Melbourne Street, Perth

Melbourne Street is a street in Northbridge, Western Australia that runs between Roe and James Streets.[1][2] The current street is a part of an older and longer street that at one time extended from Murray Street to what is now Aberdeen Street. It is named after Lord Melbourne, the British prime minister in the 1830s,[3][4] when the street was originally built.

Street sign - Melbourne Street

History

Melbourne Street appears in maps of Perth from as early as 1838, running from Murray Street north to Lamb Street (now Aberdeen Street).[5][6] By 1845 Russell Square had been constructed and Melbourne Street terminated at James Street.[6][7] In 1923 Melbourne Road[lower-alpha 1] was renamed to Milligan Street[9] and deemed an extension of the existing street of that name when the Perth City Council adopted a committee recommendation:

That the name of Melbourne-road be altered to Milligan-street, and that the present Milligan-street and the present Melbourne-road be then regarded as one thoroughfare.[10]

However the name Melbourne Road continued to be used at least until the 1940s.[11][12]

Melbourne Street was originally continuous between Murray and James Streets but it was closed between Wellington and Roe Streets in 1911.[13][lower-alpha 2] The road was removed in 1974, when the Perth Entertainment Centre was built.[17][18]

In December 2017 the City of Perth Council agreed to a request from Landgate[4][19] and the portion of Milligan Street between Roe and James Streets was renamed back to Melbourne Street.

Notes
  1. Most early maps show Melbourne Street,[5][6][7][8] but Government Gazettes and newspaper articles typically refer to Melbourne Road.[9][10][11][12]
  2. A Perth City Link newsletter[14] says that the (then Milligan Street) level crossing was closed in the 1930s, but maps from 1918[15] and 1925[16] show the road as being closed.

References
  1. "Landgate Map Viewer Plus". Landgate. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  2. "Road Information Mapping System". Main Roads Western Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  3. "The Origin of Perth's Names: City Streets". Stephen Yarrow. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
  4. Report to the Planning Committee – Change of Name for Northern Portion of Milligan Street, Between Roe Street and James Street, Northbridge to Melbourne Street (PDF), City of Perth, 14 December 2017, retrieved 2 September 2018
  5. "Perth 18a. Plan of Perth Township showing Lots, Streets & Lakes from Mt Eliza in West to Walters & Claise Brooks in East, Lakes Henderson & Poulett to North & St Georges Terrace in South. Unsigned, probably Hillman, 1838 [scale: 6 chains to an inch]". State Records Office of Western Australia. Series S235 Original Plans - Townsites, Item 289. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  6. Western Australia: An atlas of human endeavour: 1829–1979. Western Australia: Government Printer. 1979. p. 48.
  7. "Perth 18F. Copy of Plan of Perth Townsite Map 18E (see Map 18E for details) added notation of Fieldbook 2 p. 9 by W. Phelps, 1859-60 [scale: 6 chains to inch, Tally No. 005728]". State Records Office of Western Australia. Series S235 Original Plans - Townsites, Item 297. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  8. "Perth 18/31. Little plan of The City of Perth copied from original 21/11/1894 showing City Lots and Streets, West Perth Railway Station & Central Railway Station & Goods Yard [scale: 5 chains to an inch]". State Records Office of Western Australia. Series S235 Original Plans - Townsites, Item 342. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  9. "Change of Name of Street (per 4686/23)" (pdf). Western Australia Government Gazette. 31 August 1923. p. 1923:1650.
  10. "City Council. New Works Authorised". The Daily News. Perth, WA. 14 August 1923. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  11. "Pageant In Perth Tonight". The Daily News. Perth, WA. 26 September 1944. p. 6. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  12. "Detective follows a trail of blood". Mirror. Perth, WA. 5 January 1946. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  13. "Notice of Resumption" (PDF). Western Australia Government Gazette. 28 February 1911. p. 957.
  14. "New era for historic site" (PDF), Connect, Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority, p. 4, 12 April 2013, retrieved 2 September 2018
  15. "Perth Sheet 15 [Tally No. 504982]". State Records Office of Western Australia. Series S2168 Townsite plans, Item 1390. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  16. "Perth Sub 36 [Tally No. 503621]". State Records Office of Western Australia. Series S2168 Townsite plans, Item 1370. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  17. "Aerial photograph of Perth Entertainment Centre under construction, 13 Feb. 1974 [picture]". State Library of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  18. "Future site for Seven and a flash back in time for Michael Edgley". WA TV History. 12 September 2010. Photograph of Entertainment Centre in 1974. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  19. "Council Minutes" (PDF). Perth City Council. 19 December 2017. p. 6. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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