Grote Street is a major street in the CBD

Central business district

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 of the centre

Adelaide city centre

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 of Adelaide

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

, South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

. It runs in an east-west direction, as a continuation of Wakefield Street

Wakefield Street, Adelaide

Wakefield Street is a main thoroughfare in the centre of the South Australian capital, Adelaide.It runs in east-west between East Terrace and Victoria Square, and is one of the three streets to run through Victoria Square in the middle of the Adelaide city centre. The same three streets are also...

 where it crosses Victoria Square

Victoria Square, Adelaide

Victoria Square is a public square in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The square is in the centre of the city's grid of one square mile, and was named by the Street Naming Committee on 23 May 1837 after Princess Victoria, heir presumptive of the British throne. Less than a month later the...

. It concludes at West Terrace

West Terrace, Adelaide

West Terrace is a street in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the western-most street of the Adelaide city centre. It ends at North Terrace and South Terrace, and connects to Port Road and Anzac Highway....

; the road which continues is Sir Donald Bradman Drive

Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Adelaide

Sir Donald Bradman Drive is a major arterial road that travels east-west through the western suburbs of Adelaide, Australia. It is the main route from Adelaide to Adelaide Airport....

. The Grote Street–Sir Donald Bradman Drive route is the most direct method of travelling from the CBD to the Adelaide Airport.

It was named after George Grote

George Grote

George Grote was an English classical historian, best known in the field for a major work, the voluminous History of Greece, still read.-Early life:He was born at Clay Hill near Beckenham in Kent...

, an English classical historian and supporter of Robert Gouger

Robert Gouger

Robert Gouger was one of the founders of South Australia and colonial secretary.-Early life:Gouger was the fifth son of nine children of George Gouger , who was a prosperous city merchant, and his wife Anne, née Sibley. Robert was educated at Nottingham, England, and on leaving school he entered...

.

Grote Street is largely occupied by retail outlets, as well as St Patrick's Church, Her Majesty's Theatre and a branch of the Adelaide City Council library. The rear entrance of the Adelaide Bus Station is located on this street. Given that the Moonta Street Chinatown

Chinatown, Adelaide

Chinatown in Adelaide, Australia, also called Adelaide Chinatown or Moonta Street Chinatown, is located on Moonta Street, within the large Adelaide Central Markets precinct between Grote and Gouger streets. Two large Paifang, which were erected by the city council, are guarded by the Chinese...

 is accessible via Grote Street, it is also home to some Chinese restaurants and other businesses owned by Chinese Australian

Chinese Australian

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s and Korean Australian

Korean Australian

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s.

The northern entrance of the Adelaide Central Markets can also be found on Grote Street. A paifang

Paifang

Paifang, also called pailou, is a traditional Chinese architectural gating style as an archway.The word paifang originally was a collective term used to describe the top two levels of administrative division and subdivisions of ancient Chinese city. The largest division within a city in ancient...

, comprising an archway erected by the city council

City of Adelaide

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 and two lions

Chinese guardian lions

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 donated by the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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, marks the northern entrance to the Chinatown.