Dundas – Origin of Street Names

Name

Origin & Meaning

Source

Adderton Road

Named after Adderton Estate and the house on its property, the Adderton.

McAndrew, A. (2002) Carlingford Connexions, p 58.

Albemarle Street

Origin unknown.

Albion Street

Created circa 1878. Albion is the Roman name for England, perhaps chosen to acknowledge the high influx of British migrants at the time.

Parramatta Council (199-) Suburban names review, part 1.

Anderson Avenue

Named after Municipality of Ermington and Rydalmere alderman Noel Anderson who represented the Rydalmere ward from 1924-1925.

Whitaker, A. (2012) Shaping a city: 150 years of Parramatta City Council, p 73.

Arrunga Street

Aboriginal term for the euro kangaroo.

McAndrew, A. (2002) Carlingford Connexions, p 68.

Ashcroft Street

Named after Municipality of Ermington and Rydalmere alderman Claude Ashcroft who represented the Ermington ward from 1926-1937.

Whitaker, A. (2012) Shaping a city: 150 years of Parramatta City Council, p 73.

Baronbali Street

Origin unknown.

East Bennetts Road

Acknowledging John Bennett. In 1882 Brush Farm was sold to John Bennett and Lancelot Threlkeld. In 1886 John was given approval to construct a private rail line from Clyde Station to his lands where the Kerosene Oil and Mineral Company would be.

McAndrew, A. (2002) Carlingford Connexions, p 184. Yates Avenue Public School (n.d.) A History of our School and its Community

West Bennetts Road

Acknowledging John Bennett. In 1882 Brush Farm was sold to John Bennett and Lancelot Threlkeld. In 1886 John was given approval to construct a private rail line from Clyde Station to his lands where the Kerosene Oil and Mineral Company would be.

McAndrew, A. (2002) Carlingford Connexions, p 184. Yates Avenue Public School (n.d.) A History of our School and its Community

Bray Street

Named after Municipality of Ermington and Rydalmere aldermen Samuel Robert Bray and/or Milton Thomas James Bray who both represented the Rydalmere ward. Samuel served from 1937-1941 and Milton who  served from 1941-1948.

Whitaker, A. (2012) Shaping a city: 150 years of Parramatta City Council, p 73.

Brothers Street

Named after Robert Towns' first ship the Brothers. Robert Street in Telopea was named after him. Robert operated a fleet of trading ships that dominated trade between Britain, Australasia, India and China in the mid-nineteenth century.

McAndrew, A. (2002) Carlingford Connexions, p 57.

Burke Street

Acknowledging local land holder Jack Burke who held 14 acres in Coral Tree Drive from 1951 to 1964, and named that street.

McAndrew, A. (2002) Carlingford Connexions, p 60.

Calder Road

Calder was an original land grantee in the area. Subdivision of the Calder Estate was in 1881.

McAndrew, A. (2002) Carlingford Connexions, p 43.

Crowgey Street

Named after James Henry Crowgey, a poultry farmer on Victoria Road, Rydalmere, and former alderman of the Municipality of Ermington and Rydalmere, representing the Rydalmere ward from 1921 to 1925. Crowgey died suddenly on 6 August 1940 at West Park, Adelaide, South Australia, aged 74. He was survived by his wife Lillian Crowgey.

Obituary: Ex-alderman James Henry Crowgey (1940, August 14) The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate.

Denham Place

Local land owners the Denham family are acknowledged in this naming. The Denham property was on the north side of Adderton Road, had six acres of orchards and bushlands with folws, cows and a garden.

McAndrew, A. (2002) Carlingford Connexions, p 39.

Dora Crescent

Acknowledging Dora Anderson who gave the land on which the original St Andrew's Dundas was built.

Facebook (2016) Memories of St Andrew's Dundas

Dorahy Street

Named after Patrick Joseph Dorahy, Municipality of Ermington and Rydalmere alderman who represented the Ermington ward from 1899-1902. There was also another alderman John William Canice Dorahy who represented the Rydalmere ward from 1928-1931 and 1934-1944.

Whitaker, A. (2012) Shaping a city: 150 years of Parramatta City Council, p 73.

Elder Road

Recognising significant early landholder James Elder.

McAndrew, A. (2002) Carlingford Connexions, p 43.

Fogarty Place

Origin unknown.

Fremont Avenue

Origin unknown.

Hilary Crescent

Origin unknown.

Jenkins Street

Named after a local resident of the area.

Kariwara Street

Aboriginal word for green.

McAndrew, A. (2002) Carlingford Connexions, p 70.

Kenworthy Street

Possibly named after John Kenworthy circa 1834 -1920 who held property on Kissing Point Road, Dundas/Rydalmere. A former resident of Carcoar NSW, his family owned and at one time ran the Victoria Hotel in Carcoar and was survived by his second wife Sarah Ann Kenworthy former Mrs James Booth, circa1839-1933, son Hugh John Kenworthy circa1864-1936 and daughter Susan Jane Kenworthy of Darlinghurst.

