Hindley Street#conrad

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{{See also|History of Adelaide}}

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Hindley Street is one of Adelaide's most prominent streets, with an extensive and illustrious history. The street itself was named in honour of British politician Charles Hindley.{{cite news|first=Anthony|last=Templeton|title=Hindley Street: Is the party over after 178 years?|work=Adelaide Now|date=11 April 2015}} The doings of the population of Adelaide were directly connected to the street, and when the city was first developed after the colonisation of South Australia in 1836, permission was given to cut down trees in favour of constructing buildings and paving streets–the west end of Hindley Street being one of the first locations to receive such development.{{Cite web|url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/adelaide/streets/h.htm|title=Adelaide Streets|work=State Library of South Australia|access-date=5 October 2015}}

The first newspaper in South Australia was printed in premises on Hindley Street, in June 1837.{{cite web| url=http://www.historysouthaustralia.net/STlist3.htm#hin |title= History of Adelaide through street names| website=Holdfast Database|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209143653/http://www.historysouthaustralia.net/STlist3.htm#hin |archive-date=9 February 2007 }}

For many years, the street was the centre of trade and finance for Adelaide, and it was expected to hold that position as time passed. This was because Adelaide was a very young city at the time, with the majority of settlers coming from the west with the water sourced from the River Torrens. Immigrants who landed at Port Adelaide would travel to a ford near Hindmarsh, then to the place where Morphett Street ends and Hindley Street begins. Immigration Square was situated westward of the parklands, with most of Adelaide's business and trade being conducted westwards. The "trade" itself was dubious and the subject of much controversy at the time, with many residents outraged at the young girls who would travel down the street drunk due to alcohol trade.

The first meeting of Adelaide City Council the oldest municipal body in Australia, was held in Hindley Street on 4 November 1840.{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/council/history.html|title= History|website=Adelaide Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228002103/http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/council/history.html |archive-date=28 February 2011 }}

The first stone church in South Australia was built in Hindley Street.{{cite book|author=John Blacket|title=The Early History of South Australia: A Romantic Experiment in Colonization, 1836–1857|url=https://archive.org/details/earlyhistorysou00blacgoog|year=1907|publisher=Methodist Book Depot}}

On 21 April 1856, the Port Adelaide Railway was officially opened and thus took most of the traffic away from Hindley Street. This shaped Adelaide's changing geography, leading to the formation of what it is today–the suburbs away to the foothills in the east were developed, which meant the trade went east. A reporter on the street in 1913: "The place was a veritable cradle for big concerns. First Ware's Exchange Hotel – a little down from King William Street. It is a history in itself, with its sketches and lingering memories of the pioneering days. To walk through its big low-ceilinged rooms is to think at once of the drovers and farmers who once made merry there. To see the photographs – quaint and laughable – of old George Coppin, the first lessee... when it was built in 1839 is to recall a good comedian of the early years".

On 20 September 1855, an episode of violence erupted on Hindley Street. It was during the Legislative Council election, which saw a mob attempting to interfere with the voting at West Adelaide. Later that same day a much larger riot developed in the same place, after the election was closed. At that time the colony of South Australia was ruled by a governor appointed by the British Government, and the elections were a move towards self-government for the colony.{{cite web|url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/events/hindley-street-riot|title=Hindley Street riot|work=SA History Hub|access-date=24 December 2022}}

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A new brewery was built on Town Acre 66 on the south side of Hindley Street, midway between Morphett Street and West Terrace, in 1859, known as the West End Brewery.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50021469 |title=South Australian Manufactures: Simms's Brewery. |newspaper=South Australian Register |volume=XXV |issue=4466 |location=South Australia |date=7 February 1861 |access-date=23 May 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40092084 |title=The Imperial Brewery |newspaper=South Australian Register |volume=XL |issue=8818 |location=South Australia |date=18 February 1875 |access-date=23 May 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} The highly successful brewery was taken over by the South Australian Brewing, Malting, Wine and Spirit Company, an amalgamation of three brewers, in 1888.{{cite web | title=End of the West End: tears flow for historic brewery as Lion quits SA|first=Tom|last=Richardson | website=InDaily | date=13 October 2020 | url=https://indaily.com.au/news/2020/10/14/end-of-the-west-end-brewery-to-be-closed-as-lionco-quits-sa/ | access-date=6 October 2021}}

