Pall Mall (Bendigo)
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Pall Mall /ˌpæl ˈmæl/ is a major thoroughfare in the centre of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. It is one of the main streets of the Bendigo central business district and connects the 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, one of Bendigo's main thoroughfares.
Since the 1860s, Pall Mall has been regarded as "one of the most charming thoroughfares in Australia"[1] and the collection of Victorian-era buildings in the Second Empire architectural style, gardens and statuary on either side of the wide tree-lined streetscape is unparalleled in regional Victoria.[2]
Pall Mall in Bendigo is named after 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 intersection.[3]
Geography
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, a major regional highway in Victoria. Pall Mall runs parallel to the south-eastern side of Bendigo Creek and the south-eastern boundaries of Rosalind Park, the Queen's Gardens and the Conservatory Gardens.
