Elder Place, Fremantle

Elder Place in a street in Fremantle, Western Australia that primarily runs between the north-west ends of Parry Street and Queen Street, south-west of the Fremantle railway line. At the north-eastern end Elder Place becomes Beach Street; at the south-western end it becomes Phillimore Street. A small cul de sac, also called Elder Place, but not connected to the main street, runs off Phillimore Street, in the direction of Market Street.

Elder Place Western Australia
Looking south on Elder Place from Parry Street intersection
General information
Type	Street
Length	450 m (0.3 mi)[1][2]
Major junctions
Elder Place (main)
Northeast end	Beach Street Parry Street
	Goldsbrough Street
Southwest end	Phillimore Street Queen Street
Elder Place (cul-de-sac)
North end	Phillimore Street
South end	Cul-de-sac north of Market Street
Location(s)
Suburb(s)	Fremantle

Parry Street and Elder Place intersection

The southern side of the street was taken up with a large building known as Elders Wool Store,^[3] which was run by Elder, Smith and Company.^[4][5] This building was demolished and replaced by the Woolstores Shopping Centre.

In the late nineteenth century, the street was known as Bay Street.^[6]

Intersections

Elder Place (main)

LGA	Location[1]	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Fremantle	Fremantle	0	0.0	Beach Street / Parry Street	Elder Place continues northeast as Beach Street
		0.19	0.12	Goldsbrough Street	Stop sign controlled, giving Elder Place priority
		0.35	0.22	Fremantle station bus exit	Traffic light controlled
		0.4	0.25	Phillimore Street / Queen Street	Uncontrolled seagull intersection; Elder Place continues southwest as Phillimore Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Elder Place (cul-de-sac)

LGA	Location[2]	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Fremantle	Fremantle	0	0.0	Phillimore Street	Left-in/left-out
		0.05	0.031	Cul-de-sac	Elder Place terminus; adjacent to Market Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

1. "Elder Place". Google Maps. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
2. "Elder Place". Google Maps. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
3. "ELDERS WOOL STORE and PORT OF FREMANTLE". Western Mail. Western Australia. 13 April 1950. p. 51. Retrieved 15 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "FREMANTLE". The West Australian. Vol. 53, no. 16, 040. Western Australia. 24 November 1937. p. 14. Retrieved 15 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "ELDER'S WOOL STORE, ELDER PLACE, FREMANTLE". Western Mail. Vol. XLVIII, no. 2, 445. Western Australia. 22 December 1932. p. 20 (THE WESTERN MAIL XMAS). Retrieved 15 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
6. Item 0637 - Fremantle Sheet 3 [Tally No. 504252]., 6 August 1898

External links

• Media related to Elder Place, Fremantle at Wikimedia Commons