Family Notices (1933, October 18) The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 12.

Kirby Street

Named after Municipality of Ermington and Rydalmere alderman Nelson Kirby who represented the Ermington ward from 1891-1895, and again in 1896-1898.

Whitaker, A. (2012) Shaping a city: 150 years of Parramatta City Council, p 73.

Kissing Point Road

A kissing point marked the limit of river navigation for seagoing ships. Their keels would kiss the shelving riverbed.

Yates Avenue Public School (n.d.), A History of our School and its Community

Leamington Road

Named after local historian Herbert J. Rumsey's (1866-1956) hometown.

McAndrew, A. (2002) Carlingford Connexions, p 64.

Narrun Crescent

Potentially named after the Aboriginal term for hungry place, narran.

McAndrew, A. (2002) Carlingford Connexions, p 71.

Park Road

Park Street named due to its proximity to parks.

Paul Street

Origin unknown.

Quarry Road

Origin circa 1792. Part of this road is within the original occupation road or driftway which led to the initial grants in The Ponds locality. The remainder was set aside in the 1830s for access to a bassalt outcrop which, at the time, was considered to be viable for quarrying. The road was locally known as Quarry Road as it led to the blue metal quarry for over fifty years before it was formally aligned and named in 1893.

Parramatta Council (199-) Suburban names review, part 1.

Reserve Street

Most likely named due to its proximity to reserves.

Rippon Avenue

Named after Joseph Rippon 1878 - 1936, former Municipality of Ermington and Rydalmere alderman, deputy mayor and twice mayor 10 December 1928 – 9 December 1929, and again 10 December 1928 – 9 December 1929. Rippon represented the Rydalmere ward for nearly twenty years and was a Council health inspector in his final year. Mr Rippon was a resident of Dundas.

Death of ex-mayor (1936, July 6) The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate.

Rock Farm Avenue

Named after Robert Green's Farm established 1802.

McAndrew, A. (2002) Carlingford Connexions, p 73.

Ronald Avenue

Possibly in honour of Mr Ronald Clarke, the first Principal of Yates Avenue Public School.

Yates Avenue Public School (n.d.), A History of our School and its Community

Rumsey Crescent

Previous name: Ramsey Crescent. Named after Herbert Rumsey (1866-1956), local historian, who named the streets in this suburb.

McAndrew, A. (2002) Carlingford Connexions, p 67.

St Andrews Place

Site on which the former Anglican church St Andrews stood. The church sold this property to fund the construction of a new ministry centre in South Street.

Dundas Telopea Anglican Church (2021) Welcome

Silverwater Road

Named for the destination suburb of Silverwater which the road goes through

Dictionary of Sydney (2008) Silverwater

Spurway Street

Acknowledging the Spurway family, a prominant family in the district who were involved in local politics including George Spurway, Alderman and Mayor Frederick Ernest Spurway of the Municipality of Dundas.

Station Street

Station Street named due to its proximity to Dundas Railway Station.

Stewart Street

Created circa 1813. Acknowledging Sir Frederick Stewart, former Member for Parramatta, who resided here from 1930 to 1945. The street was part of the route between signalling pennants at Parramatta and Pennant Hills Farm and was at times known as Pennant Hills Road and Quarry Road. In the street name programme of the 1890s, Dundas Council named it Spurway Street as it terminated opposite George Spurway's residence. That name was changed in 1952 to avoid postal confusion with another nearby street of that name.

Parramatta Council (199-) Suburban names review, part 1.

Sturt Street

Acknowledges the achievements of Charles Sturt who discovered the inland rivers of New South Wales and navigated the Darling and Murray Rivers.

McAndrew, A. (2002) Carlingford Connexions, p 56.

Tallowwood Court

Most likely a reference to the native eucalyptus common in the area.

Wikipedia (2020) Eucalyptus microcorys

Victoria Road

The name acknowledges Victoria, Queen of England. The road itself was formed in sections from Victoria Street created in the Vineyard Estate subdivision in 1879 on the east and absorbing Pennant Street to the west. It took until the 1970s for the name to be uniformly applied thoughout its current length.

Parramatta Council (199-) Suburban names review, part 1.                  Wickham, J. A., Yeend, P. J. (1979) Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area.

Wassell Street

Named after Raymond Eaton Wassell, former Municipality of Ermington and Rydalmere alderman, Deputy Mayor and Mayor from 12 December 1927 – 10 December 1928, and again 9 December 1929 – 19 December 1932.

Wikipedia (2020) Municipality of Ermington and Rydalmere

Weeroona Place

Aboriginal word for resting place.

Ceramic Nameplates (n.d.) Aboriginal words and their meanings

Yawung Street

Aboriginal word for pathway.

House Name Heritage (n.d.) Aboriginal House Names