Southern Cross Hotel is a hotel in Melbourne, Australia.[1] It opened in 1962. It stands about 0.7 km from the centre of Melbourne.[3]
Overview
The Southern Cross Hotel was a hotel in Melbourne, Australia. It was opened by Prime Minister Robert Menzies on 24 August 1962 as Australia's first modern 'International' hotel, heralding the arrival of American-style glamour, the jet-set and international tourism. It occupied a large site on Bourke Street in central Melbourne, formerly occupied by the grand Eastern Market, and was the premier hotel in the city into the early 1980s.
From “Southern Cross Hotel” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
The hotel opened in 1962. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 0.7 km from the centre of Melbourne. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB), about 11 km from the centre of Melbourne.[4]
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- Mantra 100 Exhibition Melbourne — 0.1 km
- Next Hotel Melbourne — 0.1 km
- Citadines on Bourke Melbourne — 0.2 km
- Lancemore Crossley St. — 0.2 km
- Stamford Plaza Melbourne — 0.2 km
- Sheraton Melbourne Hotel — 0.2 km
- Hotel Windsor — 0.2 km, opened 1884
- Melbourne CBD Central Apartment Hotel — 0.2 km
- Ovolo Laneways — 0.2 km
- Punthill Little Bourke — 0.2 km
- Adina Apartment Hotel Melbourne on Flinders — 0.4 km
- Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne — 0.9 km
- Adina Apartment Hotel Melbourne — 1.0 km
- Vibe Hotel Melbourne — 1.1 km
- Quest on William — 1.2 km
- Adina Apartment Hotel Melbourne Southbank — 1.3 km
See also
References
- ^ Southern Cross Hotel (Q20085677). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Southern Cross Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-06-16.
- ^ Melbourne (Q3141). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.
External links
- Southern Cross Hotel on Wikipedia
- Southern Cross Hotel on Wikidata
- Southern Cross Hotel on Wikimedia Commons — photographs