STREET NAMES in PORT MACQUARIE

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2 STREET NAMES in PORT MACQUARIE This list was based on a 3-page version created in March 2007 for school students in the Port Macquarie Primary School area. It has been extended using a number of sources. Many streets are not included due to lack of information currently available. Some references have been entered although the information has not been clear. A number of streets have been difficult to find. Three older ones being Buller, Hollingworth and Hindman. There was a family Hyndman here in the early 1840s but their land was further up the Hastings River than where Hindman Street is located. There was a Hollingworth owning land in Camden Haven in the 1900s. Buller remains a complete mystery. If anyone can provide any relevant information on the above streets or any unlisted streets the Library would welcome the information. Following are some of the main references used: Boswell, Annabella. Annabella Boswell s Journal, Sydney, Angus & Robinson, Finkel, Ian. Port Macquarie that was, Sydney. Gorter, Paul. The Dick Family History: the history and family tree of John and Agnes Dick, Brisbane, Copyright Publishing, Moyes, John and Mant, Gilbert. A Town called Port, Port Macquarie, Myman Books, rev.ed Port Macquarie Newspaper. Rogers, Frank. A History of Port Macquarie, Hornsby, Register Streets (highways, Roads, Lanes etc.) Draft of information from Hastings Municipal Council dated Kay Browne Local Studies Reference Librarian 2007.

3 STREET NAMES in PORT MACQUARIE Ackroyd Street Allman Street Arncliffe Avenue Bagnoo Place Ballina Crescent Becke Street Bellangry Road Bellbowrie Street Bellevue Drive Biloela Circuit Binbilla Robert Ackroyd was the commissariat officer in the early settlement. This means he was in charge of providing food and other supplies to the military and convicts. He was also in charge of all military and convict buildings and, in the early 1830s, he bought a property on the Hastings River opposite Hardy s Plains (in Pappinbarra Parish) Named for Captain Francis Allman, 48 th Regiment of Foot. He was the first Commandant at Port Macquarie from 1821 to A very large estate or property owned by John Lowry Ruthven was called Arncliffe and was situated near Hill Street up towards the ocean. It was first mentioned in 1856 in a marriage record. In 1883 Ruthven built a new house and it was quite large with 13 rooms. In the 1930s it was used as a guesthouse. Arncliffe Avenue did not exist until much later probably after World War Two but obviously took its name from the former estate. Bagnoo is the name given to an area just south of Ellenborough in the Hastings. Named for the wreck of the Ballina. The Ballina was a 299 ton iron paddle steamer built in 1865 wrecked on Hastings River Bar on Port Macquarie: the Port that was / Ian Finkel George Lewis Becke was born in Port Macquarie in 1885 and his family lived on the corner of William and Owen Streets. He was the on of CPS Clerk Frederick Becke. Louis Becke was an author and wrote many stories of adventures in the South Seas. Named after a village in the upper Hastings area. Most likely takes its name from the house of William Dick s called Belbowrie. They moved into it as a new house, in Ref. The Dick Family History / Paul Gorter Probably named for the beautiful views from the side of the hill. Bellevue means beautiful view. The Bellevue subdivision of land did not occur until about An aboriginal name meaning cockatoo. Black cockatoos were frequently seen in this area. Part of the Kennedy Park Estate subdivision of Ref: Port Macquarie News Aboriginal word for interlacing vines used in making windbreaks and huts. 1

