Newcastle Street is a road in
Perth
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...
, Western Australia. It connects
Leederville with
East Perth
East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that eas ...
, starting from Oxford Street and ending at
Lord Street, crossing a number of roads leading north out of Perth including
Loftus Street,
Charles Street,
Fitzgerald Street,
William Street, and
Beaufort Street.
History
Newcastle Street is named after
Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, (22 May 181118 October 1864), styled Earl of Lincoln before 1851, was a British politician and aristocrat. He sat in Parliament for South Nottinghamshire
(1832–46) and fo ...
, who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1852 to 1854.
It has been in the past parts of major bus routes leaving Perth. The tramline (closed in the 1950s) along
William Street also crossed Newcastle Street.
The street has also been identified in name, by schools and businesses. The Newcastle Street State School was at 478–482 Newcastle Street. It was sometimes also named the Newcastle Street Infants School, as well as the Newcastle Street Primary School or even Newcastle Street School.
It has been in the scope of the Northbridge Urban Renewal project.
Major intersections
References
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Roads in Perth, Western Australia