Worlds apart from other city living quarters in Melbourne, QV Apartments provides city living within a city that represents the quintessential Melbourne cosmopolitan lifestyle and one of Melbourne’s best kept secrets.

QV Apartments are located within the principally open-aired, pedestrian only laneway networked QV Village in the heart of the city.  Located on the historic site of the Queen Victoria Women’s Hospital – the first Australian hospital that was for women by women.    QV’s design encapsulates Melbourne’s love of laneways, and treasure trove of boutiques, galleries, cafés whilst providing a rich cultural link to the site’s history, with lane names carefully chosen to embrace the area’s heritage.

 

Shilling Lane –

History: The Queen Victoria Shilling Fund was established in 1896 to raise money for a hospital.  By 1899, Victorian women had contributed 63,250 shillings towards a building in Little Londsale Street.  In 1946, the Women’s Hospital moved to the QV site and from this time it was known as the Queen Victoria Women’s Hospital.  Shilling Lane commemorates this wonderful story of support for the hospital.

Today: Running between the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre and the Sensis Building, Shilling Lane is the gateway to QV’s inner hub – the Urban Market which boosts over 20 food outlets, as well as the Undercorft which is home to Woolworths, Big W and Bakers delight. Shilling Lane also sits at the end of QV’s high end fashion laneway – Albert Coates Lane.

Albert Coats Lane –

History: Named in honour of Albert (Bert) Coates, a leading surgeon at The Royal Melbourne Hospital from 1927. Prior to his tenure at the hospital, Coates had worked as a stretcher-bearer at Gallipoli in WW1.

Today: Albert Coates Lane is home to Australian and international fashion labels, including Wayne Cooper, Cactus Jam, Dizingof, Christensen Copenhagen, Nicola Finetti, Alberto Piazza and Guess. Boasting world renowned boutiques, many of the Albert Coates Lane stores deliver fashion fresh from the catwalks of Milan and Paris, ensuring local shoppers are no longer a season behind Northern Hemisphere trends.

Red Cape Lane –

History: In their time nurses were renowned for wearing their distinctive red capes as part of their uniform. Red Cape Lane was named, by Melbourne 3AW radio listeners as part of a competition, in honour of the many nurses who worked at both the Melbourne and Queen Victoria Women’s Hospital.

Today: Red Cape Lane has the latest in casual and street wear covered with Mooks, Hype DC, Stussy, Frat House and Fox. Between the fashion labels in Albert Coates Lane and the urban edge wear in Red Cape Lane all your fashion needs are at your doorstep.

Artemis Lane –

History: Artemeis, the Greek goddess of the wilderness and wild animals & fertility and childbirth for city dwellers, lends her name to the laneway in acknowledgement of the QV’s proximity to Melbourne’s Greek precinct, as well as providing city-based medical care for women.

Today:  Artemis Lane is the home to many lifestyle stores and cafes including Riot Art n Craft, Lupicia Tea, Squisitos Cafe and BSC Bikes.

Jane Bell Lane –

History: Jane Bell, ‘Lady Superintendent’ (matron) of the Royal Melbourne Hospital from 1910-1934, revolutionized training and nursing status throughout the State and Several of her recommendations for the future organization of the profession formed the basis of her cogent evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Social Security. In memory of her remarkable achievements the Jane Bell Lane has been named in her honour.

Today: Jane Bell Lane is the home to cutting edge, alternative trends showcased in QV’s Art Gallery – No Vacancy, fashion store Trimapee and Villain – the underground hub of all things in urban culture

Constance Stone Lane –

History: (Emma) Constance Stone was the first woman to practice medicine in Australia and played an important role in founding the Queen Victorian Woman’s Hospital. Stone was also the first woman to be registered with the Medical Board of Victoria in 1890.

Today: Constance Stone Lane runs along The Queen Victoria Women’s centre and is the start of QV’s food & dining hub with Meshiya Teppanyaki Bar and Gloria Jeans located on the laneway.