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North Terrace

South Australia
North Terrace facing west in the early evening
Map
North Terrace, Adelaide is located in City of Adelaide
West end
West end
East end
East end
Coordinates
General information
TypeStreet
LocationAdelaide city centre
Length2.1 km (1.3 mi)[1]
Opened1837
Major junctions
West endWest Terrace
Port Road
Adelaide
 
East endEast Terrace
Botanic Road
Adelaide
Location(s)
LGA(s)City of Adelaide
North Terrace looking east, from the King William Street intersection
North Terrace intersection with Pulteney Street, looking south-west from Bonython Hall.
Adelaide in 1839 as viewed south-east from the western end of North Terrace, including Holy Trinity Church. (The church tower lost its "peaked cap" in 1844.)
Italianate residence of Adelaide businessman and politician John Bagot on North Terrace, circa 1907
Residential houses and mansions with established front gardens line North Terrace, circa 1910
North Terrace, looking south-west from the South Australian Museum.
North Terrace, looking south-west from Kintore Avenue.
North Terrace, looking north-east from near King William Street, ca. 1940. (Kintore Avenue in the foreground)
North Terrace, looking east from the tram stop adjacent to the City West campus of the University of South Australia.

North Terrace is one of the four terraces that bound the central business and residential district of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It runs east–west along the northern edge of "the square mile". The western end continues on to Port Road and the eastern end continues across the Adelaide Parklands as Botanic Road.[2][3]

North side of North Terrace

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Theoretically, the northern side of North Terrace is part of the Adelaide Parklands. However, much of the space between North Terrace and the River Torrens is occupied by cultural institutions and other public buildings. Starting from West Terrace and travelling east, these buildings include:

(West Terrace)

(Morphett Street bridge)

(King William Road)

(Kintore Avenue)

(Frome Road)

(East Terrace)

South side of North Terrace

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Starting at West Terrace and travelling east, the southern side of the street includes:

(West Terrace)

  • The Newmarket Hotel
  • Assorted accommodation, businesses and medical practices
  • Many buildings forming the City West campus of the University of South Australia
  • The Lion Arts Centre (in the old Fowler's Lion Flour Factory building)

(Morphett Street bridge)

  • The historic Holy Trinity Church (Anglican)
  • Assorted accommodation, including the Stamford Plaza and Grosvenor Hotels, and Oaks Adelaide Embassy suites[10]
  • Various businesses and government offices
  • The Dame Roma Mitchell building
  • Assorted accommodation and various Adelaide head offices (e.g. MyBudget, Origin Energy)

(King William Street)

(Gawler Place)

  • Tobin House, formerly Lister House, at no. 126, designed and built 1928-9 by F. Kenneth Milne (then in practice with John Richard Schomburgk Evans and Charles Alexander Russell);[14] renamed Tobin House 2002, later used as University of South Australia student accommodation[15]
  • David Jones, part of the Rundle Mall shopping precinct
  • Assorted businesses, medical practices and University of Adelaide buildings
  • The historic Scots Church (originally Free Church of Scotland, then Presbyterian, now Uniting Church)[16]

(Pulteney Street)[9]

(Frome Street)

  • Assorted businesses
  • The historic Ayers House
  • 19th century Terrace houses
  • The historic Botanic Hotel

(East Terrace)

Glenelg tram extensions

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In October 2007, the extension of the Glenelg tram line from Victoria Square to the University of South Australia City West campus was completed.[20] In 2010, a further extension along the remainder of North Terrace to continue along Port Road to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre was opened.[21] Construction of a new junction, branch lines along the eastern end of North Terrace and King William Road and four new stops began in July/August 2017 and opened on 13 October 2018.[22]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "North Terrace" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ 2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition. UBD. 2003. ISBN 0-7319-1441-4.
  3. ^ Map of the Adelaide city centre, North Adelaide and the Adelaide Park Lands.
  4. ^ "InterContinental To Replace Hyatt In Adelaide". Spice News. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Yerrakartarta Mural, Adelaide". NixPixMix. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Art Gallery". Darryl Pfitzner Milika Home Page. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Yerrakartarta". The Rambling Wombat. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  8. ^ Elton, Jude (7 January 2014). "14 Pieces". Adelaidia. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  9. ^ a b Bonython Hall is opposite Pulteney Street, and was built in 1936 as a result of a donation of over £50,000 from Sir John Langdon Bonython. Pulteney Street is the only one of the city's north-south thoroughfares which does not continue north through the parklands. Folklore has it that the Bonython donation was made on the condition that a hall be built opposite Pulteney Street, thus blocking any future path through the parklands and preventing the division of the campus by a major thoroughfare.
  10. ^ "Stamford Plaza Adelaide · 150 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia". Google Maps. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Myer Centre (former Goldsbrough House)". Experience Adelaide. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Goldsbrough House: 172-174 North Terrace" (PDF). City of Adelaide. 1996. The internal lift lobbies and stairwell are of particular note and have survived a major refurbishment to link the Myers department store through to North Terrace. The projected redevelopment of Myers will retain little more than the North Terrace facade.... The text in this Information Sheet was copied from the Heritage of the City of Adelaide: An Illustrated Guide (1996).
  13. ^ Queen Adelaide Club > Club history Archived 8 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 15 January 2013.
  14. ^ "Lister House on North Terrace" (photo + text). State Library of South Australia. 16 February 1930. Retrieved 22 April 2024. Lister House, erected on a vacant site in 1928-9, North Terrace east, 16 February 1930.
  15. ^ "Adelaide Lister House". Flickr. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Our History". Scots Church. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  17. ^ "Electra House". Adelaide Explorer. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Freemasons Hall". Adelaide Explorer. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  19. ^ "John Quinton Bruce". Architects [of South Australia] database. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  20. ^ Official opening for tram extension ABC News 14 October 2007
  21. ^ Adelaide Entertainment Centre Tram Line Opens Trolley Wire issue 321 May 2010 pages 21-23
  22. ^ Boisvert, Eugene (13 October 2018). "Trams start running on Adelaide's North Terrace extension seven months late". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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