Murray Street, Perth

Coordinates: 31°57′08″S 115°51′28″E / 31.952326°S 115.857847°E / -31.952326; 115.857847

The Commonwealth Bank building stands on the corner of Murray Street and Forrest Place.
View along the pedestrian mall in the direction of Barrack Street and St Mary's Cathedral.

Murray Street is one of four main east-west roads within the Perth central business district.

History

The street, the central portion of which has become a pedestrian mall, was named after Sir George Murray, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1828 to 1830.

It is the one main road in Perth that has an eastern ending at a church - the Roman Catholic St Mary's Cathedral; the other major churches in the CBD are on the sides of the city streets.

The mall was created later than the Hay Street mall [1] and its central section had no hotels whereas Wellington, Hay and St Georges Terrace have.

The number of historic arcades linking with the Hay Street mall is significant compared to other parts of the CBD.

The western and eastern ends of the street have had significant changes in land use compared to the central section.

Shops and malls

Cnr Murray and Elder Streets Perth, on the first day of traffic flow returning to two way after 40 years of being one way

The strip has many popular shops lining the street including flagship outlets for department stores such as Myer, David Jones, Woolworths and Target. Recent development along Murray Street has seen the addition of a number of both national and international retailers including - Nespresso, Swarovski, G-Star Raw, Quiksilver, General Pants Co., Aquilla, Industrie, Margaret River Chocolate co., Hurley, Pandora and many more. In addition to this development is now under way at the carillon centre that will see the addition of Zara to the Mall.

East Precinct

The Murray Street East Precinct includes the heritage listed area between Pier Street and Victoria Square. Notable buildings/features within the heritage precinct include;

Accessibility

The Murray Street mall is directly connected to the Perth railway station by an entry at the west end of the mall, and via Forrest Place to the original Perth railway station and the Museum of Western Australia. Parking garages are also located nearby.

See also

Notes

  1. Central Murray Street upgrading (1988) prepared by Central Murray Street Upgrading Study Group ; produced by Planning Department, City of Perth
  2. http://www.phcprojects.com.au/
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