Mouat Street, Fremantle

Mouat Street is a 300-metre-long (980 ft) street in Fremantle, Western Australia.[1] Historically, the name was often spelled as Mouatt Street.[2][3][4]

Mouat Street

Western Australia
General information
TypeStreet
Length300 m (1,000 ft)
Major junctions
NW endPhillimore Street
 
SE endMarine Terrace
Location(s)
Suburb(s)Fremantle
Mouat Street from Phillimore Street
Mouat Street, with the High Street intersection in view

It is a one-way street, running from Phillimore Street in the north to Marine Terrace in the south. It runs parallel to and in between Cliff Street to the west and Henry Street to the east. Along the way it intersects High Street and Croke Street.[1]

Mouat Street was named after lieutenant J. A. Mouat, of HMS Challenger.[5]

New kerbing was laid along Mouat Street in 1890.[6]

It is the location of a number of historical buildings: the Adelaide Steamship House,[7] the Strelitz Buildings, the former Tarantella Night Club[8] and the Howard Smith Building.[9] There are also several buildings owned and used by the Fremantle campus of the University of Notre Dame,[10] such as the former P&O Hotel building, as well as many other commercial buildings that use their heritage status.[11]

Former buildings in the street include His Lordships Larder Hotel.[12]

Notes
  1. Google (10 May 2013). "Mouat Street, Fremantle" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  2. "Mouatt Street, Fremantle, in wet weather". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 1439. Western Australia. 9 August 1925. p. 6 (Fourth Section). Retrieved 6 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Tar paving Extra-ordinary". The Fremantle Mail. Vol. I, no. 47. Western Australia. 14 January 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 6 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Western Australian Architecture. M. F. Cavanagh, A.R.I.B.A. (London), and J. C. Cavanagh. Architects". Western Mail. Vol. XII, no. 624. Western Australia. 10 December 1897. p. 195 (Christmas). Retrieved 6 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Nomenclature of Streets". The West Australian. Perth. 17 March 1909. p. 9. Retrieved 16 May 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Fremantle Municipal Council". The West Australian. Perth. 2 July 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 16 May 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Growth of Fremantle". Western Mail. Vol. XV, no. 776. Western Australia. 17 November 1900. p. 71. Retrieved 20 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. Sasha Ivanovich and Associates; Heritage Council of Western Australia (1996), Conservation plan for Tarantella offices & studio units, no. 5, lot 28 Mouat Street, Fremantle, Western Australia, distributed by the Heritage Council of W.A., retrieved 10 May 2013
  9. "Howard Smith Building (fmr)". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  10. Colman, J. G; Western Australia. Dept. of Conservation and Land Management. Marine Conservation Branch (1998), A strategic framework for marine research and monitoring of the Shark Bay World Heritage Property : a report of a workshop held at the University of Notre Dame, Mouat Street, Fremantle, 12–13 February 1998, Dept. of Conservation and Land Management, Marine Conservation Branch, retrieved 10 May 2013
  11. http://www.fremantlebedandbreakfast.com.au/ Fremantle Bed and Breakfast – Bavarian Style of the architecture
  12. "Robbery at Fremantle". The West Australian. Vol. 14, no. 3, 751. Western Australia. 7 March 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 20 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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