Parramatta - Origin of Street Names

Name

Origin & Meaning

Source

Aird Street

(1814) The name "Aird" was connected with an estate owned by a member of Mrs. Macquarie's family in Appin, a small coastal village in Argyllshire, Scotland.

William Aird superintended all government building work in the Parramatta District.

Parramatta City Council (PCC) (2007) Street name register.pdf

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. 72.

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed, p. 99.

Alaska Lane

(c1884) Origin of Name is unclear. In the subdivisions of the Newlands Estate, the Betts family (related in marriage to the Marsden family) used the name Alaska twice. At the time the word meant “good land” and in all probability was a name which the Betts family associated with the property being subdivided.

City of Parramatta (CoP). (1994). Suburban names review: part 1. Parramatta, N.S.W.: Parramatta City Council.

Albert Lane

Origin unknown

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Albert Street East

Previous name: Albert Street. Parramatta City Council approved alteration of street name of section of Albert Street between McArthur and Web Street circa 1868

Parramatta City Council—Alteration of street name. (1946, July 5). Government Gazette of NSW, p. 1534.

Alfred Street

(c1883) 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.

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Alma Street

Named after River Al'ma river 12 miles north of Sebastopol where a battle took place in 1854 during the Crimean War (1854-56). In line with street naming theme of a significant event

Real estate reminiscences (1913, February 26) Sydney Mail, p. 25

Amos Street

Previous name: Payten Street. Renamed in 1922 by the Municipality of Prospect and Sherwood. Given the time period, this street, which dates back prior to federation (1900), was most likely named after local resident of the area Rev. Richard Amos who settled in the Parramatta area during the mid 1800s. It is interesting to note that a Dr. Bernie Amos grew up in the Westmead area during the 1940s with his grandmother living in the area as well, though there is little evidence to support that the two families are connected.

Death of Mr. Amos. (1920, December 17). Molong Argus, p. 2

Amos, B. (1988), "Where Are Those Classmates Now?", The Parramatta Advertiser

Anderson Street

1896 survey was a continuation of Wentworth Street. Dr Mathew Anderson (1788-1852) resident surgeon at Parramatta from 1829-1841 also a magistrate and personal physician to the Macarthur family.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed, p 102.

Andrew Nash Lane

Named after Andrew Nash, a convict turned businessman who purchased and changed the Freemason's Arms in 1821 to the Woolpack Inn.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed, p. p 78.

Argus Lane

(1895 survey; gazetted 01/05/1964; resolution 16/04/1964) Probably named after the Argus Newspaper, Cumberland Argus newspaper (1887-1962), who had their printing works in this lane.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Argyle Street

(1814) Surveyor James Meehan planned new streets in the southern end of the settlement of Parramatta in 1814. Argyle Street was one of these streets. As it was completed during the administration of Governor Macquarie, it was presumably named after Argyllshire, Macquarie's home county in Scotland.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979). Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area.

Jervis, J., 1935, 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 72.

Jervis, J., 1961, The cradle city of Australia: a history of Parramatta 1788 - 1961.

Arthur Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Auburn Street

Auctioneer Lane

(2016) In 1827 John Taylor was born in Parramatta. As a young man he travelled to California where he made lots of money building coaches in the goldfields of America. Returning to Parramatta with his fortune, 28 year old John set up an Auction Mart that once fronted Church Street. Goods for auction would have been loaded and stored out the back near this laneway. Step right up! Described as ‘a man of abundant energy’, John would buy and sell anything—furniture, household goods, gadgets—even property across the district. John and his brother Hugh were entrepreneurs. If there was money to be made, they would look into it.

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

Back Lane

This lane was probably named because it passed at the back of two rows of houses that faced onto other roads. This lane was 60 feet wide. On 1 January 1806, W.M. Shelley leased land said to be on the back row.

Town of Parramatta [cartographic material]. (c1790-2), adapted from Plants at P.R.O. and in Bonwick Papers.

Bank Street

Banks Street

Acknowledging Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), botanist with Captain Cook, part of a street naming theme used in the subdivision.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Barham Street

(1947) Developed by the Housing Commission of NSW and named by the Commission as an acknowledgment to Alderman Major Kenneth H. Barham who was killed in action in Greece on 12 April 1941 during World war 2. An enlarged portrait was also hung in the vestibule of Parramatta Town Hall as a tribute. Part of Collett's property subdivision.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Suggested names For three new streets(1946, August 28). The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, p. 2.

Late Major Barham (1942, July 15). The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, p. 1.

Barrack Lane

(1895 survey) 1822 plan shows prisoner barracks adjacent to what is now Barrack Lane.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Barton Street

(c1868) Acknowledges the Grantee of the land which adjoined, William Barton.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Batman Walk

William Batman pioneer carrier (1765-1834).

Watson, J. (2000). Men of Parramatta, p. 1.

