Flinders Street is a main street in the city centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs from the northern end of Victoria Square to East Terrace. It is one of the intermediate-width streets of the Adelaide grid, at 1+1/2 ch wide.

History

The street is named after the navigator and cartographer Captain Matthew Flinders. On 22 November 1878 the East Adelaide Model School, later Flinders Street Public School or Flinders Street Model School, was opened in large bluestone buildings designed by E. J. Woods. A primary school occupied the premises until 1969, when the Flinders Street Adult Education Centre was established there. In 1978 it became the Flinders St School of Music, a campus of TAFE. Many churches were built on Flinders Street in the 1860s and 1870s, and several survive today. In August 2022, the City of Adelaide renamed a laneway off Flinders Street, behind Adelaide Town Hall, Paul Kelly Lane. Previously named Pilgrim Lane after the adjacent church, the lane is now called Paul Kelly Lane. It is the fourth such renaming after musicians associated with the city, the others being Sia Furler, No Fixed Address, and Cold Chisel.

Historic buildings

Churches

churches on Flinders Street include:

Other historic buildings

The Jade

The Jade is a well-known music venue, located at 142-160 Flinders Street, in the heritage-listed St Paul's Rectory. Operating from 2002 as the Jade Monkey, it lost its home at 29 Twin Street in September 2012 after their lease was terminated, and after a public campaign, Pozible crowdfunding, and some help from Adelaide City Council and the state government, the owners, Naomi and Zac Coligan, reopened the new venue as The Jade in the rectory of St Paul's. The owners collaborate on musical projects with their neighbours in St Paul's Creative Space, and the venue has a large garden where there is a cafe. In 2018 they contracted a food truck, Phat Buddha Rolls, to provide food for patrons.

Junction list

Footnotes