The Street Naming Committee was a committee established to decide on names for the streets of the new city of Adelaide in the colony of South Australia in 1837.
27-521: The General Post Office is a colonial-era building situated on 141 King William Street on the north-west corner of King William Street and Victoria Square . It is the former General Post Office for South Australia. Postal services operated from the building between 6 May 1872 and 11 October 2019. A 14-story hotel was built behind the historic structure, starting in 2021. It opened as the Adelaide Marriott Hotel in 2024. The original building
54-545: A stop outside the Adelaide Festival Centre as well as an eastward extension along North Terrace to the Adelaide Botanic Garden . Tracks go in all four directions, but not all turning movements are supported. The King's Theatre, at no. 318, was designed by the brothers-in-law David Williams (1856–1940) and Charles Thomas Good (1864–1926), who, working in their practice Williams & Good , also designed
81-636: Is applied several times to the continuous stretch of road that begins in the inner southern suburbs and terminates in North Adelaide . Where it runs through the Adelaide city centre from South Terrace to North Terrace, it is named "King William Street"; elsewhere it is named "King William Road". It starts in the south as King William Road, at the north edge of Heywood Park in Unley Park , and runs through Hyde Park and Unley to Greenhill Road . The road through
108-468: Is called Peacock Road. At approximately 40 metres (130 ft) wide, King William Street is the widest main street of all the Australian State capital cities . Named after King William IV in 1837, it is historically considered one of Adelaide's high streets , for its focal point of businesses, shops and other prominent establishments. The Glenelg tram line runs along the middle of the street through
135-486: The south parklands is named Peacock Road after Caleb Peacock who was Mayor of Adelaide from 1875 to 1877. Through the Adelaide city centre it is King William Street and continues north from North Terrace as King William Road to Brougham Place , North Adelaide. At approximately 40 metres (130 ft) wide, King William Street is the widest main street of all the Australian State capital cities . The road continues north to National Highway 1 as O'Connell Street, but
162-430: The 1980s. The building at 100 King William Street was also designed by Williams & Good. It was constructed in 1848, comprising a hotel and concert hall commissioned by proprietor George White and designed by George Strickland Kingston . White's Adelaide Assembly and Concert Room opened on 26 June 1856. It was refitted as Garner's Theatre (proprietor Alfred Garner ) in 1886, with decorations by George Gordon . It
189-548: The 19th-century neoclassical building was redesigned in 1933, and was listed on the South Australian Heritage Register in December 2020. Between North Terrace and South Terrace , all east-west roads change their names as they cross King William Street. It is said this is because no one was allowed to "cross the path of a monarch". Travelling south from North Terrace, the street pairs are: King William Road
216-477: The Adelaide Marriott Hotel on 22 August 2024. [REDACTED] Media related to General Post Office, Adelaide at Wikimedia Commons King William Street, Adelaide King William Street is the part of a major arterial road that traverses the CBD and centre of Adelaide , continuing as King William Road to the north of North Terrace and south of Greenhill Road ; between South Terrace and Greenhill Road it
243-614: The Albert Tower of the Town Hall on the other side of King William Street. The original plans had the tower somewhat taller, but R. G. Thomas was obliged to redesign it, as a cost-saving measure. The building was extended in 1891-92. There was also an office tower addition to the original post office in the 1920s. On 14 October 2019, Adelaide's GPO was relocated to the adjacent GPO Exchange tower at 10 Franklin Street . Plans were announced for
270-556: The New Tivoli Theatre (later Her Majesty's . The theatre was located on the north-east corner of King William and Carrington Streets , with main entrances on both, opened in February 1911 and closed in 1928. It had a seating capacity of 1500, on seats upholstered in blue velvet. Its proscenium arch was 26 ft (7.9 m) by 28 ft (8.5 m). It was built by Messrs Tolley. Intended mainly for vaudeville performances,
297-530: The city centre. King William Street was named by the Street Naming Committee on 23 May 1837 after King William IV, the then reigning monarch, who died within a month. It is historically considered one of Adelaide's high streets , for its focal point of businesses, shops and other prominent establishments. In August 1977, the first bus lane in Adelaide opened along King William Street from Victoria Square to North Terrace. The name King William
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#1733084918591324-610: The colony. More controversially, Archer Street was to have been named Willoughby Street, after Sir Henry Willoughby, a British MP who had initially opposed the South Australia Bill, but was later won over and convinced others also to change their votes. Through the Governor's interference, the name was changed to Archer, after a landowner who had given him some sheep. O'Connell Street and Kermode Street were named after Jeffcott's friends Daniel O'Connell , who had defended him over
351-482: The entire original GPO building, with some sections incorporated into the new hotel. Upgrades to the structure as well as additional seismic retrofit have been added, to ensure the structural integrity of both the old and new buildings. The topping out ceremony took place in October 2023, and included an Aboriginal smoking ceremony by traditional owner representatives Kuma Kaaru. The 285-room, 14-story hotel opened as
