Norfolk Street, Fremantle

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Norfolk Street

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View along Norfolk Street
Norfolk Street, Fremantle
General information
TypeStreet
Length300 m (1,000 ft) [1]
Major junctions
Southwest end Marine Terrace
Northeast end
Location(s)
Suburb(s) Fremantle

Norfolk Street runs between Marine Terrace and South Terrace in Fremantle, Western Australia.

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it was a street of ill health, [2] slum conditions [3] and criminality. [4] [5] In June 1904, footballer James Gullan was residing at 18 Norfolk Street, and while there he drank some boiler fluid by accident thinking it was castor oil, resulting in his death. [6]

In 1960 the Western Australian Wool Buyers & Exporters Association moved from their address in Perth to the Wool Exchange building at 5 Norfolk Street. [7]

In 1997 steps were taken to heritage list the buildings at 26-27 Norfolk Street. [8]

Intersections

LGALocation [1] kmmiDestinationsNotes
Fremantle Fremantle 00.0 Marine Terrace Roundabout
0.250.16Norfolk Lane T-junction
0.30.19 Parry Street / South Terrace Traffic light controlled intersection; no right turn from South Terrace southeast bound to Norfolk Street or Parry Street to South Terrace northwest bound; Norfolk Street continues northeast as Parry Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Norfolk Street". Google Maps. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  2. "FREMANTLE". The West Australian . Vol. XXXV, no. 5, 403. Western Australia. 1 August 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 16 January 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "FREMANTLE SLUMS". Sunday Times (Perth) . No. 1589. Western Australia. 8 July 1928. p. 9 (First Section). Retrieved 16 January 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "A FREMANTLE FRACAS". The West Australian . Vol. XXV, no. 7, 134. Western Australia. 4 February 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 16 January 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "NORFOLK STREET GANG". The Empire . Vol. I, no. 43. Western Australia. 7 March 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 16 January 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  6. "JAMES GULLAN'S DEATH". The Mail . Vol. 1, no. 145. Western Australia. 17 June 1904. p. 1 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 25 October 2022 via National Library of Australia.
  7. J S Battye Library of West Australian History Private Archives – Collection Listing J S Battye Library of West Australian History - MN 2129 Acc. 5883A summary of collection and history of the WM&EA
  8. Heritage Minister statement February 1997


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