Hindmarsh Square

Hindmarsh Square
Mukata
High-rise developments, SW corner of Grenfell St, 2012
Hindmarsh Square is located in City of Adelaide
Hindmarsh Square
TypeSquare
LocationAdelaide, South Australia, Australia
Coordinates34°55′27″S 138°36′21″E / 34.9241°S 138.6057°E / -34.9241; 138.6057
Created1837 (1837)

Hindmarsh Square/Mukata (formerly Mogata) is one of five public squares in the Adelaide city centre, South Australia. It is located in the centre of the north-eastern quarter of the city, and surrounds the intersection of Grenfell and Pulteney streets, near the eastern end of the Rundle Mall. Pirie Street forms the southern boundary of the square.

It is one of six squares designed by the founder of Adelaide, Colonel William Light, who was Surveyor-General at the time, in his 1837 plan of the City of Adelaide which spanned the River Torrens Valley, comprising the city centre (South Adelaide) and North Adelaide. It was named after John Hindmarsh, the first Governor of South Australia, in the same year by the Street Naming Committee. In 2003, as part of the Adelaide City Council's dual naming initiative, it was assigned a second name, Mogata (later corrected to Mukata), in the Kaurna language of the original inhabitants.

The north-western quadrant of the square is also known as "Emo Park".


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