Location in the Sydney CBD | |
Namesake | Gough Whitlam |
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Type | Road junction |
Owner | City of Sydney |
Coordinates | 33°52′36″S 151°12′44″E / 33.87679°S 151.21213°E |
North | College Street |
East | Oxford Street |
South | Wentworth Avenue |
West | Liverpool Street |
Construction | |
Inauguration | 1983 |
Whitlam Square, a road junction located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, constitutes an important intersection of major streets in the south-eastern portion of the central business district. The square is named in honour of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.[1][2]
Streets intersecting at Whitlam Square are College Street, Oxford Street, Wentworth Avenue and Liverpool Street. The south-east corner of Hyde Park is located at the square, with the HMAS Sydney I – SMS Emden Memorial, consisting of a 105-millimetre (4.1 in) gun from the German light cruiser SMS Emden, facing into the square.[3]
Holdsworthy Gallery is identified at times as being at the Whitlam Square end of Liverpool Street.[4]
The Sydney YMCA also identified as located at the square.[5]
Whitlam Square is also the title of a song released in 1990 by the Australian band Died Pretty.[6]