378-471: The founding of South Australia, many of whom never actually visited or lived in the colony. Some exceptions are due to Governor Hindmarsh and Judge Jeffcott wishing to name streets after their friends. Strangways Terrace was named after Thomas Bewes Strangways , a committee member who was also a prospective son-in-law to the Governor. Pulteney Street was named after Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm who had recommended that Hindmarsh be appointed first Governor of
405-426: The modern Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide . The committee met on 23 May 1837 and chose the names, which were gazetted on 3 June. The committee was not harmonious, with Governor John Hindmarsh in particular taking exception to some of the names. Some of his alterations were included in the final gazetted version. The names are of prominent pioneers or people who otherwise made some notable contribution to
432-541: The name King William is not again used. The northern section called King William Road (connecting the Adelaide city centre with North Adelaide ) passes several of Adelaide's landmarks, including Government House , Elder Park , the Adelaide Festival Centre , Adelaide Oval and St Peter's Cathedral . The section from North Terrace over the Adelaide Bridge to Pennington Terrace was named King William Road at
459-493: The opening of the bridge in 1877. Until the 1960s, trams used King William Street as a major backbone of the network, with a grand union junction at North Terrace and only one pair of tracks missing between Grenfell and Currie Streets. When most of the tram lines were dismantled in the 1950s, only the Glenelg tram line remained, and it used King William Street between South Terrace and its terminus at Victoria Square. In 2007,
486-411: The original building to have with a Westin hotel built atop it. In April 2021, South Australian premier Steven Marshall attended a sod-turning ceremony, to mark the beginning of construction on the hotel. The hotel was estimated to cost A$ 200 , with property developer Greaton handling the construction. Designed by local architects Baukultur, the tower, on the site of the 1920s addition, will retain
513-467: The theatre was however reported to be a poor venue, "plagued by poor sightlines and inadequate ventilation". Adelaide Repertory Theatre staged at least two performances there, in 1919. The ceiling and other features of the theatre were damaged by fire on 26 September 1927. The theatre was sold by Majestic Amusements (who had bought it from Fuller Theatres Ltd) in February 1928 to Mr P. J. A. Lawrence, and closed for remodelling on 28 March 1928, when it
540-411: The time in practice with Edward John Woods , and Robert G. Thomas may have had a hand in the design. Prince Alfred, The Duke of Edinburgh , was involved in laying the foundation stone, who also officially named the clock tower Victoria Tower on 1 November 1867. The capstone was put in place at a ceremony on 25 May 1870. The height of the tower was put at 154 feet (46.9 m), a little taller than
567-472: The tram line was extended to run the full length of King William Street again, turning left onto North Terrace and terminating at Adelaide railway station , later extended westwards via Port Road to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre . In 2018, another expansion of the tram routes replaced the turn at the intersection of North Terrace and King William Street with a junction, and a short spur to
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#1733084918591594-742: Was completely rebuilt into a two-storey building. A large ballroom occupied the lower floor, buffered with rubber, The building was opened as the Kings Ballroom on 22 August 1928 (also referred to as the King's Theatre Ballroom, and Golden Ballroom ). With its entrance in Carrington Street, the ballroom was open to "suitably attired" members of the public each Wednesday and Saturday night, and competitions were held there. A serious fire forced closure in 1975, after which it remained vacant for several years, eventually being transformed into legal offices in
621-530: Was constructed in the period 1867–1872, and was the most expensive building constructed to that time by the colonial government in South Australia . It was constructed from Glen Osmond and Glen Ewin stone, and ornamented with Bath limestone. A competition was held in March 1866 for the design of the building, with the winning design submitted by Edmund Wright in collaboration with Edward Hamilton . They were at
648-533: Was not a successful production. The theatre finally closed on 31 March 1979. Both the old theatre and hotel and the Commonwealth Bank buildings (both on the eastern side of the street) were demolished in 1980. The facade of the Sands & McDougall Printers and Stationers building at 64 King William Street, Adelaide is an excellent early example of Art Deco architecture in South Australia. The facade of
675-723: Was one of the city's leading picture theatres until 1967, when it was renovated and became the Celebrity Theatre and Restaurant. Two years later it was reinvented as a cinema and live theatre , called the Warner Theatre, owned by City Projects Pty Ltd from 1969. Notable performances at the Warner include the Eleo Pomare Dance Company of New York City in 1972, Don's Party in 1975, and The Rocky Horror Show in 1977. Rocky Horror only ran for around two months as it
702-491: Was referenced in the John Schumann song "Hyde Park Calling (King William Road Scene 1)" on the 1993 album True Believers . [REDACTED] Australian Roads portal Street Naming Committee The Street Naming Committee was set up to decide the names of the streets, the squares and the river of the new settlement of Adelaide, as it had been laid out by Colonel William Light in 1837. Light's map corresponds to
729-634: Was taken over by new proprietor Tommy Hudson, and renamed Hudson's Bijou in 1892. In 1900, Harry Rickards purchased the building and reopened it as the Tivoli Theatre, which operated briefly as a cinema, called the Star Theatre. The Majestic Theatre opened as a picture theatre on 3 June 1916, having undergone a conversion costing £18,000. It stood alongside the Majestic Hotel, and was described as "the most modern theatre in Adelaide" in that year. It
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