Constitution Hill - Origin of Street Names

Street Name

Origin

Source

Almond Street

(1961) Part of 'trees' street naming theme used in Margo Developments subdivision.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Apple Street

(1961) Part of 'trees' street naming theme used in Margo Developments subdivision.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Austin Crescent

(1961) Acknowledging one of the surveyors effecting the subdivision, Trevor M. Austin.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Bann Way

(1980) By Housing Commission after the River Bann which separates the Irish Counties of Antrim and Londonderry.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Bessbrook Way

(1980) By Housing Commission as part of the Irish theme but meaning not clear.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Blue Gum Road

(1961) Part of 'trees' street naming theme used in Margo Developments subdivision.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Boonah Street

Boonah' is an Aboriginal word from the Yugarapul people meaning "bloodwood tree" or "acacia"

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Boonah

Brett Avenue

Acknowledging Surveyor O'Rourke's daugther Brett

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Bulli Road

(c1886) Part of aboriginal 'B' words theme used by Fitzwilliam Wentworth and James Hill. The word is taken to mean 'two mountains' which is appropriate in the context of both Constitution Hill and Dorothy Mount being in the near vicinity.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Caird Street

(1973) Named after Maureen Caird. is an Australian former track athlete, who specialised in the sprint hurdles. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, she became the youngest-ever individual Olympic athletics champion at the time, at age 17, when she won gold in Mexico City. She was born in Cumberland and was a resident of the nearby Seven Hills. 

Maureen Caird: 

Callan Way

(1980) By Housing Commission after 'Callon' a town in th Irish County Kilkenny.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Caloola Road

(1916) Part of aboriginal words theme selected by the Arthur Rickard Company in the subdivision of the 'Dorothy Mount' Estate. The word itself is taken to mean 'to climb' which is appropriate in the context of the steepness of the terrain nearby.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Charlemont Way

(1980) By Housing Commission, the Irish 'Lord Charlemont Volunteers' being the regiment in which Surgeon D'arcy Wentworth had held a Commission.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Chetwyn Place

(1963) Not clear. Probably from Calderwood's 'short names-Austrlian places' lists and meant to be Chetwynd in Victoria.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Constitution Road

(1923) Named by the Intercolonial Land and Investment Company, the road being the centre piece of the subdivision of the Constitution Hill Estate. A definitive reason for the use of the word 'Constitution Hill' has not been found. The name arose during the 1790's after the setting up of the Government Farm and, in the light of other admiralty type names (e.g. Prospect Hill, Castle Hill) used at the time, the name would have been chosen purposely. A thoroughfare names "Constitution Hill" leads to Buckingham Palace: a strong 'constitution' was needed by man and beast to climb this sharp pinch. Probably a piece of sardonic naval humour.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Craigavon Way

(1980) By Housing Commission as part of the Irish theme but meaning not clear.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Cusher Way

By Housing Commission as part of the Irish theme and after "Cushen" (from Cushen-dall and Cushen-dun) in Irish County Antrim.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Doig Street

Acknowledging one of the surveyors effecting the subdivision, Kevin Doig.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Dorothy Street

Possibly Acknowleges William Charles Wentworth's Granddaughter

The Toongabbie Story.

Eildon Street

(1964) After the Eildon Dam, from Calderwood's 'short names-Australian places' list of names.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Elm Place

(1961) Part of 'trees' street naming theme used in Margo Developments subdivision.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Emma Crescent

(1961) Not clear. A theme of 'short-European-christian names with suffix 'a' "occurs in the area, the theme presumed to have been part of Calderwood's listings.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Eucalyptus Street

(1961) Part of 'trees' street naming theme used in Margo Developments subdivision.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Faulkner Street

Acknowleging the Faulkner Family who owned land in the area.

The Toongabbie Story.

Ferndale Close

(c1820 and 1980) Acknowledges the names of the property Ferndale which stood adjacent and near Hammers Road intersection, The original route between Parramatta and the Toongabbie compound was via Mahony Road and Greenleaf Avenue. After the closure of the Government Farm in 1811 an alternate route around the steeper parts of Constitution Hill was found and by 1861 was referred to as the 'Toongabbie Old Road'.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Fraser Street

Origin Unknown

Geoffrey Street

(1960) Not clear. Presumed to be an associate of the subdivider.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Greenleaf Street

(1961) Part of the 'trees' street naming theme used in the Margo Developments subdivision. The depression which this street now follows (to near the peak of Constitution Hill) is part of the route of the initial road which connected the Parramatta township to the Toongabbie convict station and compound from 1792 to 1811.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Hammers Road

