Queen Street, Fremantle
| Queen Street Western Australia | |
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| View down Queen Street from the intersection with Henderson Street and Holdsworth Street. Queensgate Carpark and Myer building on the left – both these buildings have identified for redevelopment[1] | |
| General information | |
| Type | Street |
| Length | 450 m (0.3 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| NW end | Elder Place |
| SE end | Henderson Street, Fremantle |
| Location(s) | |
| Suburb(s) | Fremantle |
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Queen Street, Fremantle is a street that crosses High Street, Fremantle at Kings Square, in Fremantle, Western Australia, and is located away from and west of Queens Square. It is a separate Fremantle street from Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle, which is located 500 metres (0.3 mi) further north. The street is named after Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV.[2]
It starts from near the Fremantle railway station and crosses Cantonment Street, Adelaide Street, High Street and finishes as a junction with Henderson and Holdsworth street. Its extension in the 1920s was to facilitate improvements in road and tram routes [3]
Queen Street was the address of the 7th Heavy Brigade artillery, and 35th Fortress Company of Engineers prior to the Second World War[4]
See also
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Notes
- ↑ Wilson-Chapman, Amy (13 September 2012). "Massive blow as Fremantle loses Myer store after 40 years". Perth Now. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ↑ Ewers, John K. (1971). The Western Gateway: A History of Fremantle (2nd ed.). Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press for the Fremantle City Council. p. 227. ISBN 085564 050 2.
- ↑ "Fremantle Street Improvements.". The Daily News. Perth: National Library of Australia. 29 September 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ↑ "STATE CAMPAIGN NEXT WEEK.". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 25 November 1938. p. 20. Retrieved 9 November 2012.