the building is a prominent landmark terminating Fitzroy's Brunswick Street and creating vistas from Bourke Street and the east end of the city grid.
		It is known internationally as a leading example of the Gothic Revival style of architecture and was the largest church brought to substantial completion anywhere in the world in the 19th century.
	www.walkingmelbourne.com /building_profile.php?ID=1 (694 words)

	adonline.id.au Melbourne Buildings Flinders Street Station
		The Flinders Street Railway Station is Melbourne's most famous building, providing the 'iconic' setting for numerous tourist's photographs as well as a popular meeting place for locals.
		Flinders Street Railway station remains as Melbourne's central railway station.
		Their plans consisted of three floor plans and a roof plan covering the same area as the existing building along Flinders Street and substantial buildings along Swanston Street which were never completed (a tin roof supported by cast-iron columns covers a large plaza).
	www.adonline.id.au /buildings/flinders.php (174 words)

	A slice of history that no one wants - www.theage.com.au
		Flinders Street station is at the centre of an ownership battle with a difference - nobody seems to want it.
		Chairwoman of the council's major projects committee Cr Kate Redwood, said Flinders Street was one of Melbourne's great "people's buildings".
		He said the station was "part of Melbourne's heritage and infrastructure" and should have remained in government hands.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/12/29/1072546472139.html?from=storyrhs (652 words)

	OUR NATION'S FIRST CAPITAL - Flinders Street Station
		Flinders Street Station was another building in which offices were leased to the Commonwealth Government.
		Looking east along Flinders Street over the station, c.
		The offices of the Crown Solicitor, the Commissioner of Patents and the Registrar of Trademarks, Designs and Copyright were all located here at one time.
	www.prov.vic.gov.au /exhibs/ournation/f_fss.htm (111 words)

	Flinders Street "A" signal cabin
		The signal gantry, and indeed Flinders Street "A" cabin, are now just history, but one large mechanical signal box survives as an oasis in Melbourne- at Spencer Street No1.
		Flinders Street "A" cabin can be seen in the centre of this picture, in the vee of the junction where the two double track branches to St Kilda and Port Melbourne cross the Yarra river.
		The main line to Spencer Street is on the right, whilst the St Kilda and Port Melbourne lines curve away to the left.
	www.signalbox.org /overseas/australia/flindersstreeta.htm (375 words)

	iN-PUBLiC.com Jesse Marlow Flinders Street Station
		After almost a century, Melbournians continue to embrace Flinders Street Station in all its shabby glory, bustling through its grand façade, rendezvousing under its iconic clocks, hurrying past subway tiles marked "Do not spit", busking in its subterranean tunnels.
		The series captures the many faces of Flinders Street and those of its pilgrims and laggards: pierced neo punks, pert adolescents, sweet faced older ladies, behatted gents from gentler times, businessmen and women drained by the day's contests.
		"Flinders Street Staion provided me with the perfect stage to express the essence of what photography means to me; people, place and the moment…"
	www.in-public.com /site/jessemarlow/flinders_street_station/index.php (101 words)

	Definition of william flinders petrie
		3:...Victoria's [[Immigration Museum]], is situated on Flinders Street.
		1: '''Petrie station''' is a [[railway station]] on the [[Cabo...
		It is somewhat unique as the Flinders Medical Centre was built on land adjacent to the...
	www.wordiq.com /search/william+flinders+petrie.html (618 words)

	Flinders Street Station Panorama
		The intersection of Flinders Street and Swanston Street, complete with trams including the free City Circle tram (the brown one on Flinders Street), and both old and new trams.
	www.path.unimelb.edu.au /~bernardk/victoria/virtual/flinders.html (69 words)

	Connex Melbourne - News and Information
		Aspects of the works have been fast tracked to ensure Flinders Street Station is looking its best for the M2006 Commonwealth Games.
		The State Government is investing $10 million to breathe new life into Flinders Street Station.
		With $13.5 million already invested to strengthen the station concourse, the additional funding will allow works to extend to improving the station’s internal facilities and visual appeal.
	www.connexmelbourne.com.au /news_connex/index_full.asp?thm=2&evn=262 (686 words)

	Moja Australia: SPACERUJĄC PO MELBOURNE (3)
		Przed rokiem 1854, gdy Flinders Street Station jeszcze nie istniała, cały ten obszar porośnięty był wysoką trawą, pośród której wydeptywali scieżki powracajacy z udanych zwykle połowów wędkarze taszczący taaaakie ryby - najczęsciej okonie i leszcze.
		Przy ulicy Flindersa znajdują się dwie stacje kolejowe Flinders Street Station i Princes Bridge Station oraz olbrzymich rozmiarów stacja rozrzędowa czy przetaczalnia wagonów, jak kto woli.
		Trzeba również z naciskiem podkreslić, iż właśnie Flinders Street uwazać można za najstarszą ulicę miasta, jako że w tym rejonie koncentrowało się życie dzisiejszej metropolii w starodawnych, przyjmujac oczywiście australijskie kryteria, czasach.
	www.australink.pl /magda/archives/000408.html (1040 words)