4 Blackman s Point Road Blair Street Bosun Lane Bourne Street Bridge Street Bundaleer Crescent Burrawan Street Byabarra Place Cairncross Place Calwalla Crescent Canobolas Place Road leading to the point on the northern side of the Hastings immediately west of the Maria River the place where John Oxley saw natives in Some controversy exists over the name s spellings and source. An old identity believed it should of been Black Man s Point and an earlier Mayor, A. E. Mowle stated that it was named after one of Oxley s party, a Mr. Blackman. (But did he exist?) This was also the point that the Old Pacific Highway crossed the river via a road ferry. Alexander Blair, son of an early settler, was a prominent citizen of the town in the 1840s. Also one of the first patrons of the State school. Remembered in the street name So named to be in keeping with other nautical street names within the area. Originally the unsealed part of Kemp Street. James Bourne built the old St Agnes Church in 1878 and the Presbytery in This name was in use from 1831 a descriptive name for the street that was on both sides of the Kooloonbung Creek, and crossed an old bridge. The original bridge was built by the chain gangs engaged in the construction of public works. Trees were felled in the Tacking Point area and the prisoners had the slow and labourious process of saw-pit cutting it to the required measurements. The street on the eastern side was the former name of Gordon Street. Ref: Port Macquarie News Centenary Issue, Uncertain name information. It is an Aboriginal word meaning 'among the trees'. Burrawan was the aboriginal name given to the lake that we know as Lake Innes. Possibly named after the local town of Byabarra in the Hastings area and as an aboriginal word it means sleepy hollow Named after Mount Cairncross in the Hastings. This mountain was named by the John Oxley explorer in Uncertain name information. It is an Aboriginal word meaning 'water running out'. Named from an aboriginal word meaning side of the hill. Chalmers Street Uncertain name information. The street was named before 1936 and the street went from Everard Street to Swift Street. Now it is shorter and goes from Flynn Street to Swift Street. 2

5 Chelsea Place Church Street Clarence Street Clifton Drive Condon Avenue Coral Street Coucal Close Named in 1979 by the developer of Savoy Gardens Estate subdivision, Mr. W. J. Kelly. It was so named to be in keeping with the English origin of the estate. Ref: Port Macquarie News This street leads to St Thomas Church of England. Named by1831, and it was after the Duke of Clarence who was the brother of King William IV. Originally the land was purchased in 1837 and after a number of owners, John Hibbard Junior built a house there in 1911 and called it Clifton, later to be the site of Lourdes Nursing Home. Named after John Condon who arrived in Port Macquarie as a member of a pilot crew. The Condon family came to Port Macquarie in the late 1870s. James (John) Condon became a building contractor and he his sons built many of the old buildings some of which are still standing. The Condons had a home and vineyard located in the area of Condon Avenue. Named because for the large coral trees that once lined the street. Named after a native bird predominant in the Innes Lake area. Crisp Street Named for Alfred Leslie Crisp who served on Council for over 21 years and during this time was mayor for 12 years. He was involved in the RSL and other community groups. (This street was originally part of Everard Street.) Cross Street Crummer Street Cullen Close Cunning Street Dahlsford Drive Reverend John Cross was the first rector of St Thomas Church and he arrived in Port Macquarie in He dedicated the church on the 24 th February 1828 and remained as Minister in Charge until and other sources. Named after Major James Henry Crummer, an early police magistrate who came to Port Macquarie after serving in the British Army. He was at the Battle of Waterloo. Named after the Scottish stately home of the Earl of Seafield Named after Thomas Cunning who came to Port Macquarie around 1860 and lived at Tacking Point. The area was developed in the 1960s. Dahlsford was derived from two surnames. Eric Rosendahl, owned a farm in the area and his wife, Loloma was formerly a Hansford. They combined parts of their names when they subdivided their land in the very early 1990s. 3

6 Denham Street Dent Crescent Dilladerry Crescent Drew Close Endeavour Place Everard Street Fernhill Road Fitzroy Place Flynn Street Fowler Close Francis Street Gamack Street Garden Crescent Named after the Denham family who have resided in the Port Macquarie area from about the 1850s. Named for Harold Dent who owned 28 acres at Lighthouse Beach. They had a banana plantation as well as growing pineapples and citrus fruits. Harold had arrived in Port Macquarie in In 1967 they sold their farm that was later subdivided for residential development. From aboriginal word doolahdoolahderry meaning place of many logs. Named after Drews Creek, which ran in the vicinity of the area and was a popular picnic and swimming area for residents in the early 1900s. Named after Captain Cook s vessel as a reminder that he was the first to record a sighting of the Hastings Region. Uncertain name information. Maybe named for an early politician, John Everard. Everard Street went from Granite Street to Pacific Drive but it was broken by swamps and creeks. It now only goes from Pacific Drive to Owen Street. Named after John J. Fern who owned the Fernhill vineyard property in Named after Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy, Governor of NSW, who visited Port Macquarie in 1847 accompanied by Major A.C.Innes. John Edmund Flynn was a surveyor and came to Port Macquarie in He was responsible for the layout of the township of Wauchope. He bought land in Port Macquarie near Everard Street and built the house called 'Roto' that is still standing today. The street was named sometime after So named as three of the properties had been in the hands of members of the Fowler family since the early 1900s. Originally part of Hindman Street. Uncertain name information. Possibly named for George Francis who owned the Douglas Vale Vineyard. Uncertain name information. Most likely named for Dr Alexander Gamack, a Colonial Surgeon who finally settled in the Hastings area at Rollands Plains. The family continues to live in the area and the street may have been named for one of the descendants. Names is a shortened version of Garden Village - the street leads to the retirement village of that name. It was originally part of Bridge Street West and Morton Streets. 4