Belmore Street

(c1868) Acknowledges Somerset Lowry-Corry, Lord Belmore, who had been appointed Governor of NSW in 1868.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

PCC (1998) Minutes - Environmental Services Committee – 16 February 1998 : Item 09 : Street renaming - parts of Belmore and Macarthur Streets North Parramatta

Betts Street

(c1840) Acknowledges the Betts family. John Betts, husband of Mary Marsden, took a major role in the dispersal of the Marsden estate on behalf of the inheritors after the death of Samuel Marsden in 1838. Josiah Betts had also married Martha Marsden and several members of the Betts family resided in Parramatta for generations.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Bobart Street

Rev Henry Hodgkinson Bobart succeeded Rev Samuel Marsden as rector of St John's Parramatta in 1838 after servings as curate in the parish from 1837. He married Elizabeth, Marsden's second daughter in 1837. Rev Bobart was appointed headmaster of the King's School Parramatta in January 1854 until his sudden death in July of the same year.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Jervis, J. (1963). A short history of St John's Parramatta. Parramatta, N.S.W. : Ambassador Press, p. 37

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed., p 166-7

Boundary Street

Boundary of the Municipality of Parramatta c. 1913.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Parramatta Street map showing municipal boundaries, c.1913, Robinson's Street Directory Maps

Bowden Street

(c1856) Initially named George Street by the inheritors of George Palmer’s estate, at the time of the 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.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Brabyn Street

(c1841) In the subdivision of Charles Marsden's 50 acre parcel the street naming appears to have been selected by his wife Elizabeth, nee Brabyn. The other names used appear to acknowledge Elizabeth's son Mason, and her sister, Mary Gaggin, nee Brabyn.

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Brickfield Street

The area containing Brickfield Street was first mentioned in October 1805, when Rowland Hassall wrote to Governor King concerning "the low ground about the Brickfields, Parramatta". It was part of a property of eighteen acres originally granted to the Reverend Samuel Marsden in 1782. The Australian of October 1826 referred to John Jones, master brickmaker, as living at the Brickfields, and also made reference to the brickmakers' gang - all convicts - working there. Evidently the area ceased to be used for making bricks during the 1830s.

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979). Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area.

Jervis, J. (1935). 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 80.

Bridge Street

Probably named because it led to the bridge across the river. This street was 110 feet wide

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

Broughton Street

(c1919) Recalls the name of one of The Kings School preparatory houses which stood nearby, 'Broughton House'. The name in turn is an acknowledgement to Bishop Rev. William Grant Broughton for his particular contribution to The Kings School itself.

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Bulk Receipts Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Buller St

(c1844) Initially only a small nib (off Victoria Rd) was created, the full length being extended in 1868. The names appears to acknowledge Barrister and Parliamentarian Charles Buller who, in conjunction with James Macarthur, tirelessly supported the cause of the Australian Patriotic Association to gain representative government in NSW. Bulller died in 1846 and it seems fitting that the names Buller and Macarthur stand side-by-side in this subdivision layout.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Burnett Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Byrnes Avenue

Named after the Byrnes family, a pioneer family in Parramatta. In the late 1830s, James (1806–1886) and his brother William were land owners and manufacturers in Parramatta. The Byrnes brothers were also pioneers of steam ferry transport on the Parramatta River and in 1840-41 established a steam flour mill near the wharf. They also owned a brewery on Charles street. James Byrnes was also a politician and public servant who represented Parramatta.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Walsh, G. P. (n.d.) 'Byrnes, James (1806–1886)', Australian Dictionary of Biography

Casey & Lowe (n.d.) Archaeological excavation: corner of George & Charles Streets, Parramatta.

https://www.parrapark.com.au/assets/Uploads/Parramatta-Park-IF1-Mapping-low-res-A.pdf

Cameron Place

(1947) Developed by the Housing Commission of NSW and named by the Commission as an acknowledgement to a 1930's Parramatta Councillor, Alderman Mr E. Cameron.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Campbell Street

(1814) The emancipist surveyor James Meehan, who owned his position to Governor Macquarie, named Campbell Street in 1814. The name remembers the maiden name of the Governor's second wife.

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979). Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area.

Jervis, J. (1935) 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, p. 72.

Carrington Street

(Previous name: Hassell Street)

Probably named after Charles Robert Wynn Carrington, the Governor of NSW from 1885-1890. It had previously been called Hassell Street before 1886.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Borough Of Parramatta (1886, July 27). Government Gazette NSW, p. 5024.

Martin, A.W. (1969). 'Carrington, Charles Robert (1843–1928)', ', Australian Dictionary of Biography

Charles Street

(1822 plan) Street is marked on the 1822 plan of Parramatta, origin not discovered.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

China Rose Walk

(2016) The Red Cow Inn, which once stood on the site of the carpark from the early 1800s to 1867, was surrounded by a beautiful lush garden of China roses and pomegranates. People came from all around to stay at this cosy pub and they remarked at the fragrant China Roses. The plants were a fashionable luxury. The British had not long before settlement discovered them growing in China. It is a story of romance and of global trade with both China roses and pomegranates sailing from one country to another to make a famous garden in Parramatta.

Church Street

(Previous name: Quaker's Row)

(1790) It was named Church Street as it led to St John's Church. The street was 143 feet wide. As there were several such families living there, Church Street was originally known as Quaker's Row. When Quaker's Row was extended to run to St. John's Church, it was renamed Church Street by Governor Macquarie. Church Street became an important section of the colonial road system, linking Sydney with the farms of the Hawkesbury district along the Sydney Road - Church Street - Windsor Road axis.

