Leake Street

Western Australia
One-way street towards camera turning right, surrounded by parking and two-storey buildings on both sides
View along Leake Street
General information
TypeStreet
Length150 m (500 ft)[1]
Major junctions
East endMarket Street
West endPakenham Street
Location(s)
Suburb(s)Fremantle

Leake Street is a street in the city of Fremantle, Western Australia, located between Market Street and Pakenham Street. It was named after George Leake, the first resident magistrate of Fremantle in 1839.[2]

As a side street, it was neglected early on for road surface improvement.[3]

In the early twentieth century, it was frequently cited as a problematic street with the members of the "Leake Street Push" being seen as disorderly and lawless.[4][5][6][7]

Intersections

LGALocation[1]kmmiDestinationsNotes
FremantleFremantle00.0Market StreetT-junction; Leake Street is one-way westbound; intersection adjacent to Cantonment Street intersection with Market Street but no travel possible between Cantonment Street and Leake Street
0.150.093Pakenham StreetT-junction; Pakenham Street is one-way northbound
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Leake Street". Google Maps. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "City of Fremantle and Town of East Fremantle Street Names Index" (PDF). Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "FREMANTLE". Western Mail (Western Australia). Vol. V, no. 231. Western Australia. 17 May 1890. p. 11. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "A STREET "PUSH."". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. XLV, no. 13, 728. South Australia. 17 October 1902. p. 5. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "THE "LEAKE-STREET PUSH."". The Daily News (Perth, Western Australia). Vol. XXI, no. 8, 472. Western Australia. 16 October 1902. p. 1. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "THE LEAKE-STREET "PUSH."". The Daily News (Perth, Western Australia). Vol. XXI, no. 8, 478. Western Australia. 23 October 1902. p. 1. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "ALLEGED OBSTRUCTION". The Daily News (Perth, Western Australia). Vol. XLVIII, no. 17, 023. Western Australia. 23 November 1929. p. 1 (FINAL SPORTING EDITION). Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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