Harris Park – Origin of Street Names

Name

Origin & Meaning

Sources

Ada Street

First used circa 1878. Acknowledging Ada M Mills, daughter of J. Y. Mills and niece of subdivider C. W. Mills.

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

Albion Street

First used circa 1878. Initially 'Evelyn' Street after Alice Evelyn Mills, niece of subdivider C. W. Mills. The name change was made ten years later to 'Albion', the roman name for 'England', the reason not clear. As there was a high intake of British migrants at the time and a Church of England Church had been established on the corner of Marion Street, the name change could have been for real estate selling purposes.

Parramatta City Council (1994) Suburban names review, part 1 – written research

Alfred Street

First used circa 1883. Acknowledging (Sir) Alfred Stephen, Chief Justice and former Lt. Governor of NSW, in 'family members and legal friends' street naming theme, Sir Alfred being the father of subdivider, Solicitor S. A. Stephen.

Parramatta City Council (1994) Suburban names review, part 1 – written research

Alice Street

First used circa 1876. Acknowledging Alice Connor, first wife of inheriting nephew John Harris who attempted an early subdivision of part of the Harris estate. Alice died three years later in 1879.

Parramatta City Council (1994) Suburban names review, part 1 – written research

Allen Street

First used circa 1878. Acknowledging surname of (Sir) George Wigram Allen, in ' family names' street naming theme, used by subdividing Solicitor G.W. Allen.

Parramatta City Council (1994) Suburban names review, part 1 – written research

Bowden Street

First used circa 1856. Initially named George Street by the inheritors of George Palmer's estate at the time of subdivision. The name was later changed to avoid confusion and now appears to be an acknowledgement of Thomas Kendall Bowden, Mayor of Parramatta in 1869. Bowden was also a solicitor, cousin and co-partner of G.W. Allen.

Appears to also be part of the 'family names' street naming theme used by subdividing solicitor G. W. Allen.

Parramatta City Council (1994) Suburban names review, part 1 – written research

Brisbane Street

First used circa 1876. Acknowledging Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, former Governor of NSW, who passed away three years earlier in 1873. Brisbane and his family were held in high regard by Parramattans.

Parramatta City Council (1994) Suburban names review, part 1 – written research

Cambridge Street

First used circa 1882. Reminiscing the town in England but neatly designed to associate with the new railway overbridge provided in that location at the time.

Parramatta City Council (1994) Suburban names review, part 1 – written research

Charles Street

An extension of Charles Street as created by Governor Lachlan Macquarie circa 1810 to 1814. It appears on his Plan of the township of Parramatta in New South Wales 1814. No origin discovered.

City of Parramatta Council (2020). Charles Street square upgrade

Higginbotham, E. & Johnson, P.A. (1989). The future of Parramatta’s past, volume 1. p. 10.

Church Street

As there were several such families living there, Church Street was originally known as Quaker Row. When Quaker Row was extended to run to St. John's Church, it was renamed Church Street by Governor Macquarie.

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979). Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area, Parramatta, NSW: The King's School Archive Society.



Jervis, J. (1935). The development of settlement in the Town of Parramatta, Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 71.

Houison, A. (1903). 'Odd bits in the history of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 1, no. 7, p. 118

Crown Street

First used circa 1876. Real estate selling name, similar to Prospect street, chosen to indicate the crown of the ridge from which favourable outlook could be gained.

Parramatta City Council (1994) Suburban names review, part 1 – written research

Dalley Street

First used circa 1878. Initially named Beckett Street as it terminated at Becketts Creek. In the adjoining subdivision, S.A. Stephen used the name "A'Beckett" which created confusion. The creek name was changed to A'Becketts Creek and the Street to 'Dalley St' acknowledging the eminent lawyer, parlimentarian and former member for Cumberland, William Bede Dalley.

Parramatta City Council (1994) Suburban names review, part 1 – written research

East Station Street

First used circa 1878. Named for real estate selling purposes indicating the advantages of being close to railway station facilities.

Parramatta City Council (1994) Suburban names review, part 1 – written research

Frank Beames Lane

Frank Beames was Mayor for the years 1889 and 1891 and Alderman 1886 – 1888, 1890. He died 14th March, 1925

Bray, Shayne W. (2011). A grand type of citizen : a guide to the mayors and lord mayors of Parramatta, 1861-2011 or Frank Beames 

Good Street

First used circa 1883. Initially named 'Elizabeth' Street, acknowledging the inheriting Macarthur grand-daughter, Elizabeth Onslow. Being a prolongation of 'Good Street' Granville (which had been created twenty years earlier) postal confusion developed to the extent that Granville Council changed the name in 1907. The name 'good' appears to have been selected for real estate marketing purposes.

