• Source: Alice Street, Brisbane
    • Alice Street is a street in the Brisbane CBD, Queensland, Australia. It is the most southern major road in the city's central business district, running parallel to the other female-named streets in the city. It was named after Princess Alice of the United Kingdom.


      Geography


      In a pocket of land between a curve of the Brisbane River and Alice Street is the City Botanic Gardens and Parliament House. Access to the Gardens Point QUT campus and the Riverside Expressway is provided at the western end of the street.
      The male-named streets from William Street to Edward Street end at intersections with Alice Street.


      History


      Alice Street is one of the earliest streets in Brisbane.
      Brisbane Ferries operated from the eastern end as early as the 1860s.


      Heritage listings


      Alice Street has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

      Parliament House, 69 Alice Street
      City Botanic Gardens, 147 Alice Street
      Britannia Foundry, 210 Alice Street
      Old Mineral House, 2 Edward Street (corner of Alice Street)
      Early Streets of Brisbane, sections of Albert Street, George Stree, William Street, North Quay, and Queen's Wharf Road


      Major intersections



      Riverside Expressway
      William Street
      George Street
      Albert Street
      Edward Street


      See also


      Australian Roads portal


      References




      External links


      Media related to Alice Street, Brisbane at Wikimedia Commons

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