Little Lonsdale Street

Little Lonsdale Street Victoria
Little Lonsdale Street in 2012
Little Lonsdale Street
Coordinates	37°48′42″S 144°57′38″E
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 Lonsdale Street is located in the centre of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. A part of the Hoddle Grid, it runs roughly east–west. North of Lonsdale Street and south of La Trobe Street, Little Lonsdale Street's eastern end intersects with Spring Street while its western end intersects with Spencer Street. It was named after William Lonsdale, the first administrator and magistrate in Melbourne. Unlike the other little streets, it runs one-way in the easterly direction, not the west.

In the nineteenth century, the eastern end of the street ran through a notorious "red light district", known as "Little Lon". It was associated with prostitution, petty crime and "larrikinism".

See also

Australian Roads portal