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in Perth. Dubbed "Rue-de-Roe" by the press, fences were eventually erected along the rail line to shield the public from the view of the brothels on the street. Because of the changes in the regulation of prostitution in the state, the brothels have long since gone, and were replaced with other
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project sunk and covered the remaining parts of the railway south of
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The historical geography of prostitution in Perth, Western
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to the south. The southern approach of the
Hamilton Interchange, which connects the
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Traffic light intersection; no turning from
Beaufort Street to Roe Street eastbound
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December 2016, a new exit onto the street from the southbound direction of the
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developments. A small section of the street serves as the southern boundary of
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The road had a number of factories located on the street; examples include the
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Traffic light intersection; exit from freeway southbound to Roe Street only
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railway marshalling yards that were originally to the west of Perth station
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Red lights on Roe street – part of Perth's history we did not want to see
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Traffic light intersection; Roe Street continues west as
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For sale : superb city redevelopment site Roe Street
Northbridge
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Red light area, Roe Street, Perth, just before the brothels closed
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operated near Perth station to facilitate the construction of the
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Australia. East Perth Redevelopment Authority (2008),
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Streets in Perth central business district, Western
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Immediately south of Roe Street was the former site of the
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655:Exploring Women's Past: Essays in Social History
823:Roe Street transformation to revitalise the CBD
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509:Roe Street continues north as Stirling Street
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678:[Interview with Honey, Prostitute]
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274:and features Asian-style street theming.
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601:Bingley, A. N. (Albert Norris) (1992),
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966:Main Grid Longitudinal streets
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896:Main Grid Latitudinal streets
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675:Honey; Harvey, Erica (1994),
291:Wellington Street bus station
1114:Perth CBD lanes and arcades
578:Jones Lang Wootton (1985),
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649:Davidson, Raelene (1984),
470:Traffic light intersection
448:Traffic light intersection
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401:Northbridge–Perth boundary
259:Michelides Tobacco Factory
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283:Roe Street bus station
279:Fremantle railway line
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236:Graham Farmer Freeway
228:Perth railway station
224:Perth Cultural Centre
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393:(State Route 2)
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54:General information
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261:and a factory for
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554:"Roe Street"
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336:Destinations
310:
308:Bus Bridge.
302:James Street
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603:On the game
558:Google Maps
444:King Street
370:Northbridge
368:West Perth–
220:Northbridge
196:Northbridge
175:Location(s)
1132:Categories
1022:Mounts Bay
1008:St Georges
986:Wellington
806:31 October
563:29 October
537:References
350:West Perth
214:, Western
208:Roe Street
97:West Perth
89:West Perth
1073:Governors
1058:Cathedral
1039:Riverside
707:27 August
216:Australia
1098:Sherwood
1015:Adelaide
997:Goderich
939:Victoria
905:Milligan
770:The Link
376:tripoint
327:Location
267:brothels
234:and the
162:East end
80:West end
1068:Forrest
1033:Terrace
949:Bennett
923:Barrack
916:William
776:5 March
753:5 March
730:5 March
684:5 March
661:5 March
635:5 March
587:5 March
293:site.
253:History
1103:Spring
1078:Howard
992:Murray
834:1 June
726:, 1958
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181:LGA(s)
107:
67:Length
27:
1093:Queen
1083:Irwin
1063:Elder
980:Moore
955:Plain
475:Perth
374:Perth
345:Perth
339:Notes
212:Perth
200:Perth
168:Perth
1088:Mill
944:Hill
934:Lord
929:Pier
910:King
836:2021
808:2022
778:2017
755:2017
732:2017
709:2021
686:2017
663:2017
637:2017
607:ISBN
589:2017
565:2022
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62:Road
59:Type
1002:Hay
975:Roe
500:1.6
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323:LGA
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