Old Toongabbie - Origin of Street Names

Name

Origin & Meaning

Source

Anka Avenue

Part of a 1960-1965 subdivision including Lennox Street and Finney Street.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). Subdivision Files - New roads, Lennox Street, Anka Avenue, Finney Street

Austin Woodbury Place

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

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

Beck Road

Part of a 1960-1965 subdivision which included Preston Road. Origin of the name is unclear, possibly a shortening of James Becket who was a convict and original land grantee in Toongabbie given by Governor King in 1806.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). Subdivision Files - Opening of Preston and Beck Roads

Binalong Road

Part of the Aboriginal 'B' words theme used by Fitzwilliam Wentworth and James Hill. It is unclear whether the name refers to the Aboriginal word meaning surrounded by hills or the famous Aboriginal Australian Bennalong.

Sargeant, D. A. (1991). The Toongabbie story: a concise history of the third settlement from its establishment until 1991.

Black Wattle Circuit

Part of the trees street naming theme in the area.

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

Bogalara Road

Part of the Aboriginal 'B' words theme. Bogalara is a versatile word and can mean a number of small animals.

Sargeant, D. A. (1991). The Toongabbie story: a concise history of the third settlement from its establishment until 1991.

Boonah Street

Part of the Aboriginal 'B' words theme. It is believed that the name was derived from an Aboriginal word describing the bloodwood tree.

Centre for the Government of Queensland. (2018). Boonah

Bora Place

The word Bora was originally taken from the Gamilaraay language spoken by the Kamilaroi people and describes initiation rites on a ceremonial ground. The word comes from the belt worn by men who have been initiated.

Sargeant, D. A. (1991). The Toongabbie story: a concise history of the third settlement from its establishment until 1991.

Bounty Place

(1964). Part of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows (GUIOOF) theme named for the George Wimpey and Company Subdivision.

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

Bulli Road

Part of the 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.

Sargeant, D. A. (1991). The Toongabbie story: a concise history of the third settlement from its establishment until 1991.

Burrabogee Road

Part of the Aboriginal 'B' words theme used by Fitzwilliam Wentworth and James Hill. The word burrabogie is taken to mean big bathing hole which correlates with the road once being the location where an arm of the Toongabbie Creek once ran and provided a natural lake.

Sargeant, D. A. (1991). The Toongabbie story: a concise history of the third settlement from its establishment until 1991.

Calga Place

Calga was recorded in 1904 by police in the Walgett area as an Aboriginal

language word with the meaning stony ridge.

Sutherland Shire Council. (2020). Sutherland Shire Origin of Street Names

Calpac Place

Part of the 31 July 1957-21 October 1970 subdivision which included the new roads, Lennox Street, Chalmers Crescent, Finney Street and Calpac Place. The name Calpac is derived from the investment firm involved in the subdivision Calpac Investments.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). New roads, Lennox Street, Chalmers Crescent, Finney Street and Calpac Place

Chalmers Crescent

Name of the subdivider during the 1957- 1970 subdivision.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). New roads, Lennox Street, Chalmers Crescent, Finney Street and Calpac Place

Chircan Street

Part of the 26 April 1963-29 September 1970 subdivision involving Peter Parade, Todd Circle and Elfreida Street.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). Subdivision Files - New roads, Peter Parade, Todd Circle, Elfreida Street, Chircan Street

Dorothy Street

Reference to the Dorothy Mount Estate subdivision. Dorothy was also the name of William Charles Wentworth's granddaughter.

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

Edison Parade

This street acknowledges Thomas Alva Edison who was an American inventor responsible for early versions of the electric light bulb.

Wikipedia. (2021). Thomas Edison

Elfrieda Street

Part of the 26 April 1963-29 September 1970 subdivision involving Peter Parade, Todd Circle and Elfrieda Street.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). Subdivision Files - New roads, Peter Parade, Todd Circle, Elfreida Street, Chircan Street

Esther Street

Named after the Jewish queen from the Hebrew bible in a religious figures street naming theme. Subdivided in 18 November 1965-29 September 1971 as part of the Model Farm Development area.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). Subdivision Files - Parkes Developments - Opening of Esther Street, Goliath Avenue, Rebecca Parade, Gideon Street, Ruth Street and Enoch Place.

Faulkner Street

Acknowledging the Faulkner Family who owned land in the area.

Sargeant, D. A. (1991). The Toongabbie story: a concise history of the third settlement from its establishment until 1991.

Favell Street

Named after the Australian cricketer Les Favell who played in Test matches between 1954 and 1961. Part of the 8 August 1963-16 April 1968 subdivision which included the new roads, Bulli Road and Kim Place.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). Subdivision Files - New roads, Bulli Road, Favell Street, Kim Place

Finney Street

Part of a 1960-1965 subdivision including Lennox Street and Anka Avenue. Finney is the name of one of the people involved in the subdivision.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). Subdivision Files - New roads, Lennox Street, Anka Avenue, Finney Street

Fitzwilliam Road

Named after Fitzwilliam Wentworth, a pastoralist and lawyer.

