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​ ** LONSDALE STREET (GREEK) ** Our Homepage | CBD Homepage | Cultural Precincts Page Melbourne's Lonsdale Street is located between Swanston and Russell Street, in the City Centre. The street is the famous cultural precinct for the Greek people of Melbourne. Melbourne has the largest Greek population in the world, apart from Greece itself. You can find Greek restaurants and cultural shops in other areas around Melbourne, but Lonsdale Street is the place to go when you're in Melbourne. Some people say that the precinct isnt a "precinct" like other precincts such as Lygon Street and Chinatown, although, we don't know why.

The street has been popular for a long period of time, but has lost its popularity over the years. In March 2009, the Victorian government and the City of Melbourne announced that the Greek precinct would recieve 3.5 million dollars for rejuvination purposes.

Every year there is an annual Antipodes Greek Festival which is held for a week in March and has been ever since 1987 when it first started. To find out more about the Antipodes Greek Festival, please visit the Cultural Festivals page, or go to this link : Antipodes Festival