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​The Fish Market ​ The Old Fish Market was located next to the old Flinders Street Station on the south-west corner of Flinders and Swanston St. It was demolished in 1959 and the station building commenced. The Old Fish Market was built in 1890 covering 2.3 hectares close to Spencer Street and covered some parts of the railway bridge. The Fish Market also had a huge clock tower. According to Dr Bruce Bennett, the market operated from 1892 to 1959 and the market had always been busy, especially between 4:30pm to 8am. It was really noisy in those trading hours. Loads of the fishes came by the train and was wheeled outside to the fish market to sell. In 1911, many business proprietors started complaining about the smell of the fish from the hawkers down the street, about their foul language and swarms of flies, but the hawkers refused to leave. In 1958, the fish markets and its cool stores had to be replaced to make way for the new Flinders Street overpass. Then Fish market reopened in Footscray road, in West Melbourne. But after only two years, it was demolished again in 1960, and now its the entrance to Fawkner Cemetery.

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