Melbourne Market, more formally the Melbourne Wholesale Fruit & Vegetable Markets, is the main
wholesale produce market for
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metrop ...
, Australia, and the wider state of
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seyche ...
. Located in the outer northern suburb of
Epping and operated by the Melbourne Market Authority, the Market provides for the wholesale distribution of
fruit
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Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particul ...
,
vegetables
Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, ...
and
flowers
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to the Melbourne region daily.
The markets were located on a 33-hectare site in
Footscray Road Footscray may refer to:
Victoria, Australia
* Footscray, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
** Footscray railway station
** Footscray Town Hall
** Footscray Football Club, the legal name of an Australian rules football club currently branded as We ...
,
West Melbourne, adjacent to the
Melbourne Fish Markets, the
Port of Melbourne
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and the
South Dynon railway yards and were moved to Epping in 2015. Prior to Footscray they were at the
Queen Victoria Market
The Queen Victoria Market (also known colloquially as Vic Market or Queen Vic) is a major landmark in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Covering over , it is the largest open air market in the Southern Hemi ...
and before that the Western Market in
Collins Street which opened in 1841.
References
External links
Melbourne Markets web site
Retail markets in Melbourne
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