Ord Street in
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...
, Western Australia is an important road that links
Queen Victoria Street to the north with
Hampton Road
Hampton Road is the main road entering the Fremantle, Western Australia, City of Fremantle from the south. It is named after John Stephen Hampton, the Governor of Western Australia from 1862 to 1868. It continues into Ord Street, Fremantle, Ord ...
to the south, as part of
State Route 12. It starts at Finnerty Street, crosses
High Street and ends at Knutsford Street, at the north eastern corner of
Fremantle Prison.
It has significant heritage properties on its route, such as the
Fremantle Arts Centre on the corner with Finnerty Street, and other historic buildings, such as Samson House, on the corner of Ord and
Ellen Street.
In 1946 the Fremantle Bakery was constructed in Ord Street.
Ord Street was named after Sir
Harry Ord
Sir Harry St. George Ord (17 June 1819 – 20 August 1885) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Bermuda between 1861 and 1864, Governor of the Straits Settlements between 1867 and 1873, and Governor of Western Australi ...
, the
Governor of Western Australia from 1877 to 1880.
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Streets in Fremantle