Gilles Street

Gilles Street

Gilles Street in 2010
West end
East end
Coordinates
General information
TypeStreet
LocationAdelaide city centre
Length1.6 km (1.0 mi)[1]
Opened1837
Major junctions
West endKing William Street
Adelaide
 
East endEast Terrace
Adelaide
Location(s)
LGA(s)City of Adelaide

Gilles Street is a thoroughfare in the south-eastern sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia.[2][3] It runs east–west between East Terrace and King William Street, crossing Hutt Street and Pulteney Street. It was named after Osmond Gilles, an early treasurer of the colony of South Australia on 23 May 1837.[4][5]

Gilles Street is one of the narrower streets of the Adelaide grid, at 1 chain (66 ft; 20 m) wide. Two school properties adjoin near the western end: Gilles Street Primary School and Pulteney Grammar School.

Junction list

Locationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Adelaide city centre00.0King William StreetContinues as Gilbert Street
0.550.34Pulteney Street
1.10.68Hutt Street
1.60.99East Terrace
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Australian Roads portal

  • Gilles Street Primary School

References

  1. ^ a b "Gilles Street" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ^ 2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition. UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd). 2003. ISBN 0-7319-1441-4.
  3. ^ Map Archived 25 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine of the Adelaide CBD, North Adelaide and the Adelaide Parklands.
  4. ^ "Gilles Street Primary School - History". 25 February 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  5. ^ "History of Adelaide Through Street Names - Streets Named on the 23rd May, 1837". 4 March 2005. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  6. ^ Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities: Australian Heritage Database