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In August 1863, Leopold Conrad opened his butcher's shop at 88-90 Hindley Street, on the corner of Victoria Street, where it operated for decades. By 1899, the building had been enlarged, with a second storey and ornamental lacework on the upstairs verandah, which included a coat of arms.{{cite web | title=Butcher shop, north east corner of Hindley Street and Victoria Street, 1865 | date=January 1865 | via=Flickr | publisher=State Library of South Australia | url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/state_library_south_australia/8552980623/ | access-date=24 December 2022}} Conrad died in December 1918, and the business was taken over by W. H. Bruce,{{cite web | title=W.H. Bruce stand at show [PRG 280/1/45/79] |format= photo| website=State Library of South Australia | url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+280/1/45/79 | access-date=24 December 2022|quote= W. H. Bruce Ltd (Successors to Conrad's)}} and expanded to Rundle Street, East End Market, and Port Adelaide.{{cite web | title=Premises of L. Conrad, Butcher, 79 Hindley Street | website=State Library of South Australia | url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+6312 | access-date=23 December 2022}}{{efn|Sign reads "L. Conrad, Wholesale & Retail Butcher". From the State Library of South Australia:"Born 4 October 1839 in Hanover, Germany, Leopold arrived in South Australia in February 1858... He died at his East Terrace residence, Helstonleigh, on 17 December 1918."}}

Hindley Street was also home to one of Adelaide's most beloved theatres, the Theatre Royal, designed by Melbourne architect George R. Johnson and opened in 1878 (to replace a previous theatre of the same name built on the site in 1868).{{cite web| url=https://adelaideheritage.net.au/all-site-profiles/theatre-royal/| website=Adelaide City Heritage| publisher=National Trust of South Australia| title=Theatre Royal| date=5 November 2016| access-date=17 December 2022| archive-date=17 December 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217001509/https://adelaideheritage.net.au/all-site-profiles/theatre-royal/| url-status=dead}} On 19 October 1896 the first public moving picture demonstration in South Australia was hosted by Wybert Reeve at the Theatre Royal. (By the following evening the cinématographe Lumière had been moved to a more suitable venue at the Beehive Corner).{{cite book|title=Adelaide's Silent Nights|author=Dylan Walker|year=1995 |publisher=National Film & Sound Archive |isbn=0-642-25238-6}} The building was demolished in 1962 and a carpark built on the site by Miller Anderson & Co., an Adelaide department store.

The Grand Coffee Palace was built in 1891. Rebuilt in 1907, it later became the Plaza Hotel.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5115325 |title=An Important Judgement. The Cyclorama Case. |newspaper= The Advertiser |date=23 November 1906 |access-date=19 March 2015}}{{cite web |title=Temperance |url=http://adelaidia.sa.gov.au/subjects/temperance |website=Adelaidia |access-date=8 January 2019}} "Coffee palaces" were a type of residential hotel, that provided family-style meals as well as accommodation, but without liquor licences.

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In 1903, the Austral Stores, a complex of 12 shops, large warehouse and residential accommodation, was built to the designs of noted local architect Albert Selmar Conrad at 104–120 Hindley Street. It was listed on the South Australian Heritage Register in 1983 as "an excellent example of Edwardian free style". Its facade is "one of the best examples of the architecture of the Federation period in Adelaide and in South Australia". In 1908 alterations were made, including the addition of a large dining room, and became Grant's Coffee Palace, later West's Coffee Palace.{{cite web | title=Former West's Coffee Palace – 104–120 Hindley Street ADELAIDE | website=Experience Adelaide | date=16 September 2019 | url=https://www.experienceadelaide.com.au/heritage-places/former-wests-coffee-palace-104-120-hindley-street-adelaide/ | access-date=17 December 2022}} The building remains to this day.{{cite web | title=Coffee Palaces in Adelaide | website=WeekendNotes | date=21 October 2012 | url=https://www.weekendnotes.com/coffee-palaces-adelaide/ | access-date=17 December 2022}}