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

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979). Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area.

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.

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed, p 24.

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

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Civil Place

Behind Parramatta Town Hall.

Collett Parade

(1947) Developed by the Housing Commission of NSW and named by the Commission as an acknowledgement to Mr. A. H. Collett, proprietor of the Gladstone Dairy, which operated in this vicinity prior to World War II. Mr Collett was Mayor of Parramatta from 1912 to 1914 and from 1927 to 1930.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

City of Parramatta. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1.

Collett Parade

(1947) Developed by the Housing Commission of NSW and named by the Commission as an acknowledgement to Mr. A. H. Collett, proprietor of the Gladstone Dairy, which operated in this vicinity prior to World War II. Mr Collett was Mayor of Parramatta from 1912 to 1914 and from 1927 to 1930.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

City of Parramatta. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1.

Council Roads(?)

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Cowper Street

(1895 survey) Charles Cowper of Narellan, member for The County of Cumberland elected 1830. Cowper turned the first sod of the extension of the line from terminus of the railway to Blacktown in vicinity of present Parramatta Station.

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed, p 147.

Jervis, J. (1961). The cradle city of Australia: a history of Parramatta 1788 - 1961, p 61.

Crimea Street

Probably named after the Crimean War, 1854-56.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Daking Street

Part of Daking Estate North Parramatta. Land transferred to Alfred Edwin Daking Smith in 1913 from Charles Ernest Byrnes. Land was subsequently subdivided in 34 lots and auctioned on 18 December 1915 with frontages to Church, Bourke, Hunt and Daking Street.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

vol-fol 1736-202 --> 2670-47, 2882-155 etc

Parramatta Council. (1915, June 2).  The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, p. 1

Apperture card Z/SP/P6/78 (year 1915)

Darcy Street

(D'Arcy Street)

(1895 survey) D'Arcy Wentworth, a medical practitioner, arrived in Sydney, as ship's surgeon, on the transport Neptune, in June 1790. He was appointed assistant surgeon and superintendent of convicts at Norfolk Island. In 1799 he was appointed surgeon at Parramatta. He later leased land in the vicinity of D'Arcy Street, before 6 acres were granted to him in 1799. In 1810 he was granted twelve acres. The land belonging to him became known as Wentworth Woodhouse. It was called Woodhouse, after an English property where the Earl of Stafford was buried after being beheaded.

Mr D'Arcy Wentworth was the father of W.C. Wentworth.

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979). Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area. 

Jervis, J. (1935). 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 75 and p. 86.

Jervis, J. (1961). The cradle city of Australia: a history of Parramatta 1788 - 1961, p 21.

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

Street nomenclature. (1929, July 4). The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, p. 16.

Denison Street

Possibly named after Sir William Thomas Denison (1804-71) who was Governor of NSW from 1854-61 and nominal Governor-General of the Australian colonies. H was previously Governor of Tasmania and later Governor-General of India. fort Denison in Sydney is also named after him.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Street names of Rockhampton. (1932, February 6). The Evening News, p. 6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201043010

Dirrabarri Lane

(2016) Dirrabarri is a Darug language word for Ironbark. It is a type of eucalyptus tree endemic to Parramatta, with hard timber perfect for making shields, coolamons and other tools. The name was provided by a member of Council’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Committee. One of the first things the newcomers did when settling Parramatta in 1788, was to cut down Ironbark and other trees. Much of the wood went to timber yards, like the one that developed near the site of this lane, where logs were prepared and used to build Parramatta, and places further afield.

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed.

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

University of New South Wales. (no date). Dharug Dictionary, Dharug and Dharawal resources.

Troy, J. (1994). The Sydney language

Dixon Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Early Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

East Station Street

(c1878) Named for real estate selling purposes indicating the advantages of being close to railway station facilities.

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

East Street

Edgewater Parade

Street no longer exists

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Elizabeth Lane

(gazetted 28/04/1979; resolution 10/04/1978?)

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Elizabeth Street

Elizabeth Street leads down to the Parramatta River. The name remembers Elizabeth Macarthur (1766-1850) who lived at Elizabeth Farm just over the other side of the river. Elizabeth Street appears on the 1822 plan

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979). Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area. 

Jervis, J. (1935). 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 73.

Erby Place

G.T. Erby (Wycombe House) draper 1890's. Erbys were a well known Parramatta family.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed., p 216.

Fennell Street

(c1822) initially commenced as a small a bit off Church Street and gradually extended throughout. The name acknowledges Captain John Fennell, Aide-de-Campe to Governor Brisbane. Fennell Street was one of the first streets in the area and was a result of Brisbane’s attempt in 1823 to sort out the chaos resulting from previous indiscriminate lease-holds.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979). Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area. 

Jervis, J. (1961). The cradle city of Australia: a history of Parramatta 1788 - 1961

Jervis, J. (1935). 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 68 and p. 73.

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Fennell Street

(c1822) initially commenced as a small a bit off Church Street and gradually extended throughout. The name acknowledges Captain John Fennell, Aide-de-Campe to Governor Brisbane. Fennell Street was one of the first streets in the area and was a result of Brisbane’s attempt in 1823 to sort out the chaos resulting from previous indiscriminate lease-holds.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979). Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area. 

