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Beaufort, of Beaufort-street, was that Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.B., who, in 1829, the year in which Western Australia was founded, went to the Admiralty as hydrographer (or chief map-maker) to the Royal Navy and remained there mapping the seas of the world and their hidden dangers for the succeeding 26 years.
The category is for streets found within Perth, Western Australia. Use a suburb-specific subcategory rather than this category, if such a category exists. Streets in multiple suburbs should be listed here too, unless all the suburbs the street is in have suburb-specific categories
There are more than 350 [citation needed] suburbs in the Perth metropolitan region (colloquially known as Perth, the capital city of Western Australia) as of 2021. The name and boundary of a locality (commonly referred to as a suburb in the metropolitan region [according to whom?]) is determined under the authority of the Minister of Lands in Western Australia, and form an official component ...
Murray Street (1838): After Geo Murray, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1828-30. [24] Ord Street by 1894 Harry Ord "Major-General Sir Harry St. George Ord (1819-95) was Governor of Western Australia from 1878 to 1880. He was also the Governor of the Straits Settlements from April 1, 1867 till November 4, 1873."
Freeways, highways, and arterial roads in Perth, Western Australia form the basis of the road network inside the Perth Metropolitan Region. Main Roads Western Australia controls and maintains all freeways and highways, as well as some arterial roads, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] collectively known as state roads.
Wellington Street is the northernmost of the four primary east-west streets in the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. It is 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) long, stretching from Plain Street in East Perth to Thomas Street in West Perth .
Lord Street is a road in East Perth, Western Australia. It starts from Victoria Square near Royal Perth Hospital and runs north-east for 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) to end at Walcott Street, Mount Lawley. The street formerly extended south to the Swan River, with Victoria Avenue being the new name as of 1903 for the section south of Victoria Square.
The Perth Cultural Centre includes facilities such as the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the State Library of Western Australia, the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia and the Western Australian Museum. [10] The Perth Concert Hall is located on St Georges Terrace and His Majesty's Theatre on Hay Street.