Mill Street (Perth, Western Australia) Explained

Road Name:MillStreet, Perth
State:wa
Image Alt:Buses and cars on a road between trees
Type:street
Length:0.19
Length Ref:[1]
Direction A:North
End A:St Georges Terrace
Direction B:South
End B:Mounts Bay Road

Mill Street is a short street at the western end of the central business district (CBD) of Perth, Western Australia. It runs between St Georges Terrace and Mounts Bay Road.

History

The street was named after a mill built in 1833 by Samuel Kingsford.[2] Its name appears for the first time on maps of the Land Department in 1859.[3]

Prior to extensive landfill since the 1950s, the street ended close to the Swan River. As late as 1845 the southern end reached the river.[4] [5] It is now separated from Perth Water by a hotel, the Perth Convention Centre, on and off ramps for the Mitchell Freeway, and Riverside Drive.

In the 1890s it was the site of a brewery and jetty.

In the 1930s the Australian Broadcasting Commission was considering developing a property to house its Perth base for broadcasting.[6] [7] Mill Street is the main connection for buses leaving the Elizabeth Quay Bus Station, and moving along St Georges Terrace before leaving the CBD. On the corner of Mill Street and St Georges Terrace, number 181 was known as Hamersley House; it is now known as Parmelia House.

It is the location of the Parmelia Hilton hotel, where a significant number of conferences and events have been reported and published as being conducted in Mill Street.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mill Street . Google Maps . 3 November 2022 . en.
  2. Web site: The Origin of Perth's Names: City Streets. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222134749/http://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/Perth/perth_names_street.htm. 22 February 2014. Stephen Yarrow. 4 April 2017.
  3. News: PERTH STREETS . . 1645 . Western Australia . 4 August 1929 . 21 August 2020 . 12 (Second Section) . National Library of Australia.
  4. Web site: Perth 18F. Copy of Plan of Perth Townsite Map 18E (see Map 18E for details) added notation of Fieldbook 2 p. 9 by W. Phelps, 1859-60 [scale: 6 chains to inch, Tally No. 005728].]. Series S235 Original Plans - Townsites, Item 297. State Records Office of Western Australia. 3 June 2018.
  5. Book: Western Australia: An atlas of human endeavour: 1829 - 1979. Government Printer. Western Australia. 1979. 48.
  6. News: 6WF NEW STUDIO. . . 51 . 15,379 . Western Australia . 8 October 1935 . 3 April 2017 . 20 . National Library of Australia.
  7. News: LAND IN MILL-STREET. . . 54 . 16,242 . Western Australia . 21 July 1938 . 3 April 2017 . 18 . National Library of Australia.