	PTUA: News - New Years Eve shambles
		I then spotted several route 19 and 59 services - all were all at crush load after leaving Flinders Street with dozens left behind to wait 20 minutes for the nrest service - and no one at subsequent city stops would be able to get on.
		The train already had passengers on board from Spencer Street Station, but filled up immediately (literally) with hundreds and hundreds left behind clearly wanting to board the train.
		No maps or timetables at the stops, and it seems no one bothered to clear parking from the street so buses were actually blocking the traffic lane.
	www.ptua.org.au /news/2003/nye (1062 words)

	Walking bridge and Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, Australia
		Flinders Street Station (in the background, flanking the Yarra River) is one of the most recognizable structures in the city of Melbourne, Australia.
		Walking bridge and Flinders Street Station, Melbourne (AU629)
		When I return some day, the sight of the station is what will let me know I've come back to my second home.
	www.nicholsonprints.com /PhotoPages/AU629.htm (80 words)

	Public transport - City Loop 25th Anniversary
		The new viaduct between Flinders Street Station and Spencer Street Station was opened.
		Today, the Loop provides customers with a choice of five stations around the central business district and avoids operational problems associated with trains having to reverse direction at Flinders Street Station.
		Tuesday 24 January 2006 marked the 25th anniversary of the opening of Museum Station (now Melbourne Central Station) and 2005 was the 20th anniversary of the completion of the City Loop.
	www.taxi.vic.gov.au /DOI/Internet/transport.nsf/AllDocs/74164766E0CEAF95CA25700500122952?OpenDocument (1282 words)

	The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia - Visiting
		Enter at the corner of Flinders Street and Russell Street, on the Russell Street extension.
		The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia is located on the corner of Russell Street extension and Flinders Street, Melbourne.
		Flinders Street trams (48, 70, 75, City Circle) travel directly past NGV Australia.
	www.ngv.vic.gov.au /ngvaustralia/location.html (130 words)

	Empires, Ruins + Networks - Location
		ACMI is located at Federation Square, directly opposite Flinders Street Station in the heart of Melbourne's central business district.
		In the heart of the business district, this superbly appointed hotel fronts onto Flinders Street, just across the road from the historic Flinders Street Railway Station and a short stroll from Federation Square.
		Honkytonks is an unusual, vibrant and stylishly arty nightclub situated in a warehouse that overlooks Flinders Street.
	www.acmi.net.au /empires/location.htm (991 words)

	Main attractions and sights in Melbourne, Australia
		Flinders Street Station, apart from being the hub of Melbourne's transport system, is one of the city's great landmarks and icons.
		Opened in 1884, the station dominates the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets.
		The steps under the station's famous domed clock tower has long been the most popular meeting place for Melbourneans coming into the city.
	www.melbourne.com.au /flinders.htm (84 words)

	Media Release: FOLLOW THE SIGNS FOR AN EASIER RIDE AT FLINDERS ST STATION
		Mr Batchelor said the introduction of new Metlink signage at Flinders Street Station would make it easier for passengers to navigate their way around the station, as well as transfer from one mode of transport to another.
		Electronic displays will also be installed at major platform entry points and other central locations around Flinders Street station.
		For collectors of public transport memorabilia, Metlink will auction 10 Flinders Street Station platform signs on Ebay with the proceeds going to not-for-profit organisation Whitelion.
	www.dpc.vic.gov.au /domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/b0222c68d27626e2ca256c8c001a3d2d/5ca4a9b1227f7647ca256f1f00003cee?OpenDocument (405 words)

	Re: Flinders Street Station
		Johann Fan wrote: > Hi all, > > I was just going thru Flinders street today and saw they were ripping > down > all the TV monitors from the inside of the dome...
		The big new display > board > on the other side of the barriers will be good once I get used to > it...
	www.railpage.org.au /ausrail/98may/msg00693.html (133 words)

	Melbourne, Australia (MEL): January 14 - 17, 2001
		Flinders Street Station as we walked to the train station for the train to the Open.
		The actual bus station is behind the photogrpaher (Kerwin).
		A close up of the station at night.
	www.cruisinaltitude.com /cities/mel_australia20010114.htm (186 words)

	Melbourne : Planning a Trip : Neighborhoods in Brief Frommers.com
		The gateway to the city is the brown Flinders Street Station, with its dome and clock tower, flanked by the stunning new Federation Square precinct.
		City Center Made up of a grid of streets north of the Yarra River, the city center is bordered by Flinders, Latrobe, Spring, and Spencer streets.
		Tram: 48 or 75 from Flinders Street to Bridge Road; 70 from Batmans Avenue at Princes Bridge to Swan Street; 109 from Bourke Street to Victoria Street.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/melbourne/0081025074.html (891 words)

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