Murray Street, Perth | |
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| View along the pedestrian mall in the direction of Carillon City and Barrack Street | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Street |
| Length | 2.8 km (1.7 mi) [1] |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |   Thomas Street (State Routes 61 and 65) |
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| East end | Victoria Square |
| Location(s) | |
| Suburb(s) | West Perth, Perth |
Murray Street is one of four main east-west streets within the Perth central business district (CBD).
The street, the central portion of which has become a pedestrian mall, was named after Sir George Murray, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1828 to 1830.
It is the one main street in Perth that has an eastern ending at a church –the Roman Catholic St Mary's Cathedral; the other major churches in the CBD are on the sides of the city streets. The western end of Murray Street also once had a church with St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church sitting on Havelock Street opposite the end of Murray Street. Murray Street was extended to Outram Street in 1937 and St Patrick's was demolished. Murray Street was later extended further west to Thomas Street.
The intersections with the north-south running streets include Murray Street, where the Wentworth Hotel has been on the corner for over 100 years, though the earlier hotel at the location had a different name.
The mall was created later than the Hay Street mall [2] and its central section had no hotels whereas Wellington, Hay and St Georges Terrace have.
The number of historic arcades linking with the Hay Street mall is significant compared to other parts of the CBD.
The western and eastern ends of the street have had significant changes in land use compared to the central section.
The strip has many popular shops lining the street including flagship outlets for department stores such as Myer, David Jones, Woolworths and Target. Recent development along Murray Street has seen the addition of a number of both national and international retailers including – Nespresso, Swarovski, G-Star Raw, Quiksilver, General Pants Co., Aquilla, Industrie, Hurley, Pandora, Zara and many more.
The Murray Street East Precinct includes the heritage listed area between Pier Street and Victoria Square. Notable buildings/features within the heritage precinct include;
The Murray Street mall is directly connected to Perth railway station by an entry at the west end of the mall, and via Forrest Place to the original Perth railway station and the Museum of Western Australia. Parking garages are also located nearby.
| LGA | Location [1] | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Perth–Subiaco boundary | West Perth–Subiaco boundary | 0 | 0.0 | Thomas Street (State Routes 61 and 65) | Murray Street is one-way eastbound | ||
| Perth | West Perth | 0.21 | 0.13 | Outram Street | Traffic light controlled | ||
| 0.45 | 0.28 | Colin Street | Traffic light controlled | ||||
| 0.65 | 0.40 | Havelock Street | Traffic light controlled | ||||
| 1.1 | 0.68 | George Street | Traffic light controlled; George Street is one-way northbound and has slip road to freeway ramp | ||||
| Perth–West Perth boundary | 1.1 | 0.68 |  Mitchell Freeway (State Route 2) | Freeway southbound entry ramp only; ramp also contains slip roads from George Street and Elder Street | |||
| Perth | 1.2 | 0.75 | Elder Street | Traffic light controlled; Elder Street is one-way southbound and has slip road to freeway ramp; Murray Street is two-way east of intersection | |||
| 1.4 | 0.87 | Milligan Street | Traffic light controlled | ||||
| 1.9 | 1.2 |  William Street (State Route 53) | Traffic light controlled | ||||
| Murray Street Mall | |||||||
| Perth | Perth | 2.3 | 1.4 | Barrack Street (State Route 53) | Traffic light controlled; Murray Street is two-way east of intersection | ||
| 2.5 | 1.6 | Pier Street | Traffic light controlled; Pier Street south of intersection is one-way southbound | ||||
| 2.6 | 1.6 | Irwin Street | Irwin Street is one-way northbound; Murray Street becomes one-way east of intersection | ||||
| 2.8 | 1.7 | Victoria Square | Traffic circle: anticlockwise flow, circulating traffic gives way to entering traffic | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
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