In December 1908,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56999785 |title=West's Pictures at Olympia. |newspaper=The Register (Adelaide) |volume=LXXIII |issue=19,362 |location=South Australia |date=2 December 1908 |access-date=17 December 2022 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}} West's Olympia the first permanent picture theatre in Adelaide, was established at 91 Hindley Street,{{cite web | title=Going to the pictures |first=Sally |last=Stephenson| website=Listening to the Past | date=10 August 2018 | url=https://listeningtothepast.com.au/2018/08/going-to-the-pictures/ | access-date=17 December 2022}} in a building converted from a roller-skating rink{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211421495 |title=Olympia Roller Rink. |newspaper=The Critic |volume= |location=South Australia |date=15 April 1908 |access-date=17 December 2022 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}} {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202115500 |title=The stage. |newspaper=Gadfly |volume=III |issue=147 |location=South Australia |date=2 December 1908 |access-date=17 December 2022 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}} (originally built as a cyclorama, then used as an ice rink known as the Adelaide Glaciarium). The new cinema, built in the era of silent films, had raked seating with a capacity of 3,000 patrons. It was demolished in 1938, with the new West's Theatre opening in 1939, in a new Art Deco design.{{cite web | title=Former cyclorama/ice rink as Adelaide's first fixed picture theatre, West's Olympia, in Hindley Street, 1908| website=AdelaideAZ | url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/hindley-street-cyclorama-and-skating-rink-becomes-adelaide-s-first-picture-theatre--west-s--in-1908 | access-date=17 December 2022}} This cinema operated until 1977, after which various businesses used the premises, until the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra moved in in 2001, creating the Grainger Studio{{cite web | title=Hindley Street, Adelaide [B 4785]| website=State Library of South Australia| format=photo + text | date=13 July 1928 | url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+4785 | access-date=17 December 2022}} (named after Percy Grainger).

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As the 1910s approached, Hindley Street entered a state of despair. Adelaide's daily newspaper, The Advertiser, began reporting on public intoxication in the street as early as 1911.{{cite web|url=http://indaily.com.au/opinion/2013/10/09/hindley-street-it-wasnt-always-this-way/|title=Hindley Street: it wasn't always this way|work=indaily.com.au|date=9 October 2013|access-date=5 October 2015}} It would later become known for its state of debauchery well into the 21st century. Theatres, butchers and other business still thrived, despite the shifting of business away from Hindley Street.

By 1912, there were several cinemas in the city, largely clustered around Hindley Street. The new Wondergraph picture theatre was built by the Greater Wondergraph Company{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article210298172 |title=The Greater Wondergraph Company. |newspaper=The Express and Telegraph |volume=XLIX |issue=14,552 |location=South Australia |date=29 February 1912 |access-date=20 December 2022 |page=1 (5 o'clock.) |via=National Library of Australia}} from July 1912{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58183909 |title=Wondergraph Picture Hall. |newspaper=The Mail (Adelaide) |issue=12 |date=20 July 1912 |access-date=20 December 2022 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} at no. 27. Designed by Garlick & Jackman architects, the design of the building was being lauded well before construction,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58185369 |title=A big Adelaide enterprise. |newspaper=The Mail (Adelaide) |issue=2 |location=South Australia |date=11 May 1912 |access-date=20 December 2022 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} and on the invitation-only event on the night before its official opening night on Friday 5 September 1913, "every seat was occupied by the audience, which went into raptures over the fine appointments of the theatre and the pictures which were shown". The main feature was The Crossing Policeman.{{efn|Article says it was called Crossing a Policeman, but it is evidently this one.{{IMDb title|qid=Q15054455|title=The Crossing Policeman}}}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105591723 |title=The New Wondergraph |newspaper=Daily Herald (Adelaide) |volume=4 |issue=1080 |location=South Australia |date=6 September 1913 |access-date=20 December 2022 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} The theatre was later extensively remodelled as the Civic Theatre in 1932,{{cite web | title=State Theatre in Adelaide, AU | website=Cinema Treasures |first= Ken| last= Roe | url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/35472 | access-date=22 December 2022}} sold to S.A. Theatres in 1939,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41090233 |title=Greater Wondergraph Coy. Ltd. |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |location=South Australia |date=8 September 1939 |access-date=25 December 2022 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41094018 |title=Greater Wondergraph Coy. |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |location=South Australia |date=25 September 1939 |access-date=25 December 2022 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}} who sold it in August to Greater Union, who were leasing the theatre at the time.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206047385 |title=S. A. Theatre deal |newspaper=The Age |issue=28801 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=16 August 1947 |access-date=24 December 2022 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35993717 |title=Civic Theatre sold to Greater Union |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |volume=90 |issue=27725 |location=South Australia |date=16 August 1947 |access-date=24 December 2022 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}} The theatre was demolished to make way for the State Theatre{{cite web | title=Hindley Street, Adelaide [B 4475] • Photograph| website=State Library of South Australia| format= photo + text | url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+4475 | access-date=20 December 2022}}{{cite web | title=Hindley Street, Adelaide [B 13652] • Photograph| website=State Library of South Australia| format= photo + text | url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+13642 | access-date=20 December 2022}} in 1957,{{cite web | title=Hindley Street, Adelaide [B 13984] • Photograph| website=State Library of South Australia| format= photo + text | url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+13984 | access-date=20 December 2022}} which closed in May 1977.

