The suburb of Baulkham Hills lies within the County of Cumberland, approximately 5 kilometres north of the Parramatta Central Business District. A small area of the suburb bounded by Gooden Road, Naomi Road North, Windsor Road, Russell Street and the M2 Hills Motorway lies within the North Rocks Ward of the City of Parramatta.
The name Baulkham Hills was in use from about 1801-2 and there is no official record for the naming of the district. Possible sources for the name come from a legend that says the suburb was named by angry bullock drivers because the bullocks would “baulk” at the steep slope on the run from Parramatta. The other probability is Andrew McDougall named the area after his home Buckholm Hills in Scotland.
For more information, here is our brief history on Baulkham Hills
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Name |
Origin & Meaning |
Source |
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Braddock Place |
Named after Edward Braddock. The parts of Baulkham Hills that lie within the City of Parramatta include the land grant to Edward Braddock in 1862. This 41 acre grant was west of present day Windsor Road, with Junction Road in the north and Naomi Street North forming the southern boundary. The house at 266-268 Windsor Road is on Edward Braddock’s grant and dates from the 1890s and is listed in the Parramatta Local Environmental Plan 1996, locally listed heritage items. |
Senior, D. & Finlay. C. (2020). Baulkham Hills - A Brief History |
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Bundara Way |
Bundara - Aboriginal word meaning sky. |
The Hills Shire. (2021). Street Name Origins |
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Cole Avenue |
Origin unknown. Possible derivation from the name of John Colethread who was a marine and significant land holder in the area. |
People Australia. (2021). Colethread, John (1761–1802) |
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Goodin Road |
Named after Vernon William Edward Goodin who was an Australian politician who was born in Kenthurst and died in Carlingford. He was also a teacher and wrote on many subjects including The History of Public Education in NSW. |
Wikipedia. (2021). Vern Goodin |
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Junction Road |
A descriptive name. A junction is defined as a point where two or more things are joined. |
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M2 |
Hills M2 is a 21 km toll road on Sydney's orbital motorway network. It was known as the North West Transport Link during planning in the early 1990s. |
Wikipedia. (2021). M2 Hills Motorway |
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M7 |
A 47 kilometer road connecting Preston, South of Sydney, to Winston Hills. It opened in December 2005. |
Wikipedia. (2021). Westlink M7 |
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Murrills Crescent |
Possibly a reference to local farmer W.H. Murrills at Model Farms Baulkham Hills. |
1889 Advertising. (1889, June 1). The Cumberland Argus |
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Myee Crescent |
Myee - Aboriginal word meaning good to eat. |
The Hills Shire. (2021). Street Name Origins |
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Naomi Street |
Origin unknown. |
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Nunga Avenue |
Nunga - Aboriginal word meaning southern part of South Australia. |
The Hills Shire. (2021). Street Name Origins |
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Old Windsor Road |
Old Windsor Road dates from 1794 when land was first granted to settlers in the Hawkesbury district. The Windsor Road dates from 1810 when the Macquarie townships were established. |
Wikipedia. (2021). Old Windsor Road |
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Purri Avenue |
Possible shortening of the Aboriginal word Purri burri which means to run, go like the blazes. |
University of Wollongong. (1993). Illawarra and South Coast Aborigines 1770-1900 |
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Russell Street |
Possibly named after Russell Franklin White a significant property owner and grower in the area. |
The Hills Shire. (2021). Street Name Origins |
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Seven Hills Road |
Formerly Toongabbie Road. This road through Baulkham Hills begins at Windsor Road and ends at Prospect Highway. |
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Sierra Place |
Mountain naming theme. Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the Western United States. |
Wikipedia. (2021). Sierra Nevada |
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Summit Place |
A descriptive name as a summit is defined as the highest point, a peak. Mountain naming theme. |
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Valerie Avenue |
Origin unknown. |
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Warooga Avenue |
Aboriginal word meaning Big Child. |
Euroka. (2021). Warooga Room |
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Windsor Road |
Old Windsor Road dates from 1794 when land was first granted to settlers in the Hawkesbury district. The Windsor Road dates from 1810 when the Macquarie townships were established. |
Wikipedia. (2021). Windsor Road (Sydney) |
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Woodlands Street |
Possibly referring to the Cumberland Plain Woodland, one of six main indigenous woodland communities of Sydney. Is also means land on which many trees grow. |
Wikipedia. (2021). Cumberland Plain Woodland |
Caroline Finlay, Regional Studies Facilitator and Neera Sahni, Research Services Leader, Parramatta Heritage Centre, City of Parramatta, 2021
Disclaimer: We have tried our best to provide a reason behind how these public roads and streets in Baulkham Hills listed got their names but should there be any discrepancies or if you can help us fill in the gaps, please contact us using our online enquiries form.
Arthur Oswald Napper.
Reppan is Napper spelt backwards.
He had a farm on park road in Baulkham hills.
My grandfather was frank milton napper. One of the 7 napper men.
A small world.