Barrack Square Explained
Barrack Square |
Image Place: | Image:Barrack sq wa gnangarra.jpg |
Coordinates: | -31.9591°N 115.8581°W |
Location: | Barrack Street, Perth |
Footnotes: | Embed: | yes | Designation1: | State Register of Heritage Places | Designation1 Type: | State Registered Place | Designation1 Date: | 15 October 1999 |
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Barrack Square is an open public square on the foreshore of Perth Water on the Swan River, located at the southern end of Barrack Street near the central business district of Perth, Western Australia.
It has also been known as Union Jack Square,[1] Flagstaff Square and Harper Square.[2] [3] [4]
Usage
The Swan Bells are located at Barrack Square, as well as cafés, restaurants and jetties.
There are six jetties[5] (so the area is sometimes referred to as the Barrack Street Jetties), including the Barrack Street Jetty used by Transperth. Commercial companies also use the jetties for trips to Rottnest Island and river cruises.
The West Australian Rowing Club has had a presence adjacent to the square since the nineteenth century.
Redevelopment
As part of the 2012 Perth waterfront development, the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority are planning and surveying changes to the Barrack Square area.[6]
Further reading
Notes and References
- News: TOWN HALL SITE. . . Perth, WA . 2 March 1933 . 22 March 2012 . 3 Supplement: Pictorial section . National Library of Australia.,
- Web site: Views of the river front between Barrack & William Sts [picture] ]. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240930042305/https://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=b2111960~S1 . 2024-09-30 . 2024-09-30 . Catalogue: State Library of WA & WA Health Libraries Network . Collection of pre-Federation views of Western Australia; Western Australia, Government Photographer, Government Photographer collection . State Library of Western Australia . Call numbers: BA1522/42,65; 816B/TB/233-235; 472B/1-3 . Historical Records Rescue Consortium (HRRC) Project.
- Book:
- Book: Heritage Inventory, Central Perth Redevelopment Area . March 2016 . Government of Western Australia, and Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority . 273-275 . Barrack Square : MRA Ref No. Q4 / HCWA Place No. 4031 . 2024-09-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240930042326/https://www.vincent.wa.gov.au/Profiles/vincent/Assets/ClientData/Document-Centre/Planning_and_Building_Policy/Lindsay_Street_Precinct_-_MRA/draft-central-perth-heritage-inventory-december-2015.pdf . 2024-09-30 . live . The City of Vincent . Elizabeth Quay Project Area .
- Book: Greater Perth Street Directory. Ausway Digital Pty Ltd. 2011. S8.
- Web site: Urban renewal and redevelopment – MRA – Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority, Perth . 2012-04-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120413232818/http://www.mra.wa.gov.au/News/13453/Barrack-Square-transformation-gets-green-light . 13 April 2012 .