Sturt Street is a street in the south-western sector of the
centre
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of
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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. It runs east–west between
West Terrace to
King William Street, passing through
Whitmore Square
Whitmore Square, also known as Iparrityi (formerly Ivaritji), is one of five public squares in the Adelaide city centre, South Australia. Occupying 2.4ha (24,000 m2), it is located at the junction of Sturt and Morphett streets in the south-we ...
. After crossing King William Street, it continues as
Halifax Street.
History
The street is one of the many geographical locations in South Australia that are named after the explorer
Charles Sturt
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.
There was once a length of
tram line along the western end of Sturt Street, which on 18 September 1918 was extended via
West Terrace and then
Anzac Highway
Anzac Highway is an main arterial road heading southwest from the city of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, to the beachside suburb of Glenelg.
Originally named the Bay Road, it mostly follows the track made by the pioneer James Cham ...
(then Bay Road) to
Keswick. It was used to transport soldiers returned from
World War I
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to the military hospital there.
There are also residential properties and small businesses, including boutiques and small galleries in the street.
School
Sturt Street is home to the Sturt Street Community School, which was established in 1883 as one of four model schools in the CBD, called Sturt Street School.
Educationalist Milton Moss Maughan (1856–1921)
was headmaster of the school from 1891 through to 1900, when it was referred as "Sturt-street Public School". The son of Rev.
James Maughan, founder of Maughan Methodist Church on
Franklin Street, Milton Maughan later became Director of Education.
[
Cinema entrepreneur Dan Clifford (1887–1942) attended the school.
]
Historic properties
Former cameleer, turned healer and herbalist
Herbal medicine (also called herbalism, phytomedicine or phytotherapy) is the study of pharmacognosy and the use of medicinal plants, which are a basis of traditional medicine. Scientific evidence for the effectiveness of many herbal treatments ...
, Mahomet Allum lived and ran his business at number 181 in the first half of the 20th century. In 1992, a cafe specialising in Middle European Romani cuisine, Nanyeta's Gypsy Taverne was opened in the building by Marni Moroshovesti. It was also the South Australian office for Romani International Australia, until it was sold and converted into a residential dwelling.
See also
References
{{Adelaide CBD Streets
Streets in Adelaide