Carrington Street is a street in the south-eastern sector of the

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. It runs east–west, from

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to King William Street, blocked at

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and crossing

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. It is one of the narrow streets of the Adelaide grid, at wide.

History

Carrington Street was named by the Street Naming Committee on 23 May 1837 after

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(Lord Carrington), a member of the National Colonisation Society of 1830. A girls' school was founded and operated by

Elizabeth Whitby Elizabeth Whitby ( – 12 November 1888) was founder and principal of a school for girls in Carrington Street, Adelaide, one of the first in the Colony of South Australia, founded in 1848. History Elizabeth Whitby (née Castleden) was a daughter ...

from 1848. In 1851 the school was receiving government grants for 4 boys and 22 girls, and on the day of inspection she had 27 girls under instruction. On 11 July 1852, a

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church, also known as the New Church, opened on Carrington Street. Organist G. T. Light played at its first service.

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served as minister until 1859. The

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's Orphan Home for Girls was established on Carrington Street in 1860 in a former German hospital, opening in October 1861. It was founded by

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, Mrs W. S. Douglas, Mrs Kent Hughes, and one other. H. Kent Hughes (c.1814–1880), was treasurer for some years. The

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moved to

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in August 1909, after the management of the home bought the residence of T. O'Halloran Giles (son of pastoralist Thomas Giles). The King's Theatre at 318 King William Street, designed by Williams & Good,. was located on the north-east corner of King William and Carrington Streets, with main entrances on both. It opened in February 1911 and closed in 1928, when it was remodelled into the King's Ballroom, with its entrance in Carrington Street. After closure in 1975 due to a serious fire, the building remained vacant for several years, eventually being transformed into legal offices in the 1980s.

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Streets in Adelaide 1837 establishments in Australia {{Adelaide-geo-stub

History

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