QVM has achieved prestigious National Heritage Listing in a move started some years ago by CoM.
Our picture shows Lord Mayor Sally Capp and Federal Minister for the Environment Josh Frydenberg making the announcement today at the market.
Here is the press release that came with the announcement.
Heritage
honour for Queen Victoria Market
Sunday 22 July 2018
The Queen Victoria Market has been added to
the National Heritage List, recognising the significant place it holds in
Australian history and providing further impetus for renewal and refurbishment
of our nation’s iconic fresh produce market.
City of
Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp today joined Federal Minister for the
Environment Josh Frydenberg to announce the listing at the bustling
market.
The Lord
Mayor said the significant $250 million investment by the City of Melbourne in
the Queen Victoria Market renewal will complement the National Heritage List by
protecting the values and history that underpin the market’s heritage
recognition.
“Through
renewal, we will be protecting the very things the National Heritage List
recognises and the significant place the market now holds in Australian
history. This means preserving the market’s long history, restoring its
heritage buildings and securing its place as a traditional open-air market,
which our research has reinforced, is incredibly important to everyone who
experiences the market.
“It is also
about getting the balance right and investing in safe, efficient and
sustainable trader and customer facilities so we can secure the market’s
viability, while ensuring the market continues to always remain authentic.
“We are
committed to protecting the heritage of the market and the respectful acknowledgment
of the former cemetery, so that’s why we nominated the market for the National
Heritage List in the first place. The heritage listing and renewal can exist
side-by-side and both are incredibly important.
The City of
Melbourne first nominated the market for inclusion on the National Heritage
List in 2015, and Lord Mayor Sally Capp said she was delighted that the market
now had the recognition it deserved.
“The Queen
Victoria Market is the largest intact 19th century market in Australia and also
the site of our city’s first cemetery. The national listing is well deserved
and recognises the significant role and value that both play in our national
history.”
“We hope
today’s announcement provides certainty to people once and for all, that the
renewal will stay true to what people love about the Queen Victoria Market, but
we need to make significant investment now to secure its future,” the Lord
Mayor said.
The National
Heritage List puts the market alongside 113 other Australian icons from the Melbourne
Cricket Ground to the Great Ocean Road.
The National
Heritage List recognises the market’s links to the early colonial population of
Melbourne and its ability to demonstrate the principal characteristics of a
19th century metropolitan produce market.
Stan Liacos,
CEO of the Queen Victoria Market said that he was delighted with the National
Heritage List.
“All who
work, shop and visit the market know how special it is. This is welcomed
recognition for our traders and market community of the important role that the
market has had throughout Melbourne’s history and continues to play in our
community.”
A pop-up display has been set up at 141 Victoria St. to highlight the significance of the market's heritage listing and will be open each market day 10:00am - 1:00pm until 5th August.
A pop-up display has been set up at 141 Victoria St. to highlight the significance of the market's heritage listing and will be open each market day 10:00am - 1:00pm until 5th August.
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