Jervis, J. (1961). The cradle city of Australia: a history of Parramatta 1788 - 1961

Jervis, J. (1935). 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 68 and p. 73.

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Fennell Street

(c1822) initially commenced as a small a bit off Church Street and gradually extended throughout. The name acknowledges Captain John Fennell, Aide-de-Campe to Governor Brisbane. Fennell Street was one of the first streets in the area and was a result of Brisbane’s attempt in 1823 to sort out the chaos resulting from previous indiscriminate lease-holds.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979). Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area. 

Jervis, J. (1961). The cradle city of Australia: a history of Parramatta 1788 - 1961

Jervis, J. (1935). 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 68 and p. 73.

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Ferris Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

First Street

Fitzwilliam Lane

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Fitzwilliam Street

(1895 survey) 4th Earl Fitzwilliam William Wentworth kinsman of D'Arcy Wentworth. Street is within D'Arcy Wentworth's land grant.

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

Fleet Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Fourth Street

One of four streets named in this subdivision between James Ruse Drive and Vineyard Creek.

Franklin Street

Freemason's Arms Lane

James Larra built Mason's Inn about 1800, later known as Freemason's Arms (following the custom in England, Scotland and Ireland, Masonic Lodges often held their meetings in inns) it stood on the site of the present Court House. Sold to Andrew Nash in 1821, and was renamed Woolpack Inn. The site was sold in 1887 to the government for a new court complex for 8500 pounds. Woolpack Inn reopened across the road on the site of Marsden's first church.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed., p 78.

Gaggin Street

(c1841) In the subdivision of Charles Marsden's 50 acre parcel the street naming appears to have been selected by his wife Elizabeth, nee Brabyn. Gaggin Street acknowledges Charles Marsden's sister-in-law, Mary Gaggin, nee Brabyn, whose husband was Commissariat Storekeeper at Windsor.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

George Street

(Previous name: High Street)

(c1791 and progressively extended) George Street Parramatta was the second major street planned in Australia, the first being George Street Sydney. It was laid out by Lt. William Dawes in July 1790. It was planned as a broad axial way from the square at the landing wharf on the river to up to the foot of the rise where a small Government House had been built. In the original plans, it was to be "One mile in length and two hundred feet in breadth." Captain Watkin Tench reported in December 1791 that "The Great Road from near the Landing Place to the Governor's House, is finished, and a noble one it is, being of great breadth, and a mile long in a straight line". It was originally referred to as “High Street” or “the Great Road”, until Governor Arthur Phillip named it George Street in 1811 in honour of his king, George III. George Street remained the principle urban street in Parramatta for more than eighty years.

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

Proudfoot, H., 1974, Historic buildings & sites in Parramatta, Sydney, N.S.W.: New South Wales Planning and Environment Commission.

'Historical records of New South Wales,' Despatch from Phillip to W.W. Grenville, I, 2, Oct. 1790: p.362.

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.

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

Swann, M. (n.d.). 'George Street Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 2, p. 95.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Gladstone Street

(1868) Acknowledges William Wart Gladstone on his rise to Prime Minister of Britain in 1868 at the time the street was being formed.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

City of Parramatta. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1. Parramatta, N.S.W.: Parramatta City Council

Glebe Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Good Street

(c1883) Initially named 'Elizabeth' street acknowledging Macarthur’s 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.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Gore Street

(1915) When created in a subdivision of part of the School property this street was called Kings School Street. The name was later changed to acknowledge Revered W.F. Gore, Clergyman and Master of The King School from 1854 to 1862.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

City of Parramatta. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1. Parramatta, N.S.W.: Parramatta City Council

Gould Place

(1965) Acknowledges Solicitor John Morton Gould who purchased the land in 1855 and built 'Morton House' thereon, later selling the house to Henry Harvey in 1862.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Grandview Street

(1914) Appears to have been selected for real estate selling advantages.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Great Western Highway

(1815) 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

(Previous name: Cliff Street)

Was originally known as Cliff Street after J W Cliff, one time owner of Elizabeth Farm. After the property changed hands several times the then owner of nearby Hambledon Cottage, Mr E S Gregory (manager of Whitehall (now Wyeth) Pharmaceuticals handed the property to public ownership. Cliff Street was confused with similar names in Parramatta and in the 1960s was changed in acknowledgement of Mr Gregory.

City of Parramatta. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1. Parramatta, N.S.W.: Parramatta City Council, p. 66

Grose Street

(pre-1822) The area including Grose Street was originally leased by Achelous Keen, and later broken up into smaller holdings.

Major Francis Grose was born in 1754, and came to New South Wales in 1792, as first commander of the New South Wales Corps. He was Lieutenant Governor of the Colony after the departure of Governor Phillip, and held this position until he resigned, in May 1794, due to complications caused by his war wounds.

Grose Street was named after him.

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 1927, 'The Road to Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 13, no. 2, p. 83

Jervis, J. (1935). 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 68 and p. 73.

Proudfoot, H, Parramatta 1974, p. 19

City of Parramatta. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1. Parramatta, N.S.W.: Parramatta City Council

Harold Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Harris Street

(Previous name: Elizabeth Street)

(c1810 and extended c1860 and 1876) The street was created around 1814 and was originally named Elizabeth Street. The name was later changed to Harris Street.