7 George Street Glebe Close Golf Street Gordon Street Gore Street Grant Street Granite Street Gray Street Hassall Street Hastings River Drive Hay Street Named after a George Lane. Named after the Glebe grants that were land grants made to the Church of England church by the early governors of NSW. A Crown grant on 9 May So named, as it was close to this locality that the original golf course was situated. Named after James Gordon, Commander of the Royal Navy who died on 21 January 1856.It was not named until the 1960s when the Lake Road intersection was changed. Prior to that it was Bridge Street East. Uncertain name information. Another early name associated with the Hastings. Thomas Gore was an early settler with 3,434 acres on the western side of Lake Innes by March There was a family from the Manning area by that name. Unknown name information. It was named before 1936 but the road did not go right through as there was no bridge over Wright s Creek. Uncertain name information. It could have been due to a quarry out along the road that may have held granite stone. Uncertain name information. May have been named for an early Police Magistrate, William Nairn Gray who was here in the 1840s. The street went in later than 1936 so probably named for someone else. Another source states that it was named after Reverend Canon L. E. J. Gray, Minister in Charge of St Thomas; Church from 1924 to Named after the Rev Thomas Hassall, who was appointed the chaplain for the colony in 1824 and was the first clergyman in the penal settlement. - and other sources. John Oxley named the river on 24 September 1818 by on his expedition, and it was in honour of the Governor-General of India. There has been some controversy regarding the origin of Hastings, as there were two men with name Hastings who were Governor- Generals in India. The most likely was Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1 st Marquis of Hastings who was there from Warren Hastings was the administrator in 1774 and he died in England in This road originally formed part of the Pacific Highway. Named after the Under Secretary of State, Robert William Hay. Hay Street was supposedly known in very early times as Cow Street because people let their cows loose there to graze in it. Port Macquarie News, January 28,

8 Hayward Street Herschell Street Hibbard Drive Hill Street Hopetoun Close Horton Street Another old family has been remembered by naming a street after them. Frederick Hayward was born in 1854 in a home that still stands in Horton Street Hayward House. After some years as a blacksmith, he became engaged in sawmilling at a mill established near the bottom of Clarence Street. Frederick was also one of the early mayors of the town serving from 1890 to 1892; 1894 to 1900; 1904 to Unknown naming information. This street was named sometime before 1936 but only parts of the street were open for use. Street named after John Hibbard (Senior) who was a pioneer of the timber industry in the area and had a sawmill at Hamilton now called Hibbard. He was an Alderman on the first Port Macquarie Council and later was the first President of the Hastings District Hospital. Named for a John Hooke Hill, who came to Port Macquarie in 1911 and lived at Arncliffe. He was elected to the first Shire Council (Wauchope) and was Shire President in In 1914 he became an Alderman and served as Mayor of Port Macquarie from According to one source it did not have a name until about Named after the steam tug "Lady Hopetoun", now in the Sydney Maritime Museum. In 1831 a plan was laid out for the streets of the settlement. The original street that became Horton Street was most likely Goulburn Street, named for the Colonial Secretary of the time.. The new name was in recognition of Robert Wilmot Horton who was the Under Secretary of State in 1821 when Port Macquarie was established. All the original streets were renamed by Hudson Avenue Innes Street Jabuk Close Jobling Street Arthur Hudson was an early Port Macquarie auctioneer. Major Archibald Clunes Innes was Commandant of the penal settlement in After his office he became a very prominent settler of the area and built a large mansion south beside Lake Innes (also named for him). He later moved from the area and settled on one of his many properties in New England and the town of Glen Innes is also named for him. From the aboriginal word meaning "bullock team" Captain George Jobling owned land at the junction of the Hastings and Maria rivers. Known as 'Goolawa" he planted a small vineyard there. 6