Parramatta City Council (1994) Suburban names review, part 1 – written research

Gordon McKinnon Lane

First used 1991. Gordon McKinnon (1856-1922) was Scottish-born architect and building surveyor who designed the George Street Gatehouse which was built by the Parramatta Park Trust in 1885, on the site of Governor Macquarie’s small stone lodge. He also compiled and created Fuller's map of Parramatta in 1883.

Parramatta City Council (1991, December 20). Government Gazette of the State of NSW, p. 10731.

Parramatta Park (2020). Monuments and memorials

Great Western Highway

Originally part of a track around the Mays Hill ridge, which became known in 1815 as the Western Road. A survey in 1822 shows the road was now called the Great Western Road

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Godden Mackay Logan (2000). '1844 Plan of the town of Parramatta and the adjacent properties', in Parramatta historical archaeological landscape management study, volume 3: map volume

Brown, S. & Brown, K. (1995). Parramatta: a town caught in time, 1870, Sydney: Hale & Iremonger.

Gregory Place

First used circa 1883. Initially named 'Cliff Street' acknowledging J.W. Cliff, one time owner of 'Elizabeth Farm'. After the property had changed hands several times and, during the 1940s, Mr E.S. Gregory (Manager of Whitehall-now Wyeth- Pharmaceuticals) handed the premises 'Hambledon Cottage' to the public. To eliminate confusion with similarly named streets in the City the street was re-named in the 1960s to acknowledge Mr Gregory.

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

Harris Street

First used circa 1810 and extended circa 1860 and 1876. Acknowledging Surgeon John Harris (1754-1838) and his inheriting nephews and grand-nephews. The name was first used in Macquarie's time but as "Harvey or Harris Street". Thomas Harris extended it as "Harris Street South" in 1860, but in grand-nephew John Harris' subdivision the name of Harris was used.

McClymont, John (2001) Pictorial history: Parramatta & district, Alexandria: Kingsclear Books.

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

Hassall Street

First used circa 1876 and extended 1883. Acknowledging James Hassall, grantee of the property which adjoined the street.

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

High Street

This street which is in Parramatta is named for the fact that it was the main street of the town at the time. Name later changed to George Street. High Street was 205 feet wide.

Town of Parramatta [cartographic material], c 1790-2, adapted from Plants at P.R.O. and in Bonwick Papers.

Kendall Street

First used circa 1878. Acknowledging the distaff family of Thomas Kendall Bowden, cousin and partner of subdividing solicitor G.W. Allen, in 'family names' street naming theme used by subdividing solicitor George Wigram Allen.

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

Les Burnett Lane

First used 1993.

Parramatta City Council (1993, December 17). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales, p. 7383. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231948458

Marion Street

First used circa 1878. Acknowledging (Lady) Marian Allen (nee Boyce), wife of G.W. Allen, in 'family names' street naming theme used by subdividing solicitor George Wigram Allen.

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

Oak Street

First used 1883 and 1904. Not clear. As the land and creek bed in which this street was positioned was cleared land (that is, without trees) it is considered that the street name was probably intended to be "Oakes Street" in acknowledgment of Hon. George Oakes, first Member for Parramatta, who had been accidentally killed in 1881.

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

Parkes Street

Gazetted 12/01/1979. Resolution 24/07/1978. 1895 survey was a continuation of Wentworth Street. Probably named after Sir Henry Parkes or possibly after Varney Parkes, son of Henry Parkes and an architect, who lived in Parramatta at Experiment Farm Cottage in 1884. It was previously known as Ethel Street.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf



Kass, Terry, Liston, Carol, & McClymont, John (1996). Parramatta a past revealed, p 214.

Raymond Street

Previous name: Short Street

Name adopted by Parramatta Council in honour of Alderman Donnelly's son who was killed in action at the Dardanelle

The oracle of Sherwood. (1915, July 3). The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, p. 4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86105067

Rosehill Street

Street in Rosehill, this area was named Rose Hill in honour of George Rose, secretary to the Treasury by Governor Arthur Phillip in November 1788. The name has contracted to one word over the years.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf



Kass, Terry, Liston, Carol, & McClymont, John (1996). Parramatta a past revealed, p 214.

Ruse Street

First used 1921. Acknowledging James Ruse, grantee, in accordance with the policy of Parramatta Council at that time.

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

East Station Street

Proximity to train station and usually named such for real estate purposes.

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

West Station Street

Proximity to train station and usually named such for real estate purposes.

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

Una Street

First used circa 1878. Acknowledging Isabel Una Mills, daughter of J.Y. Mills and niece of subdivider C.W. Mills.

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

Weston Street

First used circa 1876 extended circa 1883. Acknowledging Frederick Weston who assisted the Harris grand-nephew John, to subdivide the estate.

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

Wigram Street

First used circa 1878. Acknowledging his own distaff family name of Wigram, by the subdividing solicitor, (Sir) George Wigram Allen.

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