Item 8.12 - Attachment 2 |
Table Listing
Parramatta City's main streets and the name sources |
Street |
Year |
Reason |
Theme |
|
18143 |
William Aird superintended all government building work in the Parramatta District.1 |
2 |
|
|
1895 survey was a continuation of Dr Mathew Anderson (1788-1852) resident surgeon
at |
2 |
Argyle Street |
18143 |
Presumed named after Argyllshire, Macquarie’s home county
in |
4 |
|
18143 |
Governor Macquarie’s second wife’s maiden name. 3 |
4 |
|
1822 plan |
|
|
|
17904 1822 plan |
Originally Quaker’s Row 4 Extended to run to |
5 |
|
1895 survey |
Charles Cowper of Narellan member for The County of
Cumberland elected 1830. 5 Cowper turned the first sod of the extension
of the line from terminus of the railway to |
2 |
|
1895 survey |
D’Arcy Wentworth arrived 1790 appointed assistant
surgeon and superintendant of convicts at Father of W.C. Wentworth. Street is within D’Arcy Wentworth’s land grant. 8 |
2 & 3 |
|
1822 plan |
Elizabeth Macarthur (1766-1850) |
2 |
|
1895 survey |
4th Earl Fitzwilliam William Wentworth kinsman of D’Arcy Wentworth. 9 Street is within D’Arcy Wentworth’s land grant. 8 |
3 |
|
179010 1822 plan |
Originally High Street principle street in King George III |
1 |
Great |
|
1822 survey originally |
|
|
1844 plan |
Dr John Harris (1754-1838) |
2 |
|
c1876 extended 188312 |
James Hassell grantee of the property which adjoined the street.12 Street parallel to south boundary of Hassall estate.13 |
2 & 3 |
|
18103 |
John Hunter second Governor of the colony 1795-1800 |
1 |
|
187812 |
Thomas Kendall Bowden cousin & partner of subdividing solicitor G.W. Allen, in “family names” street naming theme used by subdividing solicitor George Wigram Allen. 12 |
7 |
Lamont Parade |
1895 survey |
|
|
Little Street |
|
|
|
|
179215 18063 18113 |
Back Row 3&15 Lachlan Macquarie fifth Governor of the colony 1810-1822 |
1 |
Market Street |
1871 plan |
Originally |
|
|
18103 |
Rev Samuel Marsden |
2 |
|
18113 |
Sir Maurice Charles O’Connell (1768-1848) Commander
in Chief (until 1847) visited wounded soldiers (Maori Wars) in |
1 |
|
18233 |
John & George Palmer Parramatta gentry 1820s. 3&17 John Palmer (1760-1833) First Fleeter & Commissary General.18 |
2 |
|
|
1895 survey was a continuation of Probably named after Sir Henry Parkes but Varney Parkes
(Henry Parkes’ son) an architect lived in |
1 |
|
18103 |
Arthur Phillip first Governor of the colony 1788-1792 and
founder of |
1 |
|
1822 plan |
James Smith arrived free on the Lady Penrhyn and was the first farm superintendant. 20 Smith was a well-known builder, built a house for Samuel Marsden 1816 or 1817.21 Smith granted section of land between Sydney Road, Duck Creek, Beckett’s Creek and Duck River on 3 January 1818. 22 |
2 |
|
1822 plan |
Re the origin of the name ‘ Although the name is usually spelled with one ‘r’ it does on occasion
appear with two. Sorell was appointed lieut-governor of Van Diemen’s Land in 1816 and
reached During his stay in Sydney Sorell is said to have ‘impressed’ Governor
Macquarie before resuming his journey south. It is not known if he met Macquarie at Government House in |
|
Station Street |
1895 survey |
Parallel to railway |
5 |
|
1844 plan |
1796 Howard Thomas was granted land in this area “Ponds Creek”. 30 |
2 |
|
1913 |
“this street functionally ‘unites’ two other …this name appears to be part of a sub-theme referring to the American Revolution and the War of Independence. The war itself had the effect of converting loosely connected states into a “union”. 28 |
|
|
|
1895 survey Cowper Street originally extended from
Fitzwilliam to Parkes but this section of |
|
|
|
1822, 1844 and 1871 plan and 1895 survey was known as Renamed |
|
|
1895 survey |
Street is within D’Arcy Wentworth’s land grant. 8 |
2 & 3 |
|
|
Mayor Barry Wilde 29 mayor of |
6 |
Lane |
Year |
Reason |
Theme |
|
|
Andrew Nash owner of the Woolpack Inn (see also
Freemason’s |
2 |
|
1895 survey |
Cumberland Argus newspaper (1887-1962) |
5 |
Barrack Lane |
1895 survey |
1822 plan shows prisoner barracks adjacent to what is now |
5 |
Batman Walk |
|
William Batman pioneer carrier (1765-1834) 25 |
2 |
Civic Place |
|
Behind |
|
|
|
G.T. Erby (Wycombe House) draper 1890’s.26 Erbys were a well known |
2 |
Freemason’s |
|
James Larra built Mason’s Inn about 1800, later known as
Freemason’s Arms (following the custom in |
5 |
|
1988 |
Lane which connects O’Connell, “The Jessie Street Centre takes its name from the activist
|
|
|
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Headley Victor Horwood Mayor OBE June 1965, 1954-55 Alderman 1948-1953 & 1956-1968.27 |
6 |
|
|
Off Smith Street between |
8 |
|
1895 survey |
Off Arthur Phillip |
8 |
United Lane |
1895 survey |
|
|
Catagories
1. Historical
figures connected to the founding of
2. Well known
3. Boundaries of
grants of land.
4. Miscellaneous connections to 1.
5. Well known buildings and businesses.
6. Former mayors and aldermen (although there are only two names in this list there are a number of streets named after former mayors and aldermen).
7. Subdividing solicitor named streets after his “family names”.
8. Named after nearby connecting Street (for lanes only)
Reference
1 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
2 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
3 Wickham J.A. and Yeend
P.J., Origins of Names of Suburbs,
Streets and Localities in and about the
4 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
5 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
6 Jervis J., The
7 Jervis J., The
8 Parramatta Historical Archaeological Landscape Management Study Volume
3 Map Volume, Report prepared for the NSW Heritage Office, Godden Mackay
Logan, Nov 2000, 1844 Plan of the Town of Parramatta and the Adjacent
Properties
9 Auchmuty J.J., Wentworth, D’Arcy
(1762-1827), Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, 1967, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020530b.htm
10 Jervis J., The
11 Parramatta Historical Archaeological Landscape Management Study Volume
3 Map Volume, Report prepared for the NSW Heritage Office, Godden Mackay
Logan, Nov 2000, 1822 Plan of Township of Parramatta
12 Suburban Names Review, Part 1 – Written Research, City of
13 Parramatta Historical Archaeological Landscape Management Study Volume
3 Map Volume, Report prepared for the NSW Heritage Office, Godden Mackay
Logan, Nov 2000, 1871 Plan of the Environs of Parramatta County of Cumberland
14 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
15 Jervis J., The
16 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
17 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
18 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
19 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
20 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
21 Jervis J., The
22 Jervis J., The
23 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
24 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
25 Watson J., Men of
26 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
27 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
28 Suburban Names Review, Part 1 – Written Research, City of
29 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
30 Kass T, Liston C. and
McClymont J.,
32 From information received
from Shayne Bray’s email 28 February 2011