Leake Street, Fremantle

Leake Street in Fremantle is between Market Street and Pakenham Street. It was named after George Leake, the first resident magistrate of Fremantle in 1839.[1]

As a side street it was neglected early on for road surface improvement.[2]

In the early twentieth century it was frequently cited as a problematic street with the members of the "Leake Street Push" being seen as disorderly and lawless.[3][4][5][6]

Notes
  1. "City of Fremantle and Town of East Fremantle Street Names Index" (PDF). Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. "FREMANTLE". Western Mail (Western Australia). V (231). Western Australia. 17 May 1890. p. 11. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "A STREET "PUSH."". The Advertiser (Adelaide). XLV (13, 728). South Australia. 17 October 1902. p. 5. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "THE "LEAKE-STREET PUSH."". The Daily News (Perth, Western Australia). XXI (8, 472). Western Australia. 16 October 1902. p. 1. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "THE LEAKE-STREET "PUSH."". The Daily News (Perth, Western Australia). XXI (8, 478). Western Australia. 23 October 1902. p. 1. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "ALLEGED OBSTRUCTION". The Daily News (Perth, Western Australia). XLVIII (17, 023). Western Australia. 23 November 1929. p. 1 (FINAL SPORTING EDITION). Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.