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The Metro Theatre was one of Adelaide's earliest cinemas, and a noted example of Art Deco architecture, was designed by American theatre architect Thomas W. Lamb in association with local architect F. Kenneth Milne. Built on the site of Conrad's butcher shop on the northeast corner of Victoria Street, it opened on 6 October 1939, a luxurious building which included air-conditioning, and accommodated an audience of 1,286 in stalls, dress circle, and lounge. It existed on the corner of Hindley and Victoria Street for many years until it was closed in 1972, then subsequently redeveloped in 1975 as a modern four-screen Greater Union cinema complex, called Hindley Cinemas 1–4.{{cite web | title=Hindley Cinemas 1–4 in Adelaide, AU | website=Cinema Treasures | date=3 August 2007 | url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1588 | access-date=17 December 2022}} It was here that the film Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) had its world premiere.{{cn|date=December 2022}} This cinema would not endure either; it was closed in 1991 and demolished in 2005, with an apartment building built on the site. {{as of|2022}} a KFC outlet occupies the ground floor, with student accommodation above it.{{cite web | title=87 Hindley Street, streetview | website=Google Maps | url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.9231591,138.5962386,3a,75y,349.87h,106.85t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sK3duKMjv9KIOO4IV2YNgSA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DK3duKMjv9KIOO4IV2YNgSA%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D294.3929%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192 | access-date=24 December 2022}}

In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, Hindley Street became known for its diversity: coffee lounges, restaurants, pubs, ice and roller skating rinks, a late-night chemist, theatres, cinemas, "alternative" bookshops and retail outlets were available along the strip. It was by this time Adelaide's unofficial "nightlife" street,[http://www.pleasetakemeto.com/australia/south-australia/adelaide/information/location/hindley-street Hindley street information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917180104/http://www.pleasetakemeto.com/australia/south-australia/adelaide/information/location/hindley-street |date=17 September 2008 }}, www.pleasetakemeto.com and had also acquired a somewhat seedy reputation.{{cite web | title=9 interesting spots along Hindley Street Adelaide| first=Graeme| last= Fanning | website=WeekendNotes | date=6 July 2020 | url=https://www.weekendnotes.com/interesting-spots-hindley-street-adelaide/ | access-date=6 October 2021}}

In 1982, West End Brewery moved to Thebarton and the building was demolished.{{cite web|url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au:443/organisations/south-australian-brewing-co-ltd?hh=1&|author=Alison Painter|title=South Australian Brewing Co. Ltd| website=SA History Hub| publisher= History Trust of South Australia|access-date=6 October 2021}}

In the 1990s, it gained a reputation for being Adelaide's red light district.

