[2][3][4] The street is named after the navigator and cartographer Captain Matthew Flinders.

A primary school occupied the premises until 1969, when the Flinders Street Adult Education Centre was established there.

It is the fourth such renaming after musicians associated with the city, the others being Sia Furler, No Fixed Address, and Cold Chisel.

Operating from 2002[18] as the Jade Monkey, it lost its home at 29 Twin Street in September 2012 after their lease was terminated, and after a public campaign, Pozible crowdfunding, and some help from Adelaide City Council and the state government, the owners, Naomi and Zac Coligan, reopened the new venue as The Jade in the rectory of St Paul's.

[19] The owners collaborate on musical projects with their neighbours in St Paul's Creative Space, and the venue has a large garden where there is a cafe.