Acknowledging Surgeon Dr John Harris (1754-1838) and his inheriting nephews and grand-nephews. Harris Street is within Dr Harris' land grant. 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.

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

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

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed., p. 15.

Harvey Street

(1921) Acknowledges Henry Harvey who purchased land in the vicinity of the subdivision in which the road was created. A mill owner, Harvey was a very active investor in real estate throughout the Parramatta district in the 1860's.

City of Parramatta. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1. Parramatta, N.S.W.: Parramatta City Council

Hassall Street

(c1876 and extended 1883) Acknowledging James Hassall, grantee of the property which adjoined the street. Street parallel to south boundary of Hassall estate.

City of Parramatta. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1. Parramatta, N.S.W.: Parramatta City Council

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

Henry Street

(1925) Acknowledges the dairy farmer who owned the land at the time of subdivision, Heinrich ('Henry') Gottsch.

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

High Street

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.

Horwood Place

Named after Headley Victor Horwood, Mayor OBE during June 1965, 1954-55, Alderman during 1948-1953 and 1956-1968.

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed., p 398.

Houison Place

(Resolved 23/06/1980)

Hunter Street

(1810) Governor Macquarie named Hunter Street on 12 December 1810. The name remembers Governor John Hunter, second Governor of the colony 1795-1800.

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979).Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area.

Jervis, J. (1935). 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 72.

Inkerman Street

Appears to be named after the Battle of Inkerman fought during the Crimean War in 1854.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Irving Street

(1894 and extended 1914) Acknowledges an initial land grantee in this vicinity, assistant surgeon John Irving, who was granted 30 acres in 1792 adjacent to Parramatta River.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

City of Parramatta. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1. Parramatta, N.S.W.: Parramatta City Council

Isabella Street

(1869) The name origin is uncertain. In the final subdivision of the Town Reserve by the Surveyors Generals Office the street naming selection acknowledged European and Colonial personages of the day at the time when Queen Isabella of Spain was being forced into exile. Concurrently Governor Brisbane's daughter Isabella Maria born in the Colony in 1821 was on her death bed in Scotland. A very high regard for Brisbane and his family appears to have remained in Parramatta for many years after their return to Scotland. The street name may be a tribute to Isabella Maria MacDougall Brisbane.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

James Ruse Drive

Previous name: Orphan School Lane, Orphan School Road, Rydalmere Avenue.

James Ruse Drive was gazetted 27/03/1981, resolution 2/02/1981.

The genesis of today's Freeway in this location was a narrow lane heading from Kissing Point Road to the Orphan School, a lane which was known as Orphan School Lane or Road. After the function of the Orphan School was changed to become Rydalmere Psychiatric Centre the lane was widened and took the name of Rydalmere Avenue. The erection of the bridge linking the road to Aston Street, Rosehill, in 1963 was the commencement of the Freeway system which is now in place, a system which when completed in the 1980's was named after the famed colonial experimental private farmer, James Ruse.

It has also been known as Orphan School Lane or Orphan School Road, and Rydalmere Avenue at different time periods.

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

James Ruse Drive Service Lane

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Jessie Street Gardens

(1988) A lane which connects O'Connell, Macquarie and George Streets, the lane is part of Jessie Street Centre. The Jessie Street Centre takes its name from the activist Jessie Street.

Jessie Street Centre Newsletter Summer Edition 2008

Jubilee Lane

On the northern side of Marion street, Harris Park, giving access to Jubilee Park

The Parramatta City Council (1989, September 15). Government Gazette NSW, p. 7283

Kendall Street

(1878) 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.

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

King Lane

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

King Street

Kissing Point Road

(1813) Originally a shorter road called the High Road. In December 1813 the road was clearly defined and extended to Kissing Point (Ryde) and called Kissing Point Road.

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed, p. 15.

Lamont Parade

(1895 survey)

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Lamont Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Lansdowne Street

Meaning: a fine lightweight dress fabric in twill weave with a silk or rayon warp and a worsted or cotton filling.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Bowden & Threlkeid, 1855-56 subdivision map

Lennox Street

Unclear. Possibly named after David Lennox, who built several stone bridges in Parramatta in the 1930s. He built the Lansdowne Bridge, which spans Prospect Creek between Parramatta and Liverpool. He also built the Lennox Bridge which spans across the river in the centre of Parramatta.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

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

Little Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Long Avenue

Macarthur Street

(c1840s and 1868) Appears to represent two separate acknowledgements. The section southerly of Victoria Road provided in the subdivisions of the Marsden properties probably acknowledges Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur. A custom of street naming in subdivisions of this period was to name at least one of the streets after a magistrate of leading citizen and H.H. Macarthur was both: he became the first elected representative for Parramatta in 1843. The section northerly of Victoria Road was provided in the final subdivision of the Town Reserve effected by the Government and, on the street naming pattern used by the Surveyor General's Office, it would appear that the name acknowledges James Macarthur. James, who played a major role in serving the district (and in achieving representative government in NSW) had died less than twelve months earlier.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

PCC (1998) Minutes - Environmental Services Committee – 16 February 1998 : Item 09 : Street renaming - parts of Belmore and Macarthur Streets North Parramatta

