Junction of Beach Street Elder Place and Parry Street Fremantle

Elder Place in a street in

Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia located at the mouth of the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australi ...

, Western Australia that primarily runs between the north-west ends of Parry Street and Queen Street, south-west of the

Fremantle railway line The Fremantle line is a suburban railway and service in Western Australia that connects the central business district (CBD) of Perth with Fremantle. History The railway on which the service runs opened on 1 March 1881 as the first suburban rai ...

. At the north-eastern end Elder Place becomes Beach Street; at the south-western end it becomes Phillimore Street. A small

cul de sac A dead end, also known as a ''cul-de-sac'' (; , ), a no-through road or a no-exit road, is a street with only one combined inlet and outlet. Dead ends are added to roads in urban planning designs to limit traffic in residential areas. Some d ...

, also called Elder Place, but not connected to the main street, runs off Phillimore Street, in the direction of Market Street. The southern side of the street was taken up with a large building known as Elders Wool Store, which was run by Elder, Smith and Company. This building was demolished and replaced by the Woolstores Shopping Centre. In the late nineteenth century, the street was known as ''Bay Street''.

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Elder Place (main)

Elder Place (cul-de-sac)

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