Whitmore Square

Whitmore Square is a public square in the centre of the south-western quarter of the Adelaide city centre. It surrounds the intersection of Sturt and Morphett Streets. It was named by the Street Naming Committee after William Wolryche Whitmore, a British Member of Parliament who introduced the South Australia Foundation Act to the British House of Commons.[1]

References

  1. ^ "History of Adelaide Through Street Names". History of South Australia website. http://www.historysouthaustralia.net/STsquare.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-25.