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Morphett Street is a main road in the west of the central business district (CBD) of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs north-south, between North Terrace and South Terrace.

Morphett Street was named after Sir John Morphett, a prominent pioneer, whose votes (including a large number of proxies) at a meeting on February 10 1837 were critical in confirming the site of Adelaide. [1] [2] The southern half of Morphett Street, between Grote Street and South Terrace, was originally called Brown Street, so named after John Brown, the first Immigration Officer of South Australia. Brown Street was subsumed into the expanded Morphett Street in August 1967. The Brown Street Memorial in Whitmore Square maintains the commemoration of John Brown.

Morphett Street passes around two of the five squares in the Adelaide CBD: Light Square and Whitmore Square.

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 Morphett Street was named after [[John Morphett|Sir John Morphett]], a prominent pioneer, whose votes (including a large number of [[Absentee ballot#Methods|proxies]]) at a meeting on [[February 10]] [[1837]] were critical in confirming the site of Adelaide. [http://www.historysouthaustralia.net/STlist4.htm#mor]
-[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020226b.htm] The southern half of Morphett Street, between [[Grote Street, Adelaide|Grote Street]] and South Terrace, was originally called Brown Street, so named after '''John Brown''', the first Immigration Officer of South Australia. Brown Street was subsumed into the expanded Morphett Street sometime in the twentieth century.
+[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020226b.htm] The southern half of Morphett Street, between [[Grote Street, Adelaide|Grote Street]] and South Terrace, was originally called Brown Street, so named after '''John Brown''', the first Immigration Officer of South Australia. Brown Street was subsumed into the expanded Morphett Street in August 1967. The Brown Street Memorial in [[Whitmore Square, Adelaide|Whitmore Square]] maintains the commemoration of John Brown.
 Morphett Street passes around two of the five squares in the Adelaide CBD: [[Light Square, Adelaide|Light Square]] and [[Whitmore Square, Adelaide|Whitmore Square]].