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Layer Id 1438 Name Fultons Lane
Description

Fultons Lane was classified as a public lane.

Status: discontinued.

Sometimes known as Fulton Lane. Not to be confused with a later (2015) Fulton Lane in a different location.

Named pre-1856.

Located at or near: 547-549 Little Collins Street.

Probable or possible origin of name: Thomas Fulton, foundry owner, likely same as future magistrate and city councillor.

Location is approximate.

For more information, see: Bate, W., Broome, R., Davis, N., May, A. J., & Stitt, H. (2024). The story of Melbourne’s lanes: Essential but unplanned (pp. 57). ISBN 978-1-875173-12-9.

"At the west end of Little Bourke Street, where only Wright Lane had been designated in 1847, all but 7 of the 22 rights of way were named in the 1858 directory. Going east from Spencer Street they were: (north side) White Hart Lane, Wright Lane, Goldie Alley, St Johns Alley, Turnbull Alley, Crombie Lane, Murcott Alley, Pender Alley, and Rose Alley; (south side) Merlin Alley, Vinge Alley, St Patricks Alley, Fulton Lane, Grimes Alley and Cosgrave Lane." p. 57.

Type Placename
Temporal From 1856-01-01 Created At 2024-07-10 13:42:23
Updated At 2025-01-21 13:43:04 Ghap Url https://tlcmap.org/layers/1438
Statistic Value Unit
Total Places
1 -
Area
Not Available km2
Convex Hull
POINT(144.9566317022509 -37.81719974731225) -
Centroid
POINT(144.9566317022509 -37.81719974731225) -
Bounding Box
POINT(144.9566317022509 -37.81719974731225) -
Most Central Place
Fulton Lane -
Most Distant Place from center
Fulton Lane -
Distribution
  • Average Distance from Centroid: 0
  • Average Distance from Centroid / Area of Convex Hull: N/A
kilometers