# Victoria Square, Perth

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**Victoria Square** is the name of the area and road that runs around the edge of the grounds of [St Mary's Cathedral](/source/St_Mary's_Cathedral,_Perth) in [Perth](/source/Perth), Western Australia.

It is the northern extension of [Victoria Avenue](/source/Victoria_Avenue,_Perth).

The area was originally named Church Hill by [John Septimus Roe](/source/John_Septimus_Roe) in 1839 or 1840, but was subsequently known as Victoria Square. The Anglicans of Perth chose the location of their cathedral, [St George's](/source/St_George's_Cathedral,_Perth), closer to [Government House](/source/Government_House,_Perth) on [St Georges Terrace](/source/St_Georges_Terrace), allowing the Catholic church to utilise Victoria Square.[1]

The precinct that surrounds the area includes historic schools, Catholic Church buildings, as well as historic residential buildings.[2]

Most of the historic buildings in the square were constructed and opened in the late nineteenth century.[3][4]

[Royal Perth Hospital](/source/Royal_Perth_Hospital) is on its northern side, and related buildings are on the north west side of the square, while on the south east side is [Mercedes College](/source/Mercedes_College,_Perth). In the nineteenth century, the Convent of Mercy was located on the square.[5][6]

On the southern and south west part of the square is the [Catholic Archbishop's Palace](/source/Archbishop's_Palace,_Perth).[7][8]

The road that leads to the square from the west is [Murray Street](/source/Murray_Street,_Perth), while the road leading east is Goderich Street. [Lord Street](/source/Lord_Street,_Perth) runs from the north east corner of the square, and over [Wellington Street](/source/Wellington_Street,_Perth) and the railway line into [Mount Lawley](/source/Mount_Lawley,_Western_Australia).

## Intersections

Victoria Square is a circular one-way road, travelling anticlockwise, which is reflected in the table below.[9]

## See also

- [List of streets in Perth](/source/List_of_streets_in_Perth)

## References

1. ["PERTH NAMES."](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46297986). *[The West Australian](/source/The_West_Australian)*. Vol. 55, no. 16,411. 4 February 1939. p. 7. Retrieved 20 March 2016. – via National Library of Australia.

1. Foster, M. J. T & J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History, ["The Benedictine builders of 19th century : Victoria Square, Perth"](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9921363), retrieved 20 March 2016

1. Wright, Alfred Robert Linus (1900), ["Opening of Ladies' College, Victoria Square, Perth, 1896"](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159555717), retrieved 20 March 2016

1. Wright, Alfred Robert Linus (1900), ["St. Joseph's Primary School, Victoria Square, Perth, 1895"](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159555696), retrieved 20 March 2016

1. ["NEW CHAPEL, Convent of the SISTERS OF MERCY, Victoria Square, PERTH."](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171413474). *[Advocate](/source/The_Advocate_(Melbourne))*. Vol. LVI, no. 2732. 12 February 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 24 November 2022. – via National Library of Australia.

1. M. Leonie Sister (1962), ["A history of the Convent of Mercy, Victoria Square (1846-1900)"](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/20909520), retrieved 20 March 2016

1. ["Australian Web Archive"](https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040614140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23604/20040615-0000/www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/cabinet/mediast/dg96-13/lewarch.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/cabinet/mediast/dg96-13/lewarch.html) on 2004-06-14.

1. ["FOR ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86018017). *[The Daily News](/source/Daily_News_(Perth,_Western_Australia))*. Vol. LIV, no. 18,634. 6 December 1934. p. 8 (LATE CITY). Retrieved 20 March 2016. – via National Library of Australia.

1. ["Victoria Square"](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/-31.9555578,115.8670723/-31.9558307,115.8661864/-31.955559,115.8670728/@-31.9553588,115.8659141,19z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0). *Google Maps*. Retrieved 24 November 2022.

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