Flinders Street, Adelaide

{{Infobox Australian road

| type = street

| road_name = Flinders Street

| state = sa

| city = Adelaide city centre

| urban = yes

| image = Flinders St.JPG

| caption = Flinders Street, looking east from King William Street

| length = 1.2

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| est = 1837

| direction_a = West

| direction_b = East

| coordinates_a = {{coord|-34.927151|138.599847|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}}

| coordinates_b = {{coord|-34.926495|138.612963|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}}

| pushpin_label_position_a = left

| pushpin_label_position_b = right

| alternative_location_map = Australia South Australia City of Adelaide

| end_a = King William Street
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| end_b = East Terrace
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| lga = City of Adelaide

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Flinders Street is a main street in the city centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs from the northern end of Victoria Square to East Terrace. It is one of the intermediate-width streets of the Adelaide grid, at {{convert|1+1/2|ch|lk=on}} wide.{{cite book|title=2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition |publisher=UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd) |year=2003 |isbn=0-7319-1441-4}}[http://www.soulunderground.com.au/national_files/CBDMAP.pdf Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325140742/http://www.soulunderground.com.au/national_files/CBDMAP.pdf |date=25 March 2017 }} of the Adelaide CBD, North Adelaide and the Adelaide Parklands.{{cite map| url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Flinders+St,+Adelaide+SA+5000/@-34.9268326,138.6041256,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6ab0ced1aa364deb:0xf0eb586f8bb9230d!8m2!3d-34.9268326!4d138.6063196|website=Google Maps|title=Flinders Street, Adelaide}}

History

The street is named after the navigator and cartographer Captain Matthew Flinders.{{cite web | title=Flinders Street | website=SA History Hub |first=Jude| last=Elton| url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/flinders-street | access-date=5 August 2022}}

On 22 November 1878 the East Adelaide Model School, later Flinders Street Public School or Flinders Street Model School,{{cite web | title=Government's model and practising schools in city set the standards for South Australian teachers in early 1870s| website=AdelaideAZ | url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/education-compulsory-part-time-to-grade-4-from-1875--model-schools-set-standards | access-date=23 December 2022}} was opened in large bluestone buildings designed by E. J. Woods. A primary school occupied the premises until 1969, when the Flinders Street Adult Education Centre was established there. In 1978 it became the Flinders St School of Music, a campus of TAFE.

Many churches were built on Flinders Street in the 1860s and 1870s, and several survive today.{{cite web | title=Our Beginnings | website=Bethlehem Lutheran Church | url=https://www.bethlehemadelaide.org.au/about-us/history-and-buildings/our-beginnings/ | access-date=10 November 2022}}

In August 2022, the City of Adelaide renamed a laneway off Flinders Street, behind Adelaide Town Hall, Paul Kelly Lane. Previously named Pilgrim Lane after the adjacent church, the lane is now called Paul Kelly Lane. It is the fourth such renaming after musicians associated with the city, the others being Sia Furler, No Fixed Address, and Cold Chisel.{{cite web | title=Adelaide City Council renames laneway in honour of musician Paul Kelly |first=Richard| last=Davies | website=ABC News| publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date=4 August 2022 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-04/adelaide-lane-named-after-musician-paul-kelly/101299168 | access-date=5 August 2022}}

Historic buildings

=Churches=

{{as of|2022}} churches on Flinders Street include:

Bethlehem Lutheran Church, at no. 170, on the corner of Sudholz Place{{cite web | title=Locate Us | website=Bethlehem Lutheran Church | url=https://www.bethlehemadelaide.org.au/about-us/locate-us/ | access-date=10 November 2022}}{{cite web | title=8 Heritage Buildings in Flinders Street, Adelaide | website=Weekend Notes | date=21 December 2016 | url=https://www.weekendnotes.com/heritage-buildings-flinders-street-adelaide/ | access-date=10 November 2022}}{{efn|The Hermannsburg Choir sang at this church on their 1967 tour.{{cite web | last=Barwick | first=Rohan | title=Historic Hermannsburg Choir tour celebrated in new book| website=ABC Darwin |publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation| date=16 July 2021 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/darwin/programs/latelunch/late-lunch-olga-radke-choir/13446314 |format =audio, 30 mins| access-date=10 November 2022}}}}
Flinders Street Baptist Church, at no. 65;{{cite web | title=Contact | website=Flinders Street Baptist Church | url=http://fsbc.asn.au/contact/ | access-date=10 November 2022}} includes manse, now Baptist Church Offices, and Mead Hall; all heritage-listed.{{cite web | website=The South Australia Heritage Places database | title=65-69 Flinders Street ADELAIDE | url=https://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=1324 | access-date=10 November 2022}}{{cite web | website=The South Australia Heritage Places database | title=Rear 65 Flinders Street ADELAIDE | url=https://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=1326 | access-date=10 November 2022}}
Pilgrim Uniting Church, at no. 12{{cite web | title=Contact Us | website=Pilgrim Church | url=https://pilgrim.org.au/contact-us/ | access-date=10 November 2022}}

=Other historic buildings=

Flinders Hall, originally built as school accommodation for St Paul's Church of England, sold to Hamilton Laboratories in the 1950s
Observatory House, at no. 84–86, originally built for a scientific instrument-making business run by Otto Boettger, who emigrated to South Australia from Germany in 1877
Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs, originally the manse of the Stow Memorial Church (now Pilgrim), used as a sanitarium 1901–1911. before being sold to the state government
St Paul's Church, built 1972, known as a High Anglican church, whose congregation included many prominent families; converted into a nightclub during the 1980s; now St Paul's Creative Centre, accommodating people working in the arts and creative industries{{cite web | title=St Paul's Creative Centre | website=Creative Industries|publisher= Government of South Australia | date=17 June 2022 | url=https://creativeindustries.sa.gov.au/precincts/st-pauls-creative-centre | access-date=10 November 2022}}

The Jade

The Jade is a well-known music venue, located at 142-160 Flinders Street,{{cite web |title=Events |website=THE JADE |date=20 August 2024 |url=http://www.thejadeadl.com.au/events |access-date=27 October 2024}} in the heritage-listed St Paul's Rectory. Operating from 2002{{cite web |title=info |website=THE JADE |url=http://www.thejadeadl.com.au/new-page |access-date=27 October 2024}} as the Jade Monkey, it lost its home at 29 Twin Street in September 2012 after their lease was terminated, and after a public campaign, Pozible crowdfunding, and some help from Adelaide City Council and the state government, the owners, Naomi and Zac Coligan, reopened the new venue as The Jade in the rectory of St Paul's.{{cite web |title=The Jade |website=WeekendNotes |date=30 December 2013 |url=https://www.weekendnotes.com/jade-monkey/ |access-date=27 October 2024}} The owners collaborate on musical projects with their neighbours in St Paul's Creative Space, and the venue has a large garden where there is a cafe. In 2018 they contracted a food truck, Phat Buddha Rolls, to provide food for patrons.{{cite web |title=Spotlight: The Jade |website=Tulpa Magazine |date=23 August 2018 |url=https://tulpamagazine.wordpress.com/2018/08/23/spotlight-the-jade/ |access-date=27 October 2024}}