William Street Perth
William Street Perth is named for William IV (reigned 1830-37), who looks a complete dork in this ridiculous out-of-proportion painting in which he is more than a little over-dressed. >
The photograph below was taken from the walkway next to the level crossing over the railway line, with Wellington Street crossing the foreground, looking up the hill towards Hay Street and on to the Swan River.
Photograph by Alfred Pickering, 1898 or 1899, courtesy of SLWA, call number 011487D (Facebook). Click/tap for larger size.
References and Links
Page for Alfred Pickering.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 17 December, 2020 and hosted at freotopia.org/streets/williamperth.html (it was last updated on 19 November, 2023), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.