Little Bourke Street

Little Bourke Street Victoria
Little Bourke Street between Russell and Exhibition Streets
Little Bourke Street
Coordinates	37°48′47″S 144°57′48″E / 37.8131°S 144.9634°E / -37.8131; 144.9634
General information
Type	Street
Length	2 km (1.2 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Spencer Street Melbourne CBD
	King Street William Street Queen Street Elizabeth Street Swanston Street Russell Street Exhibition Street
East end	Spring Street Melbourne CBD
Location(s)
LGA(s)	City of Melbourne
Suburb(s)	Melbourne CBD

Little Bourke Street in the Melbourne central business district runs roughly east–west within the Hoddle Grid. It is a one-way street heading in a westward direction. The street intersects with Spencer Street at its western end and Spring Street at its eastern end.^[1] Melbourne's Chinatown, which extends between the corners of Swanston and Exhibition streets, is a major feature of the street.^[2]

The street was once notorious for crime and prostitution, and in this capacity was used as a reference by Fergus Hume for his 1886 novel The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.

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