In the early 2000s, the street experienced somewhat of a decline, with several shops closing and left vacant or boarded up, and a consequent lack of daytime foot traffic. Late-night alcohol-fuelled violence and drunken behaviour along the street drove the Adelaide City Council to introduce a 3am lockout, in which all business (predominantly nightclubs) must refuse entry after 3am.

Hindley Street is located in the north-west quarter of the centre of Adelaide. It runs between King William Street and West Terrace.{{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}}

Two pedestrianised streets which run between Hindley and Currie Streets are notable for their historical value, restaurants, bars, and specialist shops: Leigh Street{{cite web | title=Take a Stroll Down Leigh Street | website=WeekendNotes | date=26 March 2012 | url=https://www.weekendnotes.com/take-a-stroll-down-leigh-street/ | access-date=22 December 2022}}{{cite web | title=Leigh Street – Adelaide, Attraction | website=South Australia | date=28 March 2022 | url=https://southaustralia.com/products/adelaide/attraction/leigh-street | access-date=22 December 2022}}{{cite web|website=Flickr|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/82134796@N03/7771381376|author=denisbin|title=1854 Bible Christian Methodist Church Clarendon, Adelaide Hills South Australia|date=6 April 2012 |access-date=25 July 2019}}{{cite news| publisher= InDaily |url=https://indaily.com.au/news/2013/09/25/leigh-street-to-stay-closed/|title=Leigh Street to stay closed| first=Melissa |last=Mack|date=25 September 2013|access-date=25 July 2019}} and Peel Street.{{cite web | title= Peel Street – Adelaide, Attraction | website=South Australia | date=10 March 2022 | url=https://southaustralia.com/products/adelaide/attraction/peel-street | access-date=22 December 2022}}{{cite web | last=Honan | first=Georgia | title=Your guide to Adelaide's Peel Street | website=Glam Adelaide | date=28 January 2022 | url=https://glamadelaide.com.au/your-guide-to-adelaides-peel-street/ | access-date=22 December 2022}}

In the 21st century, Hindley Street has been given new life by urban renewal and UniSA's City West campus and a number of businesses, creating the city's West End precinct.{{cite web | title=Home | website=Adelaide West End Association | date=11 March 2021 | url=https://adelaidewestend.com.au/ | access-date=6 October 2021}}

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The literary book retailer Imprints Booksellers{{cite web | title=A literary haven in Adelaide's west end | website=Imprints Booksellers | date=27 March 2024 | url=https://imprints.com.au/ | access-date=27 March 2024}} was founded in 1984 at no. 80 by Graham Miller, father of Greg Mackie, with his wife Gayle Miller and her friend Patricia Sykes. Mackie first worked at the store on weekends when he was still a university student, but six months later bought into the business.{{cite web | last=Case | first=Jo | title=It's the end of an era for Imprints – and hopefully the start of a new chapter | website=InReview | date=15 March 2024 | url=https://inreview.com.au/inreview/books-and-poetry/2024/03/15/its-the-end-of-an-era-for-imprints-and-hopefully-the-start-of-a-new-chapter/ | access-date=27 March 2024}} From 1984 until 2003 Mackie was director and co-proprietor (with Gayle Miller), of Imprints.{{cite web | title=Strategic Leadership Group: Greg Mackie OAM Chief Executive Officer | website=History Trust of South Australia | date=11 January 2023 | url=https://www.history.sa.gov.au/people/ | access-date=27 March 2024}} It moved to its current ({{as of|March 2024|lc=yes}}{{cite web | title=Contact | website=Imprints Booksellers | date=27 March 2024 | url=https://imprints.com.au/contact/ | access-date=27 March 2024}}) location no. 107 Hindley Street in 1999, around the time that many arts organisations were moving into the vicinity, including Adelaide Festival offices above the shop.

In 2007, Mackie and Miller sold the shop to Jason Lake and Katherine Woehlert, who had been working there for some time. At the time, the Rudd government was offering stimulus packages; however, the 2008 financial crisis occurred the following year, causing losses. Later, online bookselling and Amazon offered serious competition, along with book superstores such as Borders in Rundle Mall (which closed in mid-2011).

Imprints ran the Adelaide Writers' Week book tent for ten years from 2011, under the direction of Laura Kroetsch and then Jo Dyer.

