Elizabeth Street in Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

, Australia

Australia

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 is a major street in the centre of the city. The street was established at the beginning of settlement in Brisbane as a penal colony

Penal colony

A penal colony is a settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general populace by placing them in a remote location, often an island or distant colonial territory...

. Most of the street is fronted by low-level retail outlets, with an increase in mixed use skyscraper

Skyscraper

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s being recently constructed.
Major shopping arcades on Elizabeth Street include The Myer Centre

The Myer Centre, Brisbane

The Myer Centre is located between the Queen Street Mall and Elizabeth Street in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is an nine-floor shopping complex which includes Queensland's largest Myer department store, and is open to the public seven days a week. The Myer Centre has the added benefit of...

, Marcarthur Central and the Elizabeth Arcade. The Brisbane Hilton hotel

Hilton Hotels

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 has it main entrance on Elizabeth Street. The offices at Central Plaza Two have their entrance at the easterly end or downtown

Downtown

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 part of the street.

There is good pedestrian access around the street, such as pathways near the General Post Office

General Post Office, Brisbane

The General Post Office in Brisbane, Australia, also known as the GPO, is an Australia Post building located between Queen Street and Elizabeth Street.-History:The GPO was opened on 28 September 1872...

 and to access to the Queen Street bus station via the Myer Centre. The street runs parallel to the city's central mall

Queen Street Mall, Brisbane

The Queen Street Mall is a pedestrian mall on Queen Street in the centre of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.It is Brisbane's predominant retail district, featuring shopping centres, hotels, restaurant and coffee shops, cinemas, clothing, music, jewellery and book stores, newsagencies, and banks...

 to the south of Queen Street

Queen Street, Brisbane

Queen Street in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia, is one of the city's major streets. It is the city's central road, partly covered by a pedestrian mall called the Queen Street Mall. Queen Street ends at the Victoria Bridge and is bounded by two of the Brisbane River's central reaches...

. To ease congestion in the Brisbane central business district

Brisbane central business district

The Brisbane central business district , sometimes referred to as the city, is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and is located on a point on the northern bank of the Brisbane River. The triangular shaped area is bounded by the Brisbane River to the east, south and west...

 traffic direction is one-way from west to east.

At the top of road nearest the Brisbane River

Brisbane River

The Brisbane River is the longest river in south east Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay. John Oxley was the first European to explore the river who named it after the Governor of New South Wales, Thomas Brisbane in 1823...

 is William Street

William Street, Brisbane

William Street is a small, relatively quiet road in the uptown part of the Brisbane central business district. The street is historical significant to the city's early development as a penal colony...

 and exit ramps from the Riverside Expressway

Riverside Expressway

The Riverside Expressway is part of the Pacific Motorway that runs through Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located on the western side of the Brisbane CBD and is made up of various bridges and overpasses...

. Between this intersection and George Street

George Street, Brisbane

George Street is a main street located in the Brisbane CBD in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. A major thoroughfare, George Street connects to the Queensland University of Technology as well as the state Botanical Gardens, to the commercial centre of Brisbane, Queen Street and Queen Street Mall.The...

 is the Queens Gardens

Queens Gardens, Brisbane

Queens Gardens is located on a city block between George Street, Elizabeth Street and William Street in the Brisbane central business district...

, a small open park. Adjacent to this is the Treasury Building

Treasury Building, Brisbane

The former Queensland Government Treasury Building, is located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on a city block surrounded by George Street, Queen Street, Elizabeth Street and William Street....

 and the Conrad Treasury Casino

Conrad Treasury Casino

The Treasury Casino, also known as The Treasury is a casino in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It also houses a hotel, five restaurants, seven bars, and a nightclub. The casino is operated by ECHO Entertainment Group....

, which is open 24 hours a day.

See also

• Adelaide Street
  Adelaide Street, Brisbane
  Adelaide Street, which is a major thoroughfare in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, runs parallel to Queen Street and Ann Street.Notable buildings and parks along Adelaide Street include Brisbane City Hall, King George Square, ANZAC Square with the Shrine of Remembrance , ANZAC Square Arcade, Law...
  
  
• Ann Street
  Ann Street, Brisbane
  Ann Street runs parallel to Adelaide Street and is the northern-most street in the Brisbane CBD in Queensland, Australia. It is a major thoroughfare, running straight through the city and linking the suburb of Fortitude Valley with the Riverside Expressway....
  
  
• Charlotte Street
  Charlotte Street, Brisbane
  Charlotte Street is a road in the central business district of Brisbane. The street is one of a number that were named after female queens and princesses of the royal family shortly after the penal colony was settled...
  
  
• Mary Street
  Mary Street, Brisbane
  Mary Street is a major road in the Brisbane central business district. The street is one of a number that were named after female queens and princesses of the royal family shortly after the penal colony was settled...
  
  
• Margaret Street
  Margaret Street, Brisbane
  Margaret Street is a major road in the central business district of Brisbane. The street is one of a number that were named after female members of the royal family shortly after the penal colony was settled....