Gilles Street

Gilles Street is a thoroughfare in the south-eastern sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia.^[2][3] It runs east–west between East Terrace and King William Street, crossing Hutt Street and Pulteney Street. It was named after Osmond Gilles, an early treasurer of the colony of South Australia on 23 May 1837.^[4][5]

This heritage-listed building in Gilles Street traded variously as the Beresford Arms and later Oddfellows Arms from 1840 until 1861, and was sold to a German printer in 1873. The early landowner, following subdivision of the original acre plot, was John Martin, known also for his founding connection with John Martin's^[6]

Gilles Street South Australia
Gilles Street in 2010
West end East end
Coordinates	34.934284°S 138.600444°E / -34.934284; 138.600444 (West end) 34.933422°S 138.617728°E / -34.933422; 138.617728 (East end)
General information
Type	Street
Location	Adelaide city centre
Length	1.6 km (1.0 mi)[1]
Opened	1837
Major junctions
West end	King William Street Adelaide
	Pulteney Street Hutt Street
East end	East Terrace Adelaide
Location(s)
LGA(s)	City of Adelaide

Gilles Street is one of the narrower streets of the Adelaide grid, at 1 chain (66 ft; 20 m) wide. Two school properties adjoin near the western end: Gilles Street Primary School and Pulteney Grammar School.

Junction list

Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Adelaide city centre	0	0.0	King William Street	Continues as Gilbert Street
	0.55	0.34	Pulteney Street
	1.1	0.68	Hutt Street
	1.6	0.99	East Terrace
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Australian Roads portal

• Gilles Street Primary School

References

1. "Gilles Street" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
2. 2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition. UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd). 2003. ISBN 0-7319-1441-4.
3. Map Archived 25 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine of the Adelaide CBD, North Adelaide and the Adelaide Parklands.
4. "Gilles Street Primary School - History". 25 February 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
5. "History of Adelaide Through Street Names - Streets Named on the 23rd May, 1837". 4 March 2005. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
6. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities: Australian Heritage Database