Milligan Street is a street in

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, Western Australia that runs from

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to north of Wellington Street. The northern section provides access to the

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carpark and Telethon Avenue; there are also dedicated

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bus roads connecting to the northern end, south of the

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. A small side-street of the same name branches off the east side of Milligan Street between Murray and Wellington Streets, and forms a second intersection with Wellington Street.

History

Milligan Street appears in maps of Perth from as early as 1838, running from what is now Spring Street to Murray. It was named after Dr William Lane Milligan, the original owner of the land on the southern end of Milligan Street, south of

. In 1863 the section of Milligan Street south of St Georges Terrace was rezoned and transferred to Matthew Hale, the Anglican Bishop of Perth. By 1894 Milligan Street extended north to Wellington Street.

Melbourne Street

The small side-street between Murray and Wellington Streets was originally part of a separate (although intersecting) thoroughfare named Melbourne Street that ran north-east from the corner of Milligan and Murray Streets, past Wellington and Roe Streets, and (in 1845) to James Street. In 1923 Melbourne Road was renamed to Milligan Street and the two were considered a single road when the Perth City Council adopted a committee recommendation: However the name Melbourne Road continued to be used at least until the 1940s. In December 2017 the City of Perth Council agreed to a request from

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and the portion of Milligan Street between Roe and James Streets was renamed back to Melbourne Street.

Separation

Melbourne Street was originally continuous between Murray and James Streets but it was closed between

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and Roe Streets in 1911. The road was removed in 1974, when the

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was built.

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{{Perth CBD Streets Streets in Perth central business district, Western Australia