Outram Street

Outram Street is a 750-metre-long (0.5 mi)[1] street, named after Sir James Outram, in West Perth.[2]

Outram Street

Western Australia
General information
TypeStreet
Length750 m (0.5 mi)[1]
Major junctions
South endKings Park Road
 
North end Wellington Street (State Route 65)
Location(s)
Suburb(s)West Perth

Location

The street runs parallel to Colin Street (which is further to the east and closer to the CBD), from Kings Park Road to Wellington Street.[1]

History

For a significant part of the early twentieth century, wealthy merchants and politicians had family homes in the street.[3][4] Some of the significant structures from that era remain intact, but with different uses.[5]

By the late 1930s the development of blocks of flats and apartments were beginning to change the landscape of Outram Street and West Perth.[6]

In the transition from residential suburb to concentrated office accommodation, values of land have made it a significant location adjacent to the Perth CBD.[7][8]

Heritage value

Some of the structures like the Outram Street Terraces (number 74-82)[9] have been on the Interim Heritage Register since 2000.

See also

 Australian roads portal

Notes

KML is from Wikidata
  1. Google (3 January 2014). "Outram Street" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  2. "PERTH NAMES". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 21 January 1939. p. 5. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  3. "PERTHS BEAUTIFUL HOMES". The Sunday Times. Perth: National Library of Australia. 30 July 1922. p. 17. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  4. "PERTH'S BEAUTIFUL HOMES". The Sunday Times. Perth: National Library of Australia. 19 February 1922. p. 17. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  5. Dease Studios; HRRC (1905), Weetalabah, residence of Dr E. J. A. Haynes, corner of Hay and Outram Streets, West Perth [picture], retrieved 4 January 2014
  6. "Untitled". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 1 April 1939. p. 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  7. "The West Australian: West Perth in demand", Asia Africa Intelligence Wire, Financial Times Ltd, 25 September 2002, retrieved 3 January 2014
  8. "Outram Street offices tipped to fetch $A10m", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc, 16 December 2003, ISSN 1320-6680
  9. Also known as Kent Villa, Heimath, Echuca, and Wainera – see http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34313/20060325-0000/www.heritage.wa.gov.au/register/PDF_Files/O%20Reg/Outram%20St%20Tces%20%28I%29.pdf
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