Alice Street, Brisbane
- 27°28′27″S 153°01′41″E / 27.474104°S 153.02806°E / -27.474104; 153.02806
Alice Street is a street in the Brisbane CBD, Queensland, Australia. It is the most southern major road in the city's central business district, running parallel to the other female-named streets in the city. It was named after Princess Alice of the United Kingdom.[2]
Geography
In a pocket of land between a curve of the Brisbane River and Alice Street is the City Botanic Gardens and Parliament House. Access to the Gardens Point QUT campus and the Riverside Expressway is provided at the western end of the street.
The male-named streets from William Street to Edward Street end at intersections with Alice Street.
History
Alice Street is one of the earliest streets in Brisbane.[3]
Brisbane Ferries operated from the eastern end as early as the 1860s.
Heritage listings
Alice Street has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- 69 Alice Street: Parliament House[4]
- 147 Alice Street: City Botanic Gardens[5]
- 210 Alice Street: Britannia Foundry[6]
- 2 Edward Street: Old Mineral House[7] (corner of Alice Street)
- Sections of Albert St, George St, William St, North Quay, Queen's Wharf Rd: Early Streets of Brisbane[8]
Major intersections
See also
Australian Roads portal
References
- ^ Google. "Alice Street, Brisbane" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
- ^ "What's the story behind the men's and women's street names in Brisbane's CBD?". ABC News. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Early Streets of Brisbane (entry 645611)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "Parliament House (entry 600069)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Brisbane Botanic Gardens (entry 600067)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Public Works Depot (entry 600068)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Old Mineral House (entry 600092)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Early Streets of Brisbane (entry 700011)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
External links
Media related to Alice Street, Brisbane at Wikimedia Commons
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