Wakefield Street, Adelaide
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Wakefield Street is a main thoroughfare in the centre
of the South Australian capital, Adelaide
.
It runs in east-west between East Terrace and Victoria Square
, and is one of the three streets (along with Grote Street
and King William Street
) to run through Victoria Square in the middle of the Adelaide city centre
. The same three streets are also the widest streets in the city centre. (Refer to Adelaide city centre#Layout.)
The street was named after Daniel Bell Wakefield
, the solicitor who drafted the Act which proclaimed Adelaide. Like his brother Edward Gibbon Wakefield
, he was also involved in the South Australia Association in London, but never visited Adelaide.
Businesses, buildings, schools, etc., on Wakefield Street include:
The Unitarian Christian Church which once stood opposite Francis Xavier's Cathedral was demolished in 1971 and replaced with a government building "Wakefield Tower".
Adelaide city centre
The Adelaide city centre is the innermost locality of Greater Adelaide, known by locals simply as "The City" or "Town". The locality is split into two key geographical distinctions: the city "square mile", bordered by North, East, South and West Terraces; and that part of the Adelaide Parklands...
of the South Australian capital, Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
.
It runs in east-west between East Terrace and Victoria Square
Victoria Square, Adelaide
Victoria Square is a public square in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The square is in the centre of the city's grid of one square mile, and was named by the Street Naming Committee on 23 May 1837 after Princess Victoria, heir presumptive of the British throne. Less than a month later the...
, and is one of the three streets (along with Grote Street
Grote Street, Adelaide
Grote Street is a major street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs in an east-west direction, as a continuation of Wakefield Street where it crosses Victoria Square. It concludes at West Terrace; the road which continues is Sir Donald Bradman Drive...
and King William Street
King William Street, Adelaide
King William Street is the part of a major arterial road that traverses the CBD and centre of Adelaide . It was named by the Street Naming Committee on 23 May 1837 after King William IV, the then reigning monarch, who died within a month...
) to run through Victoria Square in the middle of the Adelaide city centre
Adelaide city centre
The Adelaide city centre is the innermost locality of Greater Adelaide, known by locals simply as "The City" or "Town". The locality is split into two key geographical distinctions: the city "square mile", bordered by North, East, South and West Terraces; and that part of the Adelaide Parklands...
. The same three streets are also the widest streets in the city centre. (Refer to Adelaide city centre#Layout.)
The street was named after Daniel Bell Wakefield
Daniel Bell Wakefield
Daniel Bell Wakefield was a notable judge in New Zealand during the mid-19th century.Wakefield was the second child of Edward Wakefield and Susanna, née Crash ....
, the solicitor who drafted the Act which proclaimed Adelaide. Like his brother Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Edward Gibbon Wakefield was a British politician, the driving force behind much of the early colonisation of South Australia, and later New Zealand....
, he was also involved in the South Australia Association in London, but never visited Adelaide.
Businesses, buildings, schools, etc., on Wakefield Street include:
- The Adelaide Metropolitan Fire Service
- St Aloysius College, AdelaideSt Aloysius College, AdelaideSt Aloysius College is a Catholic, day school for girls, situated in Adelaide, South Australia.St Aloysius College, also known as "SAC", was established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1880, and educates over 950 students from Reception to Year 12....
- St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Adelaide
- The studios of TV station ADS-10ADS-10ADS Adelaide is an Australian television station, owned by, and affiliated with the Ten Network.-History:ADS-10 began as ADS-7 on 24 October 1959, before being owned by those affiliated with the Ten Network. On 27 December 1987, ADS-7 and SAS-10 switched affiliations, ADS moving to channel 10, SAS...
- Christian Brothers College, AdelaideChristian Brothers College, AdelaideChristian Brothers College is a private Catholic school in the CBD of Adelaide, South Australia. It was founded by a group of Irish Christian Brothers in 1878, and it is now one of three Christian Brothers schools in the state....
The Unitarian Christian Church which once stood opposite Francis Xavier's Cathedral was demolished in 1971 and replaced with a government building "Wakefield Tower".