WELLINGTON STREET

WELLINGTON STREET, LOOKING SOUTH

Wellington Street has been a main thoroughfare in Launceston since its earliest days.

It was one of the original fourteen streets of Launceston officially named by Lt Governor Arthur in January 1825.

The others were:  Bathurst, Charles, Elizabeth, Brisbane, Frederick, George, Cameron, Tamar, William, York, Cimitiere and Paterson.  The fourteenth street was recorded in the Tasmanian and Port Dalrymple Advertiser of 26th January 1825 as St John's Street.  Today we seem to have done away with the 's and it is simply referred to as St John Steet.