Milligan Street, Perth

Milligan Street, Perth Western Australia
Street sign - Milligan Street
General information
Type	Street
Length	530 m (0.3 mi)[1][2]
Major junctions
South end	St Georges Terrace
	Hay Street Murray Street
North end	Wellington Street
Spur section
South-west end	Milligan Street (main section)
North-east end	Wellington Street
Location(s)
Suburb(s)	Perth, Northbridge

Milligan Street is a street in Perth, Western Australia that runs from St Georges Terrace to north of Wellington Street. The northern section provides access to the Perth Arena carpark and Telethon Avenue; there are also dedicated Transperth bus roads connecting to the northern end, south of the Fremantle railway line.^[3]

A small side-street of the same name branches off the east side of Milligan Street between Murray and Wellington Streets, and forms a second intersection with Wellington Street.^[3]

History

Milligan Street appears in maps of Perth from as early as 1838, running from what is now Spring Street to Murray.^[4][5] It was named after Dr William Lane Milligan, the original owner of the land on the southern end of Milligan Street, south of St Georges Terrace.^[6][7]

In 1863 the section of Milligan Street south of St Georges Terrace was rezoned and transferred to Matthew Hale, the Anglican Bishop of Perth.^[6][8][9] By 1894 Milligan Street extended north to Wellington Street.^[10]

Melbourne Street

Main article: Melbourne Street, Perth

The small side-street between Murray and Wellington Streets was originally part of a separate (although intersecting) thoroughfare named Melbourne Street that ran north-east from the corner of Milligan and Murray Streets, past Wellington and Roe Streets, and (in 1845) to James Street.^[5][11]

In 1923 Melbourne Road^[a] was renamed to Milligan Street^[12] and the two were considered a single road when the Perth City Council adopted a committee recommendation:

That the name of Melbourne-road be altered to Milligan-street, and that the present Milligan-street and the present Melbourne-road be then regarded as one thoroughfare.^[13]

However the name Melbourne Road continued to be used at least until the 1940s.^[14][15]

In December 2017 the City of Perth Council agreed to a request from Landgate^[16][17] and the portion of Milligan Street between Roe and James Streets was renamed back to Melbourne Street.

Separation

Melbourne Street was originally continuous between Murray and James Streets but it was closed between Wellington and Roe Streets in 1911.^[18][b] The road was removed in 1974, when the Perth Entertainment Centre was built.^[22][23]

Notes

1. Most early maps show Melbourne Street,^{[4][5][10][11]} but Government Gazettes and newspaper articles typically refer to Melbourne Road.^{[12][13][14][15]}
2. A Perth City Link newsletter^[19] says that the level crossing was closed in the 1930s, but maps from 1918^[20] and 1925^[21] show the road as being closed.

References

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1. "Milligan Street (main)". Google Maps. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
2. "Milligan Street (spur)". Google Maps. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
3. "Landgate Map Viewer Plus". Landgate. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
4. "Perth 18a. Plan of Perth Township showing Lots, Streets & Lakes from Mt Eliza in West to Walters & Claise Brooks in East, Lakes Henderson & Poulett to North & St Georges Terrace in South. Unsigned, probably Hillman, 1838 [scale: 6 chains to an inch]". State Records Office of Western Australia. Series S235 Original Plans - Townsites, Item 289. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
5. Western Australia: An atlas of human endeavour: 1829–1979. Western Australia: Government Printer. 1979. p. 48.
6. Cygnet (24 September 1938). "Perth Names. 9: Milligan of Milligan-street". The West Australian. Perth, WA. p. 5.
7. "Perth Street Names. Some Interesting Derivations". The West Australian. 1 January 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
8. "Bishop's House". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
9. "Register of Heritage Places - Assessment Documentation: Bishop's House". Heritage Council of Western Australia. p. 6. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
10. "Perth 18/31. Little plan of The City of Perth copied from original 21/11/1894 showing City Lots and Streets, West Perth Railway Station & Central Railway Station & Goods Yard [scale: 5 chains to an inch]". State Records Office of Western Australia. Series S235 Original Plans - Townsites, Item 342. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
11. "Perth 18F. Copy of Plan of Perth Townsite Map 18E (see Map 18E for details) added notation of Fieldbook 2 p. 9 by W. Phelps, 1859-60 [scale: 6 chains to inch, Tally No. 005728]". State Records Office of Western Australia. Series S235 Original Plans - Townsites, Item 297. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
12. "Change of Name of Street (per 4686/23)" (pdf). Western Australia Government Gazette. 31 August 1923. p. 1923:1650.
13. "City Council. New Works Authorised". The Daily News. Perth, WA. 14 August 1923. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
14. "Pageant In Perth Tonight". The Daily News. Perth, WA. 26 September 1944. p. 6. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
15. "Detective follows a trail of blood". Mirror. Perth, WA. 5 January 1946. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
16. "Council Minutes" (PDF). Perth City Council. 19 December 2017. p. 6. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
17. Report to the Planning Committee – Change of Name for Northern Portion of Milligan Street, Between Roe Street and James Street, Northbridge to Melbourne Street (PDF), City of Perth, 14 December 2017, retrieved 2 September 2018
18. "Notice of Resumption" (PDF). Western Australia Government Gazette. 28 February 1911. p. 957.
19. "New era for historic site" (PDF), Connect, Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority, p. 4, 12 April 2013, retrieved 2 September 2018
20. "Perth Sheet 15 [Tally No. 504982]". State Records Office of Western Australia. Series S2168 Townsite plans, Item 1390. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
21. "Perth Sub 36 [Tally No. 503621]". State Records Office of Western Australia. Series S2168 Townsite plans, Item 1370. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
22. "Aerial photograph of Perth Entertainment Centre under construction, 13 Feb. 1974 [picture]". State Library of Western Australia. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
23. "Future site for Seven and a flash back in time for Michael Edgley". WA TV History. 12 September 2010. Photograph of Entertainment Centre in 1974. Retrieved 28 May 2014.