Charles Street (Perth)

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Charles Street

Charles Street (Perth)
General information
Type Road
Route number(s) Australian state route 60.svg State Route 60
Major junctions
South end
 
North end
Location(s)
Major suburbs West Perth, North Perth, Joondanna

Charles Street is a major road in the inner northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. [1] It runs from Newcastle Street and extends up to London Street, providing a connection between Mitchell Freeway and Wanneroo Road. It is the southern section of part of State Route 60, which continues north along Wanneroo Road. [2]

History

The street was named after Captain Charles Fitzgerald, Governor of WA, 1848–55. [3] The section of Charles Street from Carr Street to Walcott Street was originally an extension of Wanneroo Road. [4] Its name appears for the first time on maps of the Land Department in 1853. [5]

Access to Perth and its markets was a very important factor in the early years of the settlement (Swan River Colony), and Charles Street (leading onto the northern track) became an important road during the 1870s...The Methodist Church established a Chapel in Charles Street in 1895 and a more substantial building was added in 1897. St Paul’s Anglican Church was also erected in Charles Street in 1897, and in the 1920s a new church building was constructed on the corner of Charles and Carr streets. [6]

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References

  1. Main Roads Western Australia (7 September 2017). "Map 1 – Perth City" (PDF) (Map). Perth Metropolitan Destinations. Not to scale. Government of Western Australia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2018.
  2. Distance book (12 ed.). Main Roads Western Australia. 2012. pp. 4–5. ISBN   0 7309 7657 2. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  3. "PERTH STREETS. Origin Of Nomenclature". Sunday Times. 4 August 1929. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. "Item 342 - Perth 18/31". State Records Office of WA. 21 November 1894. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  5. "PERTH STREETS". Sunday Times (Perth) . No. 1645. Western Australia. 4 August 1929. p. 12 (Second Section). Retrieved 21 August 2020 via National Library of Australia.
  6. "A Brief History Of The Suburb - West Perth" (PDF). Vincent Heritage, City Of Vincent. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

Coordinates: 31°55′39″S115°51′09″E / 31.927364°S 115.852494°E / -31.927364; 115.852494 (Charles Street)