Sargeant, D. A. (1991). The Toongabbie story: a concise history of the third settlement from its establishment until 1991.

Ford Street

Origin unknown. Possibly named after the English painter Ford Madox Brown as the area maintains a famous artist street naming theme.

Fraser Street

Part of the 24 July 1956-13 October 1970 subdivision which included Eucalyptus Road.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). Subdivision files - New roads, Fraser Street and Eucalyptus Road

Geoffrey Street

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

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

Goliath Avenue

Named after Goliath from the Book of Samuel in a religious figures street naming theme. Subdivided in 18 November 1965-29 September 1971 as part of the Model Farm Development area.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). Subdivision Files - Parkes Developments - Opening of Esther Street, Goliath Avenue, Rebecca Parade, Gideon Street, Ruth Street and Enoch Place.

Goya Place

In part of a famous artist street naming theme this street is named after the Spanish painter Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes who is one the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Wikipedia. (2021). Francisco Goya

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

Henson Street

Part of the 13 January 1960-29 May 1963 subdivision which included the opening of Henson and Fearn Streets.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). Subdivision Files - Opening of Henson and Fearn Streets

Knox Street

Recalls the Knox family who lived in the area on Binalong Road.

Sargeant, D. A. (1991). The Toongabbie story: a concise history of the third settlement from its establishment until 1991.

Lennox Street

Named for David Lennox the influential colonial architect and responsible for Lennox Bridge. Part of a 1960-1965 subdivision including Finney Street and Anka Avenue.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). David Lennox

Liberty Way

Possibly named with connection to Liberty Plains Parish. Liberty Plains is believed to owe its name origin to the fact that the first free settlers (non-convict) in the colony were granted “liberty to choose the site of their [land] grant".

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2020). Auburn - A Brief History

Lodge Avenue

Part of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows (GUIOOF) theme named for the George Wimpey and Company Subdivision.

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

Marie Street

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

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

Merryl Avenue

Part of the 02 September 1960-22 September 1967 subdivision by W. G. Hunt & Co.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). Subdivision Files - W.G Hunt & Co. For Fullam - Opening of Merryl Avenue

Moorgate Street

Possibly named after the famous financial district street in London which derives its name from one of the medieval gates of the city. This street was extended as part of the 19 April 1967-28 February 1973 Binalong Road subdivisions.

Medieval London. (2017). Moorgate

Mutual Drive

Part of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows (GUIOOF) theme named for the George Wimpey and Company Subdivision.

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

Nada Street

Possibly an Aboriginal word meaning dig. Part of the 11 March 1960-01 July 1963 subdivision which included the new roads, Nada Street and Nulang Street.

Earth Science Australia. (2021). English meanings of Ngadjon words

Nulang Street

Part of the 11 March 1960-01 July 1963 subdivision which included the new roads, Nada Street and Nulang Street.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). Subdivision Files - Rygate & West - New roads, Nada Street and Nulang Street

Oakes Road

Named for George Oakes, the Parramatta born pastoralist and politician, or possibly Francis Oaks his father.

Old Windsor Road

(c1791, c1820s, 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 was 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. After the closure of the Toongabbie 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.

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. (2012). Windsor and Old Windsor Roads.

Oval Street

Possibly due to the shape of the street at some time in its history.

Peachtree Avenue

Part of the trees theme used for streets naming in the Margo Developments subdivision.

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

Peter Parade

Part of the 26 April 1963-29 September 1970 subdivision involving Peter Parade, Todd Circle and Elfreida Street.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). Subdivision Files - New roads, Peter Parade, Todd Circle, Elfreida Street, Chircan Street

Picasso Crescent

In part of a famous artist street naming theme this street is named after the famous Spanish painter Pablo Ruiz Picasso.

Potter Street

Part of the 19 October 1960-30 December 1966 subdivision which included the opening of Potter Street, Bulli Road and Preston Road. Possibly named after the famous Dutch painter Paulus Potter in part of a famous artist street naming theme.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). Subdivision Files - Opening of Potter Street, Bulli Road, Preston Road

Preston Road

Part of a 1960-1965 subdivision which included Beck Road.

Parramatta History and Heritage. (2021). Subdivision Files - Opening of Preston and Beck Roads

Raphael Place

In part of a famous artist street naming theme this street is named after the famous Italian painter Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino known as Raphael.

Renoir Street

In part of a famous artist street naming theme this street is named after the famous French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Reynolds Street

Named after the Reynolds family who lived on the area before it was subdivided after World War 2.

Sargeant, D. A. (1991). The Toongabbie story: a concise history of the third settlement from its establishment until 1991.

Sirois Street

Origin unknown. Possibly the name has been taken from the lac Sirois in the province of Quebec, in Canada, as many of the area's street names are derived from foreign locations.

Tabooba Street

(1963) Meaning not established.

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

Thane Street

Origin unknown.

Todd Circle

Named after Arthur Todd Holroyd (1806–1887) an early physician, explorer and jurist. Part of the 26 April 1963-29 September 1970 subdivision involving Peter Parade, Todd Circle and Elfrieda Street.

ADB. (2006). Holroyd, Arthur Todd (1806–1887)