Victoria Square, Perth

{{Short description|Grounds of St Mary's Cathedral in Perth, Western Australia}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Coord|-31.9556|115.8665|display=title}}

{{Infobox Australian road

| road_name = Victoria{{nbsp}}Square, Perth

| state = wa

| image = Victoria Square Cottages, Perth, January 2021 01.jpg

| image_alt = Red brick cottages with white fences in front

| caption = The state heritage listed Victoria Square Cottages on Victoria Square in January 2021

| type = street

| length = 0.45

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| est =

| end_a = Goderich Street

| exits = {{Plainlist|

• Lord Street
• Murray Street
• Victoria Avenue

}}

| end_b = Goderich Street

| through = {{WAcity|perth}}

| ring = St Mary's Cathedral

}}

Victoria Square is the name of the area and road that runs around the edge of the grounds of St Mary's Cathedral in Perth, Western Australia.

It is the northern extension of Victoria Avenue.

The area was originally named Church Hill by John Septimus Roe in 1839 or 1840, but was subsequently known as Victoria Square. The Anglicans of Perth chose the location of their cathedral, St George's, closer to Government House on St Georges Terrace, allowing the Catholic church to utilise Victoria Square.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46297986 |title=PERTH NAMES. |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=55 |issue=16,411 |location=Western Australia |date=4 February 1939 |accessdate=20 March 2016 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The precinct that surrounds the area includes historic schools, Catholic Church buildings, as well as historic residential buildings.{{Citation | author1=Foster, M. J. T | author2=J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History | title=The Benedictine builders of 19th century : Victoria Square, Perth | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9921363 | accessdate=20 March 2016 }}

Most of the historic buildings in the square were constructed and opened in the late nineteenth century.{{Citation | author1=Wright, Alfred Robert Linus | title=Opening of Ladies' College, Victoria Square, Perth, 1896 | date=1900 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159555717 | accessdate=20 March 2016 }}{{Citation | author1=Wright, Alfred Robert Linus | title=St. Joseph's Primary School, Victoria Square, Perth, 1895 | date=1900 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159555696 | accessdate=20 March 2016 }}

Royal Perth Hospital is on its northern side, and related buildings are on the north west side of the square, while on the south east side is Mercedes College.

In the nineteenth century, the Convent of Mercy was located on the square.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171413474 |title=NEW CHAPEL, Convent of the SISTERS OF MERCY, Victoria Square, PERTH. |newspaper=Advocate |volume=LVI |issue=2732 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=12 February 1925 |accessdate=24 November 2022 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Citation | author1=M. Leonie Sister | title=A history of the Convent of Mercy, Victoria Square (1846-1900) | date=1962 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/20909520 | accessdate=20 March 2016 }}

On the southern and south west part of the square is the Catholic Archbishop's Palace.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/cabinet/mediast/dg96-13/lewarch.html|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040614140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23604/20040615-0000/www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/cabinet/mediast/dg96-13/lewarch.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-06-14|title = Australian Web Archive}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86018017 |title=FOR ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL |newspaper=The Daily News |volume=LIV |issue=18,634 |location=Western Australia |date=6 December 1934 |accessdate=20 March 2016 |page=8 (LATE CITY) |via=National Library of Australia}}

The road that leads to the square from the west is Murray Street, while the road leading east is Goderich Street. Lord Street runs from the north east corner of the square, and over Wellington Street and the railway line into Mount Lawley.