Gilles Street is a street in the south-eastern sector of the
centre
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of
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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.
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of the Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
CBD, North Adelaide
North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct and suburb of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands.
History
Surveyor-General Colonel William Light of the colo ...
and the Adelaide Parklands
The Adelaide Park Lands are the figure-eight of land spanning both banks of the River Torrens between Hackney and Thebarton and separating the City of Adelaide area (which includes both Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide) from the surro ...
. It runs east–west between
East Terrace
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East Terrace marks the eastern edge of the Adelaide city centre. It is one of the main north–south thoroughfares through the east side of the city. Although the terrace essentially runs north–south between North Terrace and Sout ...
and
King William Street, crossing
Hutt Street
Hutt Street is the easternmost of the five major north–south roads running through the City of Adelaide. It runs from Pirie Street to South Terrace, from where it continues south as Hutt Road. Flanked by leafy side streets with many late 19th ...
and
Pulteney Street
Pulteney Street is a main road which runs north-south through the middle of the eastern half of the Adelaide city centre, in Adelaide, South Australia. It runs north-south from North Terrace, through Hindmarsh and Hurtle Squares, to South ...
. It was named after
Osmond Gilles
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Osmond Gilles (24 August 1788 – 25 September 1866) was a settler, pastoralist, mine owner and the Colony of South Australia’s first colonial treasurer.
Born in London of Huguenot descent, in 1816 he went into partnership with Phil ...
, an early treasurer of the colony of South Australia on 23 May 1837.
![The former Beresford and Oddfellows Inn, Gilles Street, Adelaide](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/The_former_Beresford_and_Oddfellows_Inn%2C_Gilles_Street%2C_Adelaide.jpg)
Gilles Street runs from
King William Street to
East Terrace
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East Terrace marks the eastern edge of the Adelaide city centre. It is one of the main north–south thoroughfares through the east side of the city. Although the terrace essentially runs north–south between North Terrace and Sout ...
. It is one of the narrower streets of the Adelaide grid, at wide.
Junction list
See also
*Gilles Street Primary School
References
Streets in Adelaide
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