Newcastle Street, Perth

Newcastle Street is a road in Perth, Western Australia. It connects Leederville with East Perth, starting from Oxford Street and ending at Lord Street, crossing a number of roads leading north out of Perth including Loftus Street, Charles Street, Fitzgerald Street, William Street, and Beaufort Street.

History

Newcastle Street was named after the Duke of Newcastle, Henry Pelham Clinton, who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1852 to 1854.[1]

It has been in the past parts of major bus routes leaving Perth. And the tramline (closed in the 1950s) along William Street also crossed Newcastle Street. [2]

The street has also been identified in name, by schools and businesses. The Newcastle Street State School was at 478-482 Newcastle St. [3] It was sometimes also named the Newcastle Street Infants School, as well as the Newcastle Street Primary School or even Newcastle Street School. [4]

It has been in the scope of the Northbridge Urban Renewal project. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "PERTH NAMES. Newcastle of Newcastle Street". The West Australian. 54, (16, 358). Western Australia. 3 December 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "PERTH TRAM JUMPS RAILS". Kalgoorlie Miner. 41, (10, 373). Western Australia. 14 June 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "NEWS AND NOTES". The West Australian. XLIII, (7, 862). Western Australia. 23 August 1927. p. 10. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ HRRC (1910), Newcastle Street and the Newcastle Street State School, Perth, retrieved 6 June 2018
  5. ↑ Northbridge Urban Renewal Project : Newcastle Street pavement assessment, 1999, retrieved 6 June 2018
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