Charlotte Street is a road in the
central business district
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of
Brisbane
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,
Queensland
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, Australia. The street is one of a number that were named after female queens and princesses of the
royal family
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shortly after the penal colony was settled.
Mary Street runs parallel to the south and
Elizabeth Street is the next street to the north.
The one-directional road begins at a T-intersection where
Creek Street becomes Eagle Street, close to the
Brisbane River
The Brisbane River (Turrbal language, Turrbal: ) is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia. It flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the ...
. Charlotte Street ends at another T-intersection with
George Street. Here lies the
111 George Street tower containing mostly government offices.
Charlotte Towers and
Festival Towers are two tall residential buildings in Charlotte Street. The
Elizabeth Arcade,
St Stephens Cathedral,
Comalco Place and
The Pancake Manor are some of the other notable buildings located on Charlotte Street.
A number of multi-storey
car parks
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have been built on the road. A police station once located on the
Queen Street Mall
The Queen Street Mall is a pedestrian mall located on Queen Street in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The mall extends approximately from George Street to Edward Street, and has more than 700 retailers over of retail space, which incl ...
was transferred to Charlotte Street. The iconic
Victory Hotel
The Victory Hotel is a historic pub located on the corner of Edward
Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "gua ...
, also on Charlotte Street, closed on 27 July 2008 after a fire destroyed the premises.
It has since re-opened in its original form.
History
The Greek Association of Brisbane was established in 1913. In May 1921 it purchased Concordia Hall at 44–48 Charlotte Street () and renamed it Hellenic House to be used as a gathering place for the Greek community. Greek Orthodox services in Brisbane were initially conducted in
St Luke's Anglican Church (also in Charlotte Street) and the
Wharf Street Congregational Church, until St George's was officially opened as the first Greek Orthodox church in Queensland in front of Hellenic House on 30 March 1929. However, the growth in
Brisbane's Greek population, particularly after
World War II
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, resulted in a need for a larger church. A new St George's Greek Orthodox Church was built at 33 Edmondstone Street (corner Besant Street) at
South Brisbane
South Brisbane is an inner southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , South Brisbane had a population of 14,292 people.
Geography
South Brisbane is on the southern bank of the Brisbane River, bounded to the nor ...
() and opened on 24 April 1960. A new Greek community centre (now the Greek Club) was built beside the South Brisbane church, opening in 1976. The Charlotte Street property was sold in 1981 and the Greek buildings on the site no longer exist.
Heritage listings
Charlotte Street has a number of
heritage-listed
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sites, including:
* 10 Charlotte Street: former
St Luke's Church of England, now The Pancake Manor
* 26 & 36 Charlotte Street: John Reid and Nephews Building facade
* 40 Charlotte Street:
John Mills Himself Building
* 42 Charlotte Street: George Weston and Sons Workshop
* 120 Charlotte Street: Pan Australia House facade
* 139–145 Charlotte Street:
Charlotte House
* 163 Charlotte Street: Walter Reid Building facade
* 168 Charlotte Street: F.H. Faulding Warehouse
* 172 Charlotte Street:
St Stephens School
* Sections of Albert St, George St, William St, North Quay, Queen's Wharf Rd:
Early Streets of Brisbane
The Early Streets of Brisbane is a heritage-listed archaeological site at sections of Albert Street, Brisbane, Albert Street, George Street, Brisbane, George Street, William Street, Brisbane, William Street, North Quay, Brisbane, North Quay, a ...
(incorporating land now on Charlotte Street)
* 110 George Street and 84 William Street: the former
Queensland Government Printing Office
The Queensland Government Printing Office is a heritage-listed printing house at 110 George Street and 84 William Street, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John James Clark, Francis Drummond Greville Stanley, and Edwi ...
Lost heritage includes:
*
Brisbane Festival Hall
Brisbane Festival Hall was an indoor arena located on the southern corner of Albert Street and Charlotte Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It operated from 1910 to 2003, before being demolished to make the Oak Festival Towers apartment ...
(formerly Brisbane Stadium) on the southern corner with
Albert Street
Major intersections
*
George Street
*
Albert Street
*
Edward Street
*
Creek Street / Eagle Street
See also
*
144 Edward Street, Brisbane
*
Adelaide Street
*
Alice Street
*
Ann Street
*
Elizabeth Street
*
Margaret Street
*
Mary Street
*
Queen Street
References
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Streets in Brisbane