Macarthur Street

(c1840s and 1868) Appears to represent two separate acknowledgements. The section southerly of Victoria Road provided in the subdivisions of the Marsden properties probably acknowledges Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur. A custom of street naming in subdivisions of this period was to name at least one of the streets after a magistrate of leading citizen and H.H. Macarthur was both: he became the first elected representative for Parramatta in 1843. The section northerly of Victoria Road was provided in the final subdivision of the Town Reserve effected by the Government and, on the street naming pattern used by the Surveyor General's Office, it would appear that the name acknowledges James Macarthur. James, who played a major role in serving the district (and in achieving representative government in NSW) had died less than twelve months earlier.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

PCC (1998) Minutes - Environmental Services Committee – 16 February 1998 : Item 09 : Street renaming - parts of Belmore and Macarthur Streets North Parramatta

Macarthur Street Service Lane

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Macquarie Lane

(Resolution 23/06/1980) Off Smith Street between Macquarie and George Streets.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Macquarie Street

(1792

1806

1811) Originally Macquarie Street was known as either Back Row or South Street. On 1 January 1806, W. M. Shelley leased land said to be on "the back row".

Lachlan Macquarie was born in Scotland in 1762, and succeeded William Bligh as Governor of New South Wales, in 1810. One of his first acts was to lay out the town of Parramatta, and to plan new streets. On 6 May 1811, he named Macquarie Street.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979). Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area. 

Rivett, C. (no date) 'Time in the Hills', vol. 1.

Jervis, J. (1961). The cradle city of Australia: a history of Parramatta 1788 - 1961, p. 26

 Jervis, J. (1935). 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 71-2.

Manse Lane

A laneway that runs behind 41 Hunter Street, the two-storey Federation Filigree brick house on the corner of Marsden Streets and parrallel to Parramatta railway line. The name

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Marion Street

(c1878) Acknowledging (Lady) Marian Allen (nee Boyce), wife of G.W. Allen, in 'family names' street naming theme used by subdividing solicitor George Wigram Allen.

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Marist Place

(Gazetted 29/04/1966; Resolution 7/03/1966)

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Market Street

(1871 plan) Originally Crown Land bordered by The River, Pennant, Marsden and Church Streets.

Marsden Street

(6 May 1810; Gazetted 29/04/1966; Resolution 7/03/1966) The Reverend Samuel Marsden was the first chaplain to the Parramatta District, holding this office from 1795 until his death in May 1838. He was also a large landholder and farmer, made several missionary trips to New Zealand, and was, at time, one of the local Parramatta magistrates.

Governor Macquarie named the street after him on 6 May 1810.

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979).Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area. 

Rivett, C. (no date). 'Time in the Hills', vol. 1

Jervis, J. (1961). The cradle city of Australia: a history of Parramatta 1788 - 1961. Parramatta, N.S.W.: The Council of the City of Parramatta, Australia.

Mason Street

(c1841) In the subdivision of Charles Marsden's 50 acre parcel the street naming appears to have been selected by his wife Elizabeth, nee Brabyn. Mason Street acknowledges Mason Marsden, child of the subdividers, Charles and Elizabeth Marsden.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Melville Street

(1965) Acknowledges former landholder in the vicinity of the subdivision, Thomas Melville who, in 1794 purchased Webb's grant, which later passed to William Evans and to George Palmer.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Melville Street

(1965) Acknowledges former landholder in the vicinity of the subdivision, Thomas Melville who, in 1794 purchased Webb's grant, which later passed to William Evans and to George Palmer.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Morton Street

(c1856) Initially named Palmer Street by the inheritors of George Palmer's estate at the time of subdivision. Solicitor John Morton Gould had erected a residence close to this street which he called 'Morton House' (later changed by The Kings School to 'Macarthur House') and when a street naming change was necessary in 1916, the street was re-named in accordance with Gould's distaff surname, Morton.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Morton Street

(c1856) Initially named Palmer Street by the inheritors of George Palmer's estate at the time of subdivision. Solicitor John Morton Gould had erected a residence close to this street which he called 'Morton House' (later changed by The Kings School to 'Macarthur House') and when a street naming change was necessary in 1916, the street was re-named in accordance with Gould's distaff surname, Morton.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Murray Street

(1883) Acknowledges William Richard Murray, Storekeeper who purchased a farm lot in the auction of the Town Reserve subdivision in the 1870's and subdivided into urban lots 10 years later.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Napier Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

New Zealand Street

(c1850) Set out in a subdivision of part of the Marsden estate and located nearby to the training establishment, ('Rangihou') which Marsden had set up in order to westernise selected New Zealand Maori youth. The street was named to perpetuate that memory.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

New Zealand Street

(c1850) Set out in a subdivision of part of the Marsden estate and located nearby to the training establishment, ('Rangihou') which Marsden had set up in order to westernise selected New Zealand Maori youth. The street was named to perpetuate that memory.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Noller Parade

(c1947) By Housing Commission, acknowledging William Peter Noller, builder, Mayor of Parramatta 1901 to 1909 and 1923 to 1927. Initially this strip was a footway between benevolent asylum buildings through which Jeanneret's tramway ran, giving rise to it being called 'Tramway Avenue'. During the 1920s the asylum fell into obsolescence and, later, the tramway ceased. The Housing Commission absorbed the property into a housing scheme, widening the access way to form Noller Parade in 1947.