(c1861) Created as an un-named rural road in the Government subdivision of part of the Parramatta Domain in 1860. At the auction of the government land Mr George Hammer acquired 29 acres of the land which adjoined the road and the Hammer family resided there for nearly a century. at the turn of the century the road was informally referred to as 'Hammers Lane'. Between 1909 and 1925 Blacktown Shire Council was required to formalise all un-named roads and, as a policy, elected to acknowledge the fruitgrowers of the district in the street names. The use of the name 'Hammer' was an obvious choice in this case.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Harris Road

(c1861) Created as an un-named rural road in the Government subdivision of part of the Parramatta Domain in 1860. At the auction of the government land Mr Harris acquired land at the corner of this road and his family farmed there for nearly a century later. In similar manner to that of 'Hammers Road', Blacktown Shire Council formalised this street name between 1909 and 1925 by acknowledging the Harris family.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Hart Drive

(part 1820, part 1980) A small section of this road (to the south of Harris Road) formed part of the 'Toongabbee Old Road'. The major part, planned as a future County Ring Road from 1951, was a vacant swathe of land until the road was constructed in 1980 and named after a famous son of the district, pioneer aviator William Hart, whose family owned ' Castrella' in nerby Wentworth Avenue during the 1890s.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Hollis Street

(1961) Not clear. Presumed to be an associate of the subdivider.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Keady Way

(1980) By Housing Commission as part of the Irish theme and after the town of Keady in County Armagh.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Killylea Way

(1980) By Housing Commission as part of the Irish theme and after the town of Killylea in County Armagh.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Lurgan Street

(1980) By Housing Commission as part of the Irish theme and after the town of Lurgan in County Armagh.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Lyn Place

(1973) After a lady friend of the subdivider.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Mahony Road

(1924) Acknowledging Mr Michael Mahony, master butcher, former owner of the slaughter yards which stood for many years on the Constitution Hill estate.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Manuka Street

(1963) After Manuka, Australian Capital Territory, from Calderwood's "short names-Australian places" list of names.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Maple Place

(1960) Part of the 'trees' street naming theme used in the Margo Developments subdivision.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Marie Street

Acknowleging Marie DeBrincat part owner of the property that was being subdivided at the time. (1960)

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

May Street

(1959) Not clear. Presumed to be an associate of the subdivider.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Michelle Drive

(1959) Not clear. Presumed to be an associate of the subdivider.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Milford Way

(1980) By Housing Commission as part of the Irish theme but meaning not clear.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Mount Street

(1916) Named by the Arthur Rickard Company in the subdivision of the Dorothy Mount estate. This large land development company of its time made a practice of including the estate name in its street naming programmes. In the case of this subdivision both 'Dorothy' and 'Mount' were used as separate street names.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Newry Way

(1980) By Housing Commission as part of the Irish theme and after the town of Newry in County Down.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Norris Way

(1980) By Housing Commission as part of the Irish street naming theme but meaning not clear.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Old Windsor Road

(c1791, c1820's, c1860) This inter-regional road system was developed in two parts, first as a connecting route between the Parramatta township and the convict stockade and compound at Toongabbie Farm in 1791, and secondly as a connecting route from the Toongabbie Farm to the 'Hawkesbury Settlements' terminating at Green Hills (now Windsor) in 1794. The route was known as the 'Toongabbee Road' and then, until 1802, as the "Hawkesbury" Road. Between 1802 and 1810 a new route springing from Church Street Parramatta to Green Hills was set out and constructed and when Green Hills ws re-named "Windsor" in 1810, that new route took the name 'Windsor New Road'. The former route became referred to as the 'Toongabbee Old Road' and the 'Hawkesbury Old Road'.



As indicated earlier (see 'Ferndale' and 'Hart' above) only a very small part of the colonial road system now remains in the Constitution Hill neighbourhood. After the closure of the government farm in 1811, quarry and cargo carts took an easier grade around the Hill forming the nucleus of a road which was formalised in the subdivision of the Parramatta Domain in 1860 and which became locally known as 'Old Windsor Road'. The name itself was formalised by Blacktown Shire Council after 1906.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Peachtree Avenue

Is named as part of the "trees' thmes used for the street naming in the Margo Development subdivision (1961

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Portadown Road

(1980) By Housing Commission as part of the Irish theme after the town Portadown in County Armagh.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Prune Street

(1961) Part of the 'trees' theme used for street naming in the Margo Developments subdivision.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Saxon Place

(1965) Part of an ancient Britain theme (meant to spring from the work "Constitution") selected by Blacktown Council Engineer, Mr Keith Gibson, and pre-named in a road pattern control plan.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Slim Place

Meaning unknown

Tabooba Street

(1963) Meaning not established.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Tanderagee Street

(1980) By Housing Commission as part of the Irish theme and meant to have been after the town Tanderagee in County Armagh.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1

Wessex Lane

(1965) Part of an ancient British theme (see also 'Saxon' above) pre-named in a road pattern control plan by staff of Blacktown Municipal Council.

Parramatta City Council. (1994). Suburban names review, Parramatta, part 1