Street art in Melbourne Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
diverse range of street art and associated subcultures of Melbourne, Australia
About Street art in Melbourne
There is perhaps no other district in Australia like that found in Australia's largest city – even Newtown in Sydney's Inner West isn't comparable. Melbourne's street art culture had humble beginnings in the 1970s–80s, after the city's socioeconomically disadvantaged were influenced by NYC's street art. Slowly but steadily, it became more popularised on the city's alleyways and railway (train and tram) lines. Most notably, the city is very well known for its stencil graffiti – most of the CBD's street art is not low-quality graffiti that ruins the aesthetic of your local park, it is whatformsthe aesthetics of the CBD. Almost all lanes/alleyways in the CBD known for street art are in Melbourne'sfree-tram zone, meaning that much of these can be explored at a low cost, even you're onbudget tr
Street art in Melbourne Travel Guide Sections
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