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[[File:Pall_mall_bendigo_in_1909.jpg|thumb|Pall Mall, Bendigo in 1909 with the Alexandra Fountain at Charing Cross in the foreground.]]
'''Pall Mall''' is a major thoroughfare in the centre of [[Bendigo]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. It is one of the main streets of the Bendigo [[central business district]] and connects the [[Charing Cross (Bendigo)|Charing Cross]] intersection to the south-west with McCrae Street to the north-east at Howard Place, opposite Mundy Street. Pall Mall also forms a 500-metre section of the [[Midland Highway, Victoria|Midland Highway]], one of Bendigo's main thoroughfares.
Since the 1860s, Pall Mall has been regarded as "one of the most charming thoroughfares in Australia"<ref>City of Bendigo (c.1931). Golden Bendigo, the Forest City of Victoria (p.2)</ref> and the collection of [[Victorian-era]] buildings in the [[Second Empire architecture|Second Empire]] architectural style, gardens and [[statuary]] either side of the wide tree-lined streetscape is unparalleled in regional Victoria.<ref>Arnold, Ken (1991). The Forest City: containing 30 views of Sandhurst around 1891 (p.1)</ref>
[[File:Bendigo Law Courts from Rosalind Park - 20051010.jpg|thumb|The Bendigo Law Courts and Pall Mall from Rosalind Park]]
==Etymology==
[[File:Sandhurst in 1884.jpg|thumb|left|Bendigo from Camp Hill in 1884. Pall Mall and the Charing Cross junction are clearly visible running from left to right at the bottom of the painting]]
Pall Mall in Bendigo is named for [[Pall Mall, London|Pall Mall]] in [[London]], [[England]]: a street known for its shops and architecturally important buildings. Like its English namesake, Pall Mall in Bendigo is also in the immediate vicinity of the [[Charing Cross (Bendigo)|Charing Cross]] intersection.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2Oz9Wn2 ''Bendigo Advertiser'' website.]</ref>
[[File:BendigoShamrockHotel.JPG|thumb|right|Shamrock Hotel on Pall Mall]]
==Geography==
[[File:Bendigo Tourist Tram.jpg|thumb|left|Tram on Pall Mall]]
The street is around 500 metres long - only 140 metres shorter than its London namesake. It runs in a north-easterly direction from the Charing Cross intersection, across Williamson Street and [[Sidney Myer]] Place, then across Bull Street and [[William Vahland]] Place, to continue as McCrae Street. It is part of the [[Midland Highway, Victoria|Midland Highway]], a major regional highway in Victoria. Pall Mall runs parallel to the south-eastern side of the [[Bendigo Creek]] and south-eastern boundaries of [[Rosalind Park]], the Queen's Gardens and the Conservatory Gardens.
[[File:Bendigo post office.jpg|thumb|left|Bendigo Post Office on Pall Mall]]
==History==
[[File:Central bendigo from botanic gardens.jpg|thumb|right|Bendigo from Camp Hill with Pall Mall running left to right in the centre of the picture]]
After rapid European settlement in the Bendigo Valley following the official discovery of gold on [[Bendigo Creek]] in October 1851, "Pall Mall", together with the neighbouring "Charing Cross" junction, was planned in 1858 by the government and district surveyor Richard William Larritt, who planned the original township of "Sandhurst" in his "Plan of the Valley of Bendigo".<ref>Cusack, Frank (1973). Bendigo: a history (p.72)</ref> Bendigo was officially named "Sandhurst" from 1853 to 1891.<ref>Arnold, Ken (1991). The Forest City: containing 30 views of Sandhurst around 1891 (p.2)</ref> In 1861, to "retain an association with Pall Mall and Charing Cross",<ref>Cusack, Frank (1973). Bendigo: a history (p.128)</ref> there was even a proposal to give the name St James's Park to what became the adjacent [[Rosalind Park]], as [[St James's Park]] in London is also in the immediate proximity of [[Charing Cross, London, England|Charing Cross]] and [[Pall Mall, London|Pall Mall]].
As Pall Mall in Bendigo was further developed from the late 1860s, the street was planned as the location for many of Bendigo's most important civic buildings and landmarks including the former [[Bendigo Post Office]] (now the Bendigo Visitor Centre and Post Office Gallery), the [[Bendigo Law Courts]], the Bendigo Soldiers' Memorial Institute Military Museum, the [[Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo|Shamrock Hotel]], and the intersection with Bull Street offering a vista to the [[Bendigo Town Hall]].
There is also much fine statuary along Pall Mall including statues of [[Queen Victoria]] and mining entrepreneur George Lansell, the father of [[Sir George Victor Lansell]].
[[File:20190818 Statue of George Lansell in Bendigo.jpg|right|thumb|upright|alt=Statue of George Lansell in Bendigo|Statue of George Lansell on Pall Mall in Bendigo]]
==Notable 19th-century buildings==
* [[Bendigo Post Office]] (now Visitor Centre)
* [[Bendigo Law Courts]]
* [https://ift.tt/2ZkutxP Bendigo Soldiers' Memorial Institute Military Museum]
* [[Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo|Shamrock Hotel]]
* Vista to [[Bendigo Town Hall]] via Bull Street
==References==
[[Category:Bendigo]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Victoria (Australia)]]
[[Category:Shopping districts and streets in Australia]]
[[Category:Landmarks in Australia]]
'''Pall Mall''' is a major thoroughfare in the centre of [[Bendigo]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. It is one of the main streets of the Bendigo [[central business district]] and connects the [[Charing Cross (Bendigo)|Charing Cross]] intersection to the south-west with McCrae Street to the north-east at Howard Place, opposite Mundy Street. Pall Mall also forms a 500-metre section of the [[Midland Highway, Victoria|Midland Highway]], one of Bendigo's main thoroughfares.