In 2015, the store was raided by South Australia Police, after a complaint had been lodged that they had been selling unwrapped copies of the new edition of the cult novel American Psycho,{{cite web | title=Bookstore raided by police for selling novel American Psycho | website=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=17 July 2015 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/bookstore-raided-by-police-for-selling-novel-american-psycho-20150717-gif4pg.html | access-date=27 March 2024}} by Bret Easton Ellis. The novel, first published in 1991, had been classified as R18+ under national censorship legislation since its release, which meant that it was only allowed to be sold in plastic to persons over 18.{{cite web | last=Sutton | first=Malcolm | title=Police ask for new edition of American Psycho to be kept from Adelaide bookshelves | website=ABC News | date=17 July 2015 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-17/american-psycho-removed-from-adelaide-bookshelves/6628846 | access-date=27 March 2024}}

Restrictions on people's movements during the COVID-19 pandemic caused business in Adelaide's CBD to decline from mid-2020. In December 2021, Woehlert was diagnosed with breast cancer, just as they were preparing for the 2022 Writers Week. They managed that one, but found that they were running out of energy to run the shop, and put it on the market in February 2024. The bookstore had acquired a reputation for its expertise in recommending books to customers, of whom they have a faithful following, including writer Walter Marsh, who published a book about media mogul Rupert Murdoch's youth called Young Rupert.

Hindley Street Music Hall, a large live music venue, opened in August 2022,{{cite web | last=Brandle | first=Lars | title=Anita's Theatre Becomes Live Nation's First Regional Venue: Exclusive | website=The Music Network | date=18 July 2022 | url=https://themusicnetwork.com/anitas-theatre-live-nation-regional-australia-venue-exclusive/ | access-date=19 February 2024}} after the site of the HQ nightclub complex was bought by Live Nation Australia and a purpose-built split-level live music space created.{{cite web | title=About | website=Hindley Street Music Hall | date=10 August 2022 | url=https://hindleymusichall.com.au/about/ | access-date=19 February 2024}}

"Hindley Street", a song by Australian band Powderfinger on its album Internationalist, was written about the street.{{cite web | title=Internationalist – 1998 | website=Powderfinger | date=2 November 2016 | url=https://powderfinger.com/music/internationalist-1998/ | access-date=23 December 2022}}{{cite web | title=Powderfinger – Internationalist (album review ) | website=Sputnikmusic | date=6 November 2011 | url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/46415/Powderfinger-Internationalist/ | access-date=23 December 2022}}

Hindley Street is mentioned in the song "Carrington Cabaret" by Redgum on their 1978 album If You Don't Fight You Lose.{{cite web | title=Carrington Cabaret | website=Red Raggin' – The Redgum Lyrics Archive | url=http://redgumlyrics.weebly.com/carrington-cabaret.html | access-date=23 December 2022}}

The street features in the 2023 film Emotion Is Dead, written and directed by Pete Williams.{{cite interview | interviewer-last=Watts | interviewer-first=Tim|first=Pete |last=Williams | title=Emotion is Dead May Be the Most South Australian Movie Ever Made | website=Broadsheet | date=1 July 2024 | url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/national/entertainment/article/punky-independent-film-emotion-dead-may-be-most-south-australian-movie-ever-made | access-date=24 July 2024}}

The Australian cover band, the Hindley Street Country Club is named after the live music scene of the 1970's, 80s and 90s.{{Cite news |date=13 April 2019 |title=Hindley Street Country Club notches more than 1 million video views |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/confidential/hindley-street-country-club-notches-more-than-1-million-video-views/news-story/517d104e38805af6cec11616b67a1ed9 |work=Sunday Mail (SA)}}

File:Theatre Royal in 1881.jpg|Theatre Royal c. 1881

File:Returning soldiers march past Theatre Royal, Hindley Street.jpg|Returning soldiers march past Theatre Royal

File:Hindley Street, Adelaide 158.JPG|The Mayfair Hotel, no. 158 (formerly Colonial Mutual Life)

Hindley Street, Adelaide 156.JPG|High-rise and The Little Pub

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