Leake Street, Fremantle

Leake Street Western Australia
View along Leake Street
General information
Type	Street
Length	150 m (500 ft) [1]
Major junctions
East end	Market Street
West end	Pakenham Street
Location(s)
Suburb(s)	Fremantle

Leake Street is a street in the city of Fremantle, Western Australia, located between Market Street and Pakenham Street. It was named after George Leake, the first resident magistrate of Fremantle in 1839. ^[2]

As a side street, it was neglected early on for road surface improvement. ^[3]

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. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Intersections

LGA	Location [1]	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Fremantle	Fremantle	0	0.0	Market Street	T-junction; Leake Street is one-way westbound; the intersection is adjacent to the Cantonment Street intersection with Market Street, but no travel is possible between Cantonment Street and Leake Street
		0.15	0.093	Pakenham Street	T-junction; Pakenham Street is one-way northbound
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

1. "Leake Street". Google Maps. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
2. "City of Fremantle and Town of East Fremantle Street Names Index" (PDF). Retrieved 17 March 2017.
3. "FREMANTLE". Western Mail (Western Australia) . Vol. V, no. 231. Western Australia. 17 May 1890. p. 11. Retrieved 17 March 2017– via National Library of Australia.
4. "A STREET "PUSH."". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . Vol. XLV, no. 13, 728. South Australia. 17 October 1902. p. 5. Retrieved 17 March 2017– via National Library of Australia.
5. "THE "LEAKE-STREET PUSH."". The Daily News (Perth, Western Australia) . Vol. XXI, no. 8, 472. Western Australia. 16 October 1902. p. 1. Retrieved 17 March 2017– via National Library of Australia.
6. "THE LEAKE-STREET "PUSH."". The Daily News (Perth, Western Australia) . Vol. XXI, no. 8, 478. Western Australia. 23 October 1902. p. 1. Retrieved 17 March 2017– via National Library of Australia.
7. "ALLEGED OBSTRUCTION". The Daily News (Perth, Western Australia) . Vol. XLVIII, no. 17, 023. Western Australia. 23 November 1929. p. 1 (FINAL SPORTING EDITION). Retrieved 17 March 2017– via National Library of Australia.