Adelaide Street, Fremantle is a street that is a boundary for
Kings Square, Fremantle in
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
.
It goes north from Kings Square and meets
Queen Victoria Street in a skewed junction that meets outside
St Patrick's Basilica.
It is named after
Queen Adelaide
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (Adelaide Amelia Louise Theresa Caroline; 13 August 1792 – 2 December 1849) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Queen of Hanover from 26 June 1830 to 20 June 1837 as the wife of King W ...
, consort of
William IV
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded hi ...
.
The street existed since at least 1833, when it was included in a survey.
At number 3 is
St John's Anglican Church which dates from 1882.
It has on its western side, the
Film and Television Institute, and Princess May Park.
Johnson Court Apartments, at number 23 Adelaide Street are one of the earlier high rise apartment buildings of Fremantle.
See also
Notes
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Streets in Fremantle
Articles containing video clips
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