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Northcott Lane

(Gazetted 11/01/1980; Resolution 2/01/1980) Laneway is adjacent to Northcott School for Crippled Children between Grose and Fennell Street, North Parramatta.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Parramatta City Council.—Local Government Act, 1919.—Ordinance No. 30, Clause 53.—Naming of a road (1980, January 11). Government Gazette NSW, p. 178.

O'Connell Street

(Previous name: Clifford Street)

(1811) Sir Maurice Charles O'Connell (1768-1848) was Lieutenant Colonel of the 73rd Regiment, which accompanied Governor Macquarie to New South Wales. After service with the 73rd, in New South Wales, he went overseas, but he returned in 1838 to serve as Commander in Chief (until 1847) in New South Wales. He remained in the colony until his death in 1848, having also been a member of the Legislative Council.

O'Connell Street first appears in 1811 when further improvements in Parramatta were affected. Macquarie mentions visiting the area for this purpose with Surveyor Meehan on December 12 1810.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979).Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area.

Jervis, J. (1935). 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 72.

Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, p. 294-95

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed., p 147.

O'Reilly Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

City of Parramatta - Local Government Act, 1919. (1967, December 1). Government Gazette NSW, p. 4493.

Oak Street

(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.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Orphan School Lane

See James Ruse Drive.

Orphan School Road

See James Ruse Drive.

Palmer Lane

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Palmer Street

(1823) John and George Palmer were Parramatta gentry in the 1820s.

John Palmer (1760-1833) was the first Commissary-General in New South Wales, from June 1791 to July 1811. He had arrived in the colony with the First Fleet in the Sirius, and had taken up part time farming at Woolloomooloo and on the Hawkesbury River.

When he died in 1833 Palmer was recorded as "the last remaining officer of the First Fleet".

Palmer Street was officially recorded on government maps for the first time on 8 May 1823.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979). Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area. 

Jervis, J. (1935). 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 72.

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed., p 93-94.

Park Parade

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

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, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed.,p 214.

Parramatta Park Land (Lane?)

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Parramatta Road

(1789) It began in 1789 when Governor Phillip employed a team of convicts to mark out a trail through the scrub between Sydney and Parramatta. Within three years the road was in dire need of repairs. In 1805 heavy rains washed away the entire path and made other parts of the road unnegotiable. Proper repairs did not begin until Governor Macquarie arrived in 1817. He published his plan in the Sydney Gazette, stating that "The whole line of road... will be rough paved with stone, and then covered with earth and gravel... which must necessarily prevent in future these deep and disagreeable ruts."

Charles, M. (1988). Old Parramatta: pictorial memories. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Atrand.

Pemberton Lane

(c1856) Set out as a narrow street called Davies Street in the subdivision of George Palmer's estate but not claimed as a public road for many years. In the subdivision of The Kings School properties in the 1960's the lane was widened and, as it adjoined Pemberton Street, was named Pemberton Lane. The name itself derives from Palmer's wife Catherine, nee Pemberton.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Pemberton Street

(c1856) Set out in the subdivision of George Palmer's estate known as 'Pemberton Grange' the street name perpetuates the old property. The name itself derives from Palmer's wife Catherine, nee Pemberton. Although always being part of Pemberton Street, the curved section connecting Victoria Road to Pennant Street (and which adjoined Mr Short's property) was locally known as 'Shorts Corner' for many years.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Pennant Hills Lane

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Pennant Street

(pre 1822) The name implies (from a survey viewpoint) that a flagstaff (or 'pennant' in naval terms) stood nearby. The street commenced from the Gaol site (now Prince Alfred Park), a point which perfectly triangulates between Government House, Constitution Hill, Queens Wharf and 'Brush Farm', an excellent intelligence semaphoring position. The street was also the starting point of the 'High' road which led to the relay signalling pennant (near 'Brush Farm') at today's Marsden Road/Stewart Street intersection.

Most of the old street name has now been changed to 'Victoria Road' as, initially, Pennant Street connected O'Connell Street through Kissing Point Road. The name change between Pemberton Street and Church Street occurred during the 1930s; between Church and O'Connell Streets in the 1970s.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Phillip Lane

(1895 survey) Off Philip Street. The lane was named in 1810 after Governor Arthur Phillip, first Governor of the colony between 1788-1792, and was the founder of Parramatta.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979). Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area. 

Jervis, J. (1935). 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 72.

Phillip Street

(1810) Governor Macquarie, assisted by James Meehan, the ex convict deputy survey general, planned Parramatta as a network of streets crossing at right angles.

The street was named in 1810 after Governor Arthur Phillip, first Governor of the colony between 1788-1792, and was the founder of Parramatta.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979). Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area. 

Jervis, J. (1935). 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 72.

Pitt Lane

(Gazetted 6/01/1978

Resolution 5/12/1977)

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Pitt Street

() Originally built as a dirt track by early settlers to join the original Redoubt and a nearby bridge. It was originally called Bridge Street.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed., p. 15.

Purchase Street

(c1883) Acknowledging Samuel Purchase and family who conducted a horticultural nursery on the adjoining land to this street.

