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Hay Street is a major road through the Perth central business district, Western Australia and adjacent suburbs. The street was named after Robert Hay , the Permanent Under Secretary for Colonies . Sections of the road were called Howick Street [ note 1 ] and Twiss Street [ note 2 ] until 1897. [ 2 ]
Name Suburb Date built Name source Other name(s) Notes Image Aberdeen Road: Perth By 1838 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen: The Aberdeen of Aberdeen Street was that Earl of Aberdeen who was Foreign Secretary in the Duke of Wellington's Cabinet when Western Australia was founded...His name first appeared in Aberdeen-road, East Perth, where it can be seen on the first street map of ...
William Street, Perth (1 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Streets in Perth central business district, Western Australia" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
The original allotments ran through from street to street in a north-south direction so that properties generally had two frontages. Following the completion of the central Perth railway station in 1881, the area bounded by William and Barrack Streets was consolidated as the commercial and retail centre of Perth.
Cathedral Avenue is a short lane situated in Perth between St Georges Terrace and Hay Street east of Barrack Street within the Cathedral Square precinct. Sometimes it was shown as St George's Avenue. [2] Cathedral Avenue operates as an access route to both the Treasury Buildings and to St George's Cathedral for formal functions. [2]
That earlier site was sold to the Catholic community, and the Hay Street land purchased from them for the purpose of constructing a church, hall, and manse. [3] The church is named after Daniel Ross, who was minister of the West Perth Presbyterian congregation until his death in 1917. It was completed in 1917 at a total construction cost of £ ...
Victoria Avenue is a street in the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. At the northern end of Victoria Avenue is Victoria Square enclosing St Mary's Cathedral. [1] South from Victoria Square, it crosses Hay Street, and is the point where St Georges Terrace and Adelaide Terrace meet.
The Theatre Royal and Metropole Hotel is a heritage-listed building in Perth, Western Australia, located at 637–645 Hay Street. Both the hotel (also known as Hotel Metropole ) and the theatre were built by businessman Thomas Molloy , completed in 1893 (132 years ago) ( 1893 ) and 1897 (128 years ago) ( 1897 ) respectively.