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clarify (Whitlam Square New South Wales → Whitlam Square, Sydney New South Wales)

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{{Short description|Intersection in Sydney, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox street
| name = Whitlam Square, Sydney
| image = Breach of a 4 inch gun from the Emden July 2018.jpg
| caption = [[HMAS Sydney I - SMS Emden Memorial]] (foreground) located in [[Hyde Park, Sydney|Hyde Park]] and Whitlam Square looking southeast along [[Oxford Street, Sydney|Oxford Street]] (background)
| map_type = Australia Sydney central
| map_size =
| map_caption = Location in the [[Sydney central business district|Sydney CBD]]
| map_alt =
| namesake = [[Gough Whitlam]]
| type = [[Road junction]]
| owner = [[City of Sydney]]
| coordinates = {{coord|33.87679|S|151.21213|E|source:placeopedia|display=title,inline}}
| north = [[College Street, Sydney|College Street]]
| east = [[Oxford Street, Sydney|Oxford Street]]
| south = Wentworth Avenue
| west = [[Liverpool Street, Sydney|Liverpool Street]]
| inauguration_date = 1983
| demolition_date = }}

'''Whitlam Square''', a [[road junction]] located in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia, constitutes an important intersection of major streets in the south-eastern portion of the [[Sydney central business district|central business district]]. The square is named in honour of former [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Gough Whitlam]].<ref>Government Gazette notification of naming the square {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231354493 |title=THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SYDNEY.—Local Government Act, 1919.—Ordinance 30, Clause 52.— |newspaper=[[Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales]] |issue=52 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 March 1983 |access-date=28 December 2018 |page=1443 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title=AND ANOTHER THING.(World) | journal=The Australian (National, Australia) | date=2000-06-14 | publisher=News Limited | pages=012 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/71680533 | access-date=28 December 2018 }}</ref>

Streets intersecting at Whitlam Square are [[College Street, Sydney|College Street]], [[Oxford Street, Sydney|Oxford Street]], Wentworth Avenue and [[Liverpool Street, Sydney|Liverpool Street]]. The south-east corner of [[Hyde Park, Sydney|Hyde Park]] is located at the square, with the [[HMAS Sydney I – SMS Emden Memorial]], consisting of a {{convert|105|mm|adj=on}} gun from the German light cruiser {{SMS|Emden|1906|6}}, facing into the square.<ref>{{cite NSW SHR|5051595|HMAS Sydney 1 – SMS Emden Memorial (moveable heritage item)|hr=01946|fn=EF14/26754|accessdate=14 October 2018}}</ref>

Holdsworthy Gallery is identified at times as being at the Whitlam Square end of Liverpool Street.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Christie, Manson & Woods (Australia) | title=Australian paintings and prints : from various sources : which will be sold at auction at the Holdsworth Contemporary Gallery (Whitlam Square End), 221 Liverpool Street, East Sydney, on Monday 14 November 1988 | date=1988 | publisher=Christie, Manson & Woods (Australia) Ltd | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/33170169 | access-date=28 December 2018 }}</ref>

The Sydney [[YMCA]] also identified as located at the square.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Beyond compassion seminar (1992 : Sydney, N.S.W.) | author2=Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations | author3=Australian Council for Overseas Aid | title=Beyond compassion : Christian response to HIV/AIDS in development cooperation activities; proceedings of the seminar [held] 1-2 October 1992 at YMCA, Whitlam Square, Sydney | date=1993 | publisher=ACFOA, AFAO] | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10833784 | access-date=28 December 2018 }}</ref>

== Popular culture ==
''Whitlam Square'' is also the title of a song released in 1990 by the Australian band [[Died Pretty]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230429325 |title=DIED PRETTY |newspaper=[[Tharunka]] |volume=36 |issue=2 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 March 1990 |access-date=28 December 2018 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Streets of Sydney Australia|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Squares in Sydney]]
[[Category:1983 establishments in Australia]]

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