Since the 1860s, Pall Mall has been regarded as "one of the most charming thoroughfares in Australia"<ref>City of Bendigo (c.1931). Golden Bendigo, the Forest City of Victoria (p.2)</ref> and the collection of [[Victorian-era]] buildings in the [[Second Empire architecture|Second Empire]] architectural style, gardens and [[statuary]] either side of the wide tree-lined streetscape is unparalleled in regional Victoria.<ref>Arnold, Ken (1991). The Forest City: containing 30 views of Sandhurst around 1891 (p.1)</ref>
[[File:Bendigo Law Courts from Rosalind Park - 20051010.jpg|thumb|The Bendigo Law Courts and Pall Mall from Rosalind Park]]
==Etymology==
[[File:Sandhurst in 1884.jpg|thumb|left|Bendigo from Camp Hill in 1884. Pall Mall and the Charing Cross junction are clearly visible running from left to right at the bottom of the painting]]
Pall Mall in Bendigo is named for [[Pall Mall, London|Pall Mall]] in [[London]], [[England]]: a street known for its shops and architecturally important buildings. Like its English namesake, Pall Mall in Bendigo is also in the immediate vicinity of the [[Charing Cross (Bendigo)|Charing Cross]] intersection.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2Oz9Wn2 ''Bendigo Advertiser'' website.]</ref>
[[File:BendigoShamrockHotel.JPG|thumb|right|Shamrock Hotel on Pall Mall]]
==Geography==
[[File:Bendigo Tourist Tram.jpg|thumb|left|Tram on Pall Mall]]
The street is around 500 metres long - only 140 metres shorter than its London namesake. It runs in a north-easterly direction from the Charing Cross intersection, across Williamson Street and [[Sidney Myer]] Place, then across Bull Street and [[William Vahland]] Place, to continue as McCrae Street. It is part of the [[Midland Highway, Victoria|Midland Highway]], a major regional highway in Victoria. Pall Mall runs parallel to the south-eastern side of the [[Bendigo Creek]] and south-eastern boundaries of [[Rosalind Park]], the Queen's Gardens and the Conservatory Gardens.
[[File:Bendigo post office.jpg|thumb|left|Bendigo Post Office on Pall Mall]]
==History==
[[File:Central bendigo from botanic gardens.jpg|thumb|right|Bendigo from Camp Hill with Pall Mall running left to right in the centre of the picture]]
After rapid European settlement in the Bendigo Valley following the official discovery of gold on [[Bendigo Creek]] in October 1851, "Pall Mall", together with the neighbouring "Charing Cross" junction, was planned in 1858 by the government and district surveyor Richard William Larritt, who planned the original township of "Sandhurst" in his "Plan of the Valley of Bendigo".<ref>Cusack, Frank (1973). Bendigo: a history (p.72)</ref> Bendigo was officially named "Sandhurst" from 1853 to 1891.<ref>Arnold, Ken (1991). The Forest City: containing 30 views of Sandhurst around 1891 (p.2)</ref> In 1861, to "retain an association with Pall Mall and Charing Cross",<ref>Cusack, Frank (1973). Bendigo: a history (p.128)</ref> there was even a proposal to give the name St James's Park to what became the adjacent [[Rosalind Park]], as [[St James's Park]] in London is also in the immediate proximity of [[Charing Cross, London, England|Charing Cross]] and [[Pall Mall, London|Pall Mall]].
As Pall Mall in Bendigo was further developed from the late 1860s, the street was planned as the location for many of Bendigo's most important civic buildings and landmarks including the former [[Bendigo Post Office]] (now the Bendigo Visitor Centre and Post Office Gallery), the [[Bendigo Law Courts]], the Bendigo Soldiers' Memorial Institute Military Museum, the [[Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo|Shamrock Hotel]], and the intersection with Bull Street offering a vista to the [[Bendigo Town Hall]].
There is also much fine statuary along Pall Mall including statues of [[Queen Victoria]] and mining entrepreneur George Lansell, the father of [[Sir George Victor Lansell]].
[[File:20190818 Statue of George Lansell in Bendigo.jpg|right|thumb|upright|alt=Statue of George Lansell in Bendigo|Statue of George Lansell on Pall Mall in Bendigo]]
==Notable 19th-century buildings==
* [[Bendigo Post Office]] (now Visitor Centre)
* [[Bendigo Law Courts]]
* [https://ift.tt/2ZkutxP Bendigo Soldiers' Memorial Institute Military Museum]
* [[Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo|Shamrock Hotel]]
* Vista to [[Bendigo Town Hall]] via Bull Street
==References==
[[Category:Bendigo]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Victoria (Australia)]]
[[Category:Shopping districts and streets in Australia]]
[[Category:Landmarks in Australia]]
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