Queen Street, Fremantle Explained

Type:street
Road Name:Queen Street
State:wa
Length:0.45
Direction A:NW
Direction B:SE
End A:Elder Place
End B:Henderson Street, Fremantle
Through:Fremantle

Queen Street is a street in Fremantle, Western Australia that crosses High Street at Kings Square, and is located away from and west of Queens Square. It is a separate street from Queen Victoria Street, which is located 500m (1,600feet) further north. The street is named after Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV.[1]

It starts from near the Fremantle railway station and crosses Cantonment Street, Adelaide Street, High Street and finishes as a junction with Henderson and Holdsworth streets. Its extension in the 1920s was to facilitate improvements in road and tram routes.[2]

Queen Street was the address of the 7th Heavy Brigade artillery, and 35th Fortress Company of Engineers prior to the Second World War.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ewers, John K.. The Western Gateway: A History of Fremantle. 1971. University of Western Australia Press for the Fremantle City Council. Nedlands, Western Australia. 085564 050 2. 227. 2nd.
  2. News: Fremantle Street Improvements. . . Perth . 29 September 1925 . 9 November 2012 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: STATE CAMPAIGN NEXT WEEK. . . Perth . 25 November 1938 . 9 November 2012 . 20 . National Library of Australia.