Outram Street
{{Short description|Street in Perth, Western Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox Australian road
| road_name = Outram Street
| state = WA
| image = Outram Street, West Perth, October 2024.jpg
| image_alt =
| caption = Looking south along Outram Street from Wellington Street
| type = street
| length = 0.75
| est =
| direction_a = South
| end_a = Kings Park Road
| exits =
- Ord Street
- Hay Street
- Murray Street
| direction_b = North
| end_b = {{AUshield|S|65}} Wellington Street (State Route 65)
| through = {{WAcity|West Perth}}
}}
Outram Street is a {{convert|750|m|mi|adj=mid|-long|sigfig=1}}{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com.au/maps?saddr=Outram+St&daddr=Outram+St&hl=en&ll=-31.949477,115.839983&spn=0.009003,0.009506&sll=-31.946277,115.840769&sspn=0.00226,0.002376&geocode=FbJzGP4dzYznBg%3BFROMGP4dypfnBg&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=19&t=m&z=17 |accessdate=3 January 2014}} street, named after Sir James Outram, in West Perth.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46294155|title=PERTH NAMES.|newspaper=The West Australian|location=Perth|date=21 January 1939|accessdate=3 January 2014|page=5|publisher=National Library of Australia}}
Location
The street runs parallel to Colin and Havelock Streets (which are further to the east and closer to the CBD), from Kings Park Road to Wellington Street.
History
For a significant part of the early twentieth century, wealthy merchants and politicians had family homes in the street.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58032959|title=PERTHS BEAUTIFUL HOMES.|newspaper=The Sunday Times|location=Perth|date=30 July 1922|accessdate=3 January 2014|page=17|publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58026186|title=PERTH'S BEAUTIFUL HOMES.|newspaper=The Sunday Times|location=Perth|date=19 February 1922|accessdate=3 January 2014|page=17|publisher=National Library of Australia}} Some of the significant structures from that era remain intact, but with different uses.{{Citation | author1=Dease Studios | author2=HRRC | title=Weetalabah, residence of Dr E. J. A. Haynes, corner of Hay and Outram Streets, West Perth [picture] | publication-date=1905 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11034872 | accessdate=4 January 2014 }}
By the late 1930s the development of blocks of flats and apartments were beginning to change the landscape of Outram Street and West Perth.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46379272|title=Untitled|newspaper=The West Australian|location=Perth|date=1 April 1939|accessdate=3 January 2014|page=8|publisher=National Library of Australia}}
In the transition from residential suburb to concentrated office accommodation, values of land have made it a significant location adjacent to the Perth CBD.{{Citation|title=The West Australian: West Perth in demand|journal=Asia Africa Intelligence Wire|publication-date=25 September 2002|publisher=Financial Times Ltd|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/112140074|accessdate=3 January 2014}}{{Citation|title=Outram Street offices tipped to fetch $A10m|journal=Australasian Business Intelligence|publication-date=16 December 2003|publisher=COMTEX News Network, Inc|issn=1320-6680}}
Heritage value
Some of the structures like the Outram Street Terraces (number 74-82)Also known as Kent Villa, Heimath, Echuca, and Wainera – see https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060324130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34313/20060325-0000/www.heritage.wa.gov.au/register/PDF_Files/O%20Reg/Outram%20St%20Tces%20(I).pdf have been on the Interim Heritage Register since 2000.
See also
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Notes
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