9 Jonas Absalom Drive Kelvin Grove Kemp Street Kennedy Drive Kindee Close King Street Kwinana Lane Lady Elliott Circuit Lady Nelson Drive Lake Road Lighthouse Road Lord Street Macquarie Place Maher Road Jonas Absalom was the 3rd son of James Absalom who came to Port Macquarie sometime around James farmed in the area and he had a vineyard that was in the location of the present day golf club. The Jonas Absalom farm was subdivided and one of the main roads in this area named for him. Named after one of the two grazing properties owned by the developer, L Halbisch. Named after Major Kemp who came to Port Macquarie in 1837 to command the military detachment until 1838 when he retired. The Kennedy family had land in the vicinity of Kennedy Drive where they grew fruit and vegetables. Stewart Kennedy was president of the local Agricultural Bureau that was formed in Probably named for the village in the Hastings. The village was given this name by an early settler, Newman Hollis, after his father s farm property in Devon, England. Possibly named after Phillip Parker King who accompanied Oxley in 1819 to travel up the Hastings River. Named after the steam ship "Kwinana". Named after the Lady Elliott Island Lighthouse on the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. In 1821, the ship, "Lady Nelson" ran aground inside the Port Macquarie bar, losing her rudder. She was one of the 3 ships that carried the original expedition of convicts and soldiers to Port Macquarie. Believed to be the road that was used to go to Lake Innes Reserve before it was diverted across to the Oxley Highway. The road leading to the Tacking Point Lighthouse. Uncertain name information. Simeon Lord was an ex-convict who became a prominent man in Sydney. In the 1820s he was a ship owner and one of the earliest cedar traders. Lord Street was named before Named after SS Macquarie, a vessel of Cain's Coastal Cooperative Steamship Company, active in the NSW coastal trade for 17 years between Port Macquarie and Sydney. The ship was lost during World War 2. Originally part of Livingston Road and it was named after Patrick John Maher, an early settler who died in Port Macquarie in

10 Mahogany Hill Major Innes Road Mareeba Crescent Market Place Marumba Place Matthew Flinders Drive Mayfair Place McInherney Close McIntyre Close McLaren Drive Merinda Drive Mermaid Crescent Once the site of a fine stand of mahogany trees. Subdivision went there in about the1980s. Named after Major Archibald Clunes Innes. Originally known as Lake Innes Road as it led to his house, now in ruins. An aboriginal name meaning "the meeting of waters". Named because it is adjacent to land that was used for the first colonial market garden. An aboriginal word meaning "good". Named after Matthew Flinders, the explorer, who in 1802 tacked off the coast near the point, he named Tacking in his ship "The Investigator." Named in 1979 by the developer of Savoy Gardens Estate subdivision, Mr. W. J. Kelly. It was so named to be in keeping with the English origin of the estate. Ref: Port Macquarie News James McInherney was born in the Hastings and was the first mayor of Port Macquarie. He acquired a 300 acre property at Settlement Point in the 1870s. They gave the land that became known as McInherney Park and eventually their home was relinquished for the development of Broadwater Gardens. Named after Dr James McIntyre, a native of Argyllshire, Scotland. He was a Government medical officer and was the first to occupy the surgeon's house, now part of St Thomas' Rectory. He purchased a medical practice in Port Macquarie and died here in This close was originally part of Granite Street. The name McLaren is that of an old local family. Daniel McLaren came to Australia in 1884 and a few years later he settled in the area. Aboriginal word for "a beautiful woman" Named after the ship "Mermaid" that ran aground on the Port Macquarie bar on April 17, 1821, losing her rudder and a stern plank. She was one of the 3 ships that carried the original expedition of convicts and soldiers to Port Macquarie. Mill Hill Morrish Street The site of an original timber mill established on the Innes grant property by Mr. Bob Charley Senior. Named after Reverend Canon Morrish, Minister in Charge of St Thomas Church from 1907 to

