Ord Street, Fremantle Explained

Road Name:Ord Street
Type:street
State:wa
Route: State Route 12

Ord Street in Fremantle, Western Australia is an important road that links Queen Victoria Street to the north with Hampton Road to the south, as part of State Route 12. It starts at Finnerty Street, crosses High Street and ends at Knutsford Street, at the north eastern corner of Fremantle Prison.

It has significant heritage properties on its route, such as the Fremantle Arts Centre on the corner with Finnerty Street, and other historic buildings, such as Samson House, on the corner of Ord and Ellen Street.[1]

In 1946 the Fremantle Bakery was constructed in Ord Street.[2] Ord Street was named after Sir Harry Ord, the Governor of Western Australia from 1877 to 1880.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070713010800/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/60840/20070713-1108/www.museum.wa.gov.au/oursites/freohistory/exhibitions/samsonhouse.html Samson House
  2. News: Fremantle Gets £3500 Bakery . . LXIV . 22,359 . Western Australia . 6 December 1946 . 17 March 2017 . 10 (CITY FINAL) . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: PERTH NAMES. . . 55 . 16,429 . Western Australia . 25 February 1939 . 17 January 2017 . 7 . National Library of Australia.