Newcastle Street is a road in
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, Western Australia. It connects
Leederville with
East Perth
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sunrise, Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from ...
, starting from Oxford Street and ending at
Lord Street, crossing a number of roads leading north out of Perth including
Loftus Street
Loftus Street is a major north-south road in the Perth suburbs of and , connecting London Street with Thomas Street. These roads, together with Winthrop Avenue further south, form State Route 61, which links with and .
History
Loftus St ...
,
Charles Street,
Fitzgerald Street
Alexander Drive is a major north–south arterial road in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, connecting Perth's central business district (CBD) with Edith Cowan University's Mount Lawley campus and the Malaga industrial area, a ...
,
William Street, and
Beaufort Street
Beaufort Street is a major road in the inner north-eastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, connecting the Morley area to the Perth central business district. For most of its length, it is a single-carriageway, two-way road with two lanes i ...
.
History
Newcastle Street is named after
Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, (22 May 181118 October 1864), styled Earl of Lincoln before 1851, was a British politician.
Background
Newcastle was the son of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcast ...
, who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1852 to 1854.
It has been in the past parts of major bus routes leaving Perth. The tramline (closed in the 1950s) along
William Street also crossed Newcastle Street.
The street has also been identified in name, by schools and businesses. The Newcastle Street State School was at 478–482 Newcastle Street. It was sometimes also named the Newcastle Street Infants School, as well as the Newcastle Street Primary School or even Newcastle Street School.
It has been in the scope of the Northbridge Urban Renewal project.
Major intersections
References
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Roads in Perth, Western Australia