11 Moruya Drive Mowle Street Munster Street Murray Street Muston Street Myee Place Newport Island Road North Wall Road O'Brien's Road An aboriginal name meaning water spirit. Part of the Kennedy Park Estate subdivision of Ref: Port Macquarie News Ernest Aubrey Mowle was a former Mayor of Port Macquarie in the period between Uncertain naming information. In 1831, Prince William Duke of Clarence was also the Earl of Munster, in Irish peerage. In 1831 it was named after the Secretary of State, Sir George Murray, who served government between 1828 and 1830 Named after Arthur Muston who mined red oxide in the area until the mines closed in The red oxide was used for the purification of household gas. An aboriginal name meaning fire. Part of the Kennedy Park Estate subdivision of Ref: Port Macquarie News The road leads to the man-made island that is part of the Settlement Shores development. The road was originally part of Settlement Point Road that was cut by the construction of the Governor's Way canal. The road leading to the northern wall of the breakwall at the mouth of the Hastings River. Named after M. D. O'Brien a landowner in the locality. Initially the road connected Koala Street to what was Livingstone Road now known as Ocean Drive. The water supply dam flooded part of the road. Ocean Drive Ocean Street Oden Street Orana Place Orr Street The road to Laurieton, following the Pacific Ocean. A road leading to the Pacific Ocean. Named before 1936, it was a much longer street going from Granite Street to Chalmers Street. Now it is a smaller street only running from Lord Street to Chalmers Street. An aboriginal word meaning "welcome". Named after Charles G. Orr, who was Mayor of Port Macquarie from 1941 to C.G.Orr came here in 1902 aged about 26. He was a chemist in Horton Street however he was very involved in the area s civic affairs. He was foundation chairman of the Oxley County Council until He gave a period of 33 years to service in local government. 9

12 Owen Street Oxide Street Oxley Crescent Oxley Highway Pappinbarra Parade Parker Street Partridge Street Penshurst Place Lieutenant Thomas H. Owen of the 3 rd Regiment of Buffs, was appointed Commandant of the settlement in 1827 replacing Major Innes. (In some records he is shown as J.N. or T.N. Owen) Named after the red oxide that is found in the area. Arthur Muston and Sons mined the oxide that was used in the purification of household gas. The mines were closed in Named after the explorer John Oxley, who in 1818 named this inlet Port Macquarie. Named after John Oxley, the explorer who named Port Macquarie. The highway goes from the ocean over the mountains to Nevertee, near Dubbo, where it joins the Mitchell Highway. This street was named after the Glasgow built steamship SS Pappinbarra that was wrecked on the rocks off Port Stephens lighthouse in The ship was part of Nicholas Cain's Coastal Co-operative Steamship Company and worked between Port Macquarie and Sydney. The name Pappinbarra is also the name of a place north west of Wauchope and is an aboriginal word meaning 'clear water'. (source unknown) It was formerly known as 'Bappin'. The Superintendent of Agriculture and Livestock in 1823 was William Skottowe Parker, who later settled in the area. Parker Street was not named until after Named after Stephen Partridge who was the Superintendent of Convicts from the first convicts arrived in Port Macquarie in 1821 until he resigned to take out the first licence for an inn (hotel) here in Named after an English stately home built in the 14 th century and once owned by Edward VI and more recently owned by Viscount De L Isle. Viscount William De L Isle was the 15 th Governor General of Australia from He was the last British Governor General to hold office here. Pettit Street Named after William Joseph Pettit, pilot and harbour master, 1829 to Philip Charley Drive Pindari Parade Regent Street Named after Philip Charley whose family owned the land on which the crematorium is situated. Aboriginal name meaning "high ground". Named after the ship, "Prince Regent". One of the 3 ships that carried the original expedition of convicts and soldiers to Port Macquarie. She struck a submerged rock on the way in and lost her rudder. 10

