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Melbourne Showgrounds

event venue in Melbourne, Australia
Place Event Venue Q869400
Melbourne Showgrounds
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Facts

12 properties

Designation

Instance of
event venue
Heritage designation
listed on the Victorian Heritage Register[10]

Location

Country
Australia[3]
Location
Ascot Vale, Flemington[4][5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -37.783°, 144.911°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
City of Melbourne[2]
Street address
300 Epsom Road, Flemington VIC 3031[12]

Period and style

Inception
1848[6]
More facts +4
Official website
www.melbourneshowgrounds.com[8]
Date of official opening
1848[11]
Maximum capacity
+4300[9]
Sport
baseball[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Melbourne Showgrounds en Royal Agricultural Showgrounds en Royal Melbourne Showgrounds ja メルボルン・ショウグラウンズ ko 로얄 멜버른 쇼그라운즈 zh 墨尔本展览地 zh-hant 墨爾本展覽地
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Austadiums ID
melbourne-showgrounds
Freebase ID
/m/04prjd
GeoNames ID
8015228
MusicBrainz place ID
dcd83c10-b0c4-4685-bf46-db8780a0ee0d
VICNAMES Feature ID
24770
Victorian Heritage Database ID
4874
Victorian Heritage Register ID
H1329
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
Australia/Melbourne 2026-09-26 S/RSTN · AU GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
Location 2
Ascot Vale, Flemington
Country 1
Australia
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
City of Melbourne
Sport 1
baseball
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Summary

Melbourne Showgrounds is an event venue[1].

Related Entities

Australia

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Austadiums ID → melbourne-showgrounds
    "Created claim: Austadiums ID: melbourne-showgrounds, Matched to Melbourne Showgrounds (#154746680) in…"
  2. 24w ago · Brookschofield · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → event venue
    Location → Ascot Vale, Flemington
    Country → Australia
    Maximum capacity → 4,300
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Official website: http://www.melbourneshowgrounds.com, Add Australian English to official website (details)"
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