Flinders Street | |
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Flinders Street, looking east from King William Street | |
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Coordinates | |
General information | |
Type | Street |
Location | Adelaide city centre |
Length | 1.2 km (0.7 mi)[1] |
Opened | 1837 |
Major junctions | |
West end | King William Street Adelaide |
East end | East Terrace Adelaide |
Location(s) | |
LGA(s) | City of Adelaide |
Flinders Street is a main street in the city centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs from the northern end of Victoria Square to East Terrace. It is one of the intermediate-width streets of the Adelaide grid, at 1+1⁄2 chains (99 ft; 30 m) wide.[2][3][4]
The street is named after the navigator and cartographer Captain Matthew Flinders.[5]
On 22 November 1878 the East Adelaide Model School, later Flinders Street Public School or Flinders Street Model School,[6] was opened in large bluestone buildings designed by E. J. Woods. A primary school occupied the premises until 1969, when the Flinders Street Adult Education Centre was established there. In 1978 it became the Flinders St School of Music, a campus of TAFE.[5]
Many churches were built on Flinders Street in the 1860s and 1870s, and several survive today.[5][7]
In August 2022, the City of Adelaide renamed a laneway off Flinders Street, behind Adelaide Town Hall, Paul Kelly Lane. Previously named Pilgrim Lane after the adjacent church, the lane is now called Paul Kelly Lane. It is the fourth such renaming after musicians associated with the city, the others being Sia Furler, No Fixed Address, and Cold Chisel.[8]
As of 2022[update] churches on Flinders Street include:
Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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Adelaide city centre | 0 | 0.0 | Victoria Square, King William Street | Continues as Franklin Street | |
0.2 | 0.12 | Gawler Place | |||
0.55 | 0.34 | Pulteney Street | |||
0.75 | 0.47 | Frome Street | |||
1.1 | 0.68 | Hutt Street | Eastern side of the intersection is permanently closed to traffic | ||
1.2 | 0.75 | East Terrace | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |