Flinders Street, Adelaide

Flinders Street South Australia
Flinders Street, looking east from King William Street
West end East end
Coordinates	34°55′38″S138°35′59″E / 34.927151°S 138.599847°E / -34.927151; 138.599847 (West end) 34°55′35″S138°36′47″E / 34.926495°S 138.612963°E / -34.926495; 138.612963 (East end)
General information
Type	Street
Location	Adelaide city centre
Length	1.2 km (0.7 mi) [1]
Opened	1837
Major junctions
West end	King William Street Adelaide
	Victoria Square Pulteney Street Frome Street Hutt Street
East end	East Terrace Adelaide
Location(s)
LGA(s)	City of Adelaide

Flinders Street is a main street in the city centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs from the northern end of Victoria Square to East Terrace. It is one of the intermediate-width streets of the Adelaide grid, at 1+1⁄2 chains (99  ft ; 30  m ) wide. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

History

The street is named after the navigator and cartographer Captain Matthew Flinders. ^[5]

On 22 November 1878 the East Adelaide Model School, later Flinders Street Public School or Flinders Street Model School, ^[6] was opened in large bluestone buildings designed by E. J. Woods. A primary school occupied the premises until 1969, when the Flinders Street Adult Education Centre was established there. In 1978 it became the Flinders St School of Music, a campus of TAFE. ^[5]

Many churches were built on Flinders Street in the 1860s and 1870s, and several survive today. ^{[5] [7]}

In August 2022, the City of Adelaide renamed a laneway off Flinders Street, behind Adelaide Town Hall, Paul Kelly Lane. Previously named Pilgrim Lane after the adjacent church, the lane is now called Paul Kelly Lane. It is the fourth such renaming after musicians associated with the city, the others being Sia Furler, No Fixed Address, and Cold Chisel. ^[8]

Historic buildings

Churches

As of 2022 ^[update] churches on Flinders Street include:

• Bethlehem Lutheran Church, at no. 170, on the corner of Sudholz Place ^{[9] [7] [10] [lower-alpha 1]}
• Flinders Street Baptist Church, at no. 65; ^{[12] [10]} includes manse, now Baptist Church Offices, and Mead Hall; all heritage-listed. ^{[13] [14]}
• Pilgrim Uniting Church, at no. 12 ^{[15] [10]}

Other historic buildings

• Flinders Hall, originally built as school accommodation for St Paul's Church of England, sold to Hamilton Laboratories in the 1950s ^[10]
• Observatory House, at no. 84–86, originally built for a scientific instrument-making business run by Otto Boettger, who emigrated to South Australia from Germany in 1877 ^[10]
• Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs, originally the manse of the Stow Memorial Church (now Pilgrim), used as a sanitarium 1901–1911. before being sold to the state government ^[10]
• St Paul's Church, built 1972, known as a High Anglican church, whose congregation included many prominent families; converted into a nightclub during the 1980s; now St Paul's Creative Centre, ^[10] accommodating people working in the arts and creative industries ^[16]

Junction list

Location	km [1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Adelaide city centre	0	0.0	Victoria Square, King William Street	Continues as Franklin Street
	0.2	0.12	Gawler Place
	0.55	0.34	Pulteney Street
	0.75	0.47	Frome Street
	1.1	0.68	Hutt Street	Eastern side of the intersection is permanently closed to traffic
	1.2	0.75	East Terrace
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Australian Roadsportal

Footnotes

1. The Hermannsburg Choir sang at this church on their 1967 tour. ^[11]

References

1. Google (1 June 2022). "Flinders Street" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
2. 2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition. UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd). 2003. ISBN   0-7319-1441-4.
3. Map Archived 25 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine of the Adelaide CBD, North Adelaide and the Adelaide Parklands.
4. "Flinders Street, Adelaide" (Map). Google Maps.
5. Elton, Jude. "Flinders Street". SA History Hub. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
6. "Government's model and practising schools in city set the standards for South Australian teachers in early 1870s". AdelaideAZ. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
7. "Our Beginnings". Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
8. Davies, Richard (4 August 2022). "Adelaide City Council renames laneway in honour of musician Paul Kelly". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 5 August 2022.
9. "Locate Us". Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
10. "8 Heritage Buildings in Flinders Street, Adelaide". Weekend Notes. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
11. Barwick, Rohan (16 July 2021). "Historic Hermannsburg Choir tour celebrated in new book" (audio, 30 mins). ABC Darwin. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 10 November 2022.
12. "Contact". Flinders Street Baptist Church. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
13. "65-69 Flinders Street ADELAIDE". The South Australia Heritage Places database. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
14. "Rear 65 Flinders Street ADELAIDE". The South Australia Heritage Places database. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
15. "Contact Us". Pilgrim Church. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
16. "St Paul's Creative Centre". Creative Industries. Government of South Australia. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.