Flinders Street, Adelaide

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Flinders Street

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Flinders Street, looking east from King William Street
Flinders Street, Adelaide
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West end
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East end
Coordinates
General information
TypeStreet
Location Adelaide city centre
Length1.2 km (0.7 mi) [1]
Opened1837
Major junctions
West end King William Street
Adelaide
 
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+12 chains (99  ft ; 30  m ) wide. [2] [3] [4]

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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 churches on Flinders Street include:

Other historic buildings

Junction list

Locationkm [1] miDestinationsNotes
Adelaide city centre 00.0 Victoria Square, King William Street Continues as Franklin Street
0.20.12 Gawler Place
0.550.34 Pulteney Street
0.750.47 Frome Street
1.10.68 Hutt Street Eastern side of the intersection is permanently closed to traffic
1.20.75 East Terrace
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Australia road sign W5-29.svg Australian Roadsportal

Footnotes

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

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