13 Roto Place Named after Roto House built about 1890 and was formerly the home of John Edmund Flynn. Rushcutter Way Settlement Point Road Named after Port Macquarie's adopted naval vessel "HMAS Rushcutter". The road leading to Settlement Point. Captain Charles Steele of the NSW Mounted Police purchased this land about 1845 and named it "Settlement Point Farm". Shelbourne Place Shelly Beach Road Short Street Named after the ketch " Shelbourne" that was built in 1887 and lost south of Port Macquarie in The road leading to Shelly Beach. Initially this was a very short street, just off Clarence Street, until the reclamation of the Kooloonbung Creek area that began in 1957/8. It is now a busy street in the CBD. Slade Crescent Spence Street Stewart Street Named after W.A.H. Slade a landowner in this locality. Possibly after William Spence, who was Mayor of Port Macquarie in Named after Don Stewart who was Mayor of Port Macquarie from1910 to Popular for holiday cottages and later motels. Sumatra Place Named after the steamship "Sumatra" that sank off Port Macquarie in June Sunset Parade In use in 1960s. Swift Street Unknown naming information. Street was named prior to Tacking Point Road Leads to Tacking Point, named by Matthew Flinders. In the 1880s, this road started at what was known as Smiths Bridge near Hill Street, ran up Lord Street and Swift Street to Sunnyside Crescent and then joined Lovers Walk ( Pacific Drive?). The Ruins Way Thrumster Street Timber Ridge The road leading to the ruins of historic "Lake Cottage", residence of Major A.C.Innes built about Named for the ancestral home of the Innes family in Caithness, Scotland. Named after its fine timbered ridge, some of which has been conserved. 11

14 Tozer Street Tuffins Lane Tuppenny Road Vendul Crescent Wandella Drive Warlters Street Watonga Street Horatio Tozer was a chemist (an apothecary) and had his shop in Horton Street. It was part of a building known as Tozer Terraces that had smaller shops, plus accommodation that could be rented. The Commonwealth Bank stands on this place today. Horatio Tozer was also a prominent citizen of the time and was chairman of the first committee to control State schools in the district. This was in Believed to be named for a family who lived in the vicinity around the 1900s. Robert Tuffin was a storekeeper of Blackman s Point. His son John, known s Jack died in So named because of the method used to raise the funds to build it. In October 1944, the surf club president, R.S.Stanfield invited the Main Roads Department (now the Roads and Traffic Authority) to advise how a road might be cut to the beach from Pacific Drive. Due to the war, cigarettes were hard to get and also cost 10 pence a packet. They were however freely available at Bob Stanfield's Royal Hotel providing the purchaser paid one shilling and left the tuppence change in a collection box. Bob Stanfield had another fund raising idea. In those days of beer rationing, non-regulars had to pay to get into his hotel when a keg was tapped. The tuppence boxes raised 500 pounds and Tuppenny Road was officially opened by the Ministers of Lands, Mr. J. M. Tulley, on April 8, Named after John Venour Dulhunty, one of the surveyors responsible for the Oxley Highway and later a major developer of many residential estates in Port Macquarie. From wandellow bark stripped from trees used for making temporary huts and canoes, smaller ones for carrying vessels. Named after Jeremiah Walters who settled on land grants in the Hastings area around He is responsible for building Port Macquarie's first hotel. This street was originally part of Bay Street. Named after the "SS Watonga", a ship of 997 tons. She was built in 1876 in Scotland and wrecked off Lighthouse Beach on January 2, Wesley Avenue The Wesley family came to Port Macquarie around about The son of the early settler, William and his wife Helen had a home and property with beautiful gardens in the vicinity of the street that was named after the family some time in the 1950s. Widderson Street Named after Thomas Widderson, a teamster who carried supplies to properties in the Walcha district. There is also evidence that it was named for a Thomas Widderson, a convict aged 14 years who was transported for 14 years in This may be the same man. 12

15 Willandra Place William Street Windmill Street Wonga Crescent Wrights Road Wyandra Crescent Young Street Aboriginal name meaning "little waters a creek". Named after King William IV who reigned England for a short period between 1830 and In 1824 it was known as Oxley Street. Major Archibald Clunes Innes had a windmill built for crushing grain. It was built about The park on the headland opposite the street has a sculpture of parts of a windmill. Aboriginal word for native pigeon. Named after Captain S. Wright, an early commandant in Port Macquarie. Name is the composite of the Christian names of the two original developers for the subdivision this street is situated in. The developers were William and Ray Lindeman. (Wy for William and ra for Ray.) Named after James Young who bought "Hamilton House" from Maria Hamilton in