Outram Street
Outram Street | |
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| The front of the house at 8 Outram Street in the 1940s. | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Street |
| Length | 750 m (0.5 mi)[1] |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Kings Park Road |
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| North end |  Wellington Street (State Route 65) |
| Location(s) | |
| Suburb(s) | West Perth |
Outram Street is a 750-metre-long (0.5 mi)[1] street, named after Sir James Outram, in West Perth.[2]
Location[edit]
The street runs parallel to Colin and Havelock Streets (which are further to the east and closer to the CBD), from Kings Park Road to Wellington Street.[1]
History[edit]
For a significant part of the early twentieth century, wealthy merchants and politicians had family homes in the street.[3][4] Some of the significant structures from that era remain intact, but with different uses.[5]
By the late 1930s the development of blocks of flats and apartments were beginning to change the landscape of Outram Street and West Perth.[6]
In the transition from residential suburb to concentrated office accommodation, values of land have made it a significant location adjacent to the Perth CBD.[7][8]
Heritage value[edit]
Some of the structures like the Outram Street Terraces (number 74-82)[9] have been on the Interim Heritage Register since 2000.
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c Google (3 January 2014). "Outram Street" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "PERTH NAMES". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 21 January 1939. p. 5. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "PERTHS BEAUTIFUL HOMES". The Sunday Times. Perth: National Library of Australia. 30 July 1922. p. 17. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "PERTH'S BEAUTIFUL HOMES". The Sunday Times. Perth: National Library of Australia. 19 February 1922. p. 17. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ Dease Studios; HRRC (1905), Weetalabah, residence of Dr E. J. A. Haynes, corner of Hay and Outram Streets, West Perth [picture], retrieved 4 January 2014
- ^ "Untitled". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 1 April 1939. p. 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "The West Australian: West Perth in demand", Asia Africa Intelligence Wire, Financial Times Ltd, 25 September 2002, retrieved 3 January 2014
- ^ "Outram Street offices tipped to fetch $A10m", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc, 16 December 2003, ISSN 1320-6680
- ^ Also known as Kent Villa, Heimath, Echuca, and Wainera – see https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060324130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34313/20060325-0000/www.heritage.wa.gov.au/register/PDF_Files/O%20Reg/Outram%20St%20Tces%20(I).pdf