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Quaker Row

See Church Street.

Queens Avenue

(1884) Originally set out as 'Victoria Street' honouring the then Queen of England, a name change need arose when another Victoria Street nearby (now Victoria Road) became well established in the 1890 period. The substitute name, deferring to the Queen, was selected in place of Victoria Street.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Railway Lands

The railway from Sydney to Parramatta was the first railway line in New South Wales. It reached Parramatta in 1855, and was continued on across the Domain in 1860.

Proudfoot, H. (1974) Historic buildings & sites in Parramatta, Sydney, N.S.W.: New South Wales Planning and Environment Commission.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Railway Parade

Railway Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Rangihou Crescent

(1955) An acknowledgement of 'Rangihou', a missionary building which formerly stood in this location. Samuel Marsden used the mission for the westernisation of selected Maori youth at one stage, the name deriving from Rangihou Bay in New Zealand.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

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

Rivoli Way

(2016) In the 1900s, a popular entertainment palace stood nearby the location of this lane off Church Street South. Attracting big crowds when it opened in 1911 as a cinema, it was later converted into a roller skating rink and named the Rivoli. Known as ‘The Riv’ it was the place to have fun, socialise, go dancing or watch boxing and wrestling. Despite the craze of rock and roll, ‘old time dancing’ was still popular with the locals in in the 60s. Parramatta’s Rivoli closed in 1968.

Arfanis, P. (2014) The Rivoli. Parramatta’s bygone entertainment venue

Robertson Lane

Acknowledges John Robertson, owner of the property being subdivided.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Robertson Street

(c1913) Acknowledges John Robertson, owner of the property being subdivided.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

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, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed., p 14.

Ross Street

(1823) Robert Ross was an officer in the marines and arrived in New South Wales with the First Fleet as commander of the marines and lieutenant governor of the colony.

Ross later served as officer in charge of Norfolk Island, was relieved of this position, and returned to England in December 1791. Ross Street was names in his honour in 1823.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979).Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area. 

MacMillan, D.S., no date, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, p. 397-98.

Jervis, J. (1935). 'The development of settlement in the town of Parramatta', Journal and Proceedings of the Parramatta District Historical Society, vol. 4, p. 73.

Rydalmere Avenue

Avenue no longer exists. See James Ruse Drive. Name was initially given after Orphan School Lane or Road was widened for Rydalmere Psychiatric Centre (former Orphan School). It is now part of James Ruse Drive.

Second Street

Short Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Smith Street Previous name: Taylor Street)

(1822 plan) Smith Street was named after James Smith who was a well known builder in Parramatta during Macquarie's administration. He arrived free on the Lady Penrhyn and was the first farm superintendent. He built a house for Samuel Marsden in 1816 or 1817. On 3 January 1818 he was granted land between Sydney Road, Creek, Beckett's Creek and Duck River. He appears to have occupied and fenced it almost immediately.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979).Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area.

Jervis, J. (1961). The cradle city of Australia: a history of Parramatta 1788 - 1961, p. 167.

Sorrell Street

(1822 plan) Unknown origin. Most likely named after Lieutenant-Governor William Sorell (1775-1848). Although the name is usually spelled with one 'r' it does on occasion appear with tow. Sorell was appointed lieutenant-governor of Van Diemen's Land in 1816 and reached Sydney in March, 1817. During his stay in Sydney, Sorell is said to have 'impressed' Governor Macquarie before resuming his journey south. It is not known if he met Macquarie at Government House in Parramatta or in Sydney. Macquarie liked to name his streets after the 'royalty' of the Colony. Grose, Ross, Palmer and Pennant Streets were named at about the same time as Sorrell and it is not unreasonable to assume that a street would be named after Macquarie's second in command (and a fellow Governor).

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Bray, S. (2011, February 28). Internal staff email.

South Street

Named because it was in the South of the town. Later named Macquarie Street. This street was 110 feet wide.

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

Station Street

(1895 survey) Parallel to railway.

Steele Lane

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Steele Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Stewart Lane

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Stewart Street

(1884) Acknowledges Mr Neil Stewart, the subdivider. His daughter had married into the Betts family (in-laws of the Marsdens) but Stewart, a prominent citizen of Parramatta, later acquired this property in his own right.

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Suspense Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Symonds Avenue

(1947) Developed by the Housing Commission of NSW and named by the Commission as an acknowledgement to Parramatta Solicitor and Mayor at the time of subdivision, Alderman H.M. Symonds.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Teale Place

(c1869) Initially part of Harold Street which became separated into two parts after the Council the land which now constitutes Doyle Ground in the 1920's. To solve postal confusion which was being caused in the 1960's a name change was required. The name chosen acknowledges Sid Teale who, in spite of being wheel-chair bound, was the driving force behind junior football and cricket in East Parramatta during the 1950's and 1960's.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Tennyson Street

Acknowledges Baron Hallam Tennyson, Governor General in Australia between 1902-1904.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Third Street

Thomas Street

(c1840; 1844 plan) Acknowledges Jane Marsden's husband, Howard Thomas, who died in 1837. Howard was granted land in the area of "Ponds Creek".

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

CoP. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1

Thomas Street Service Lane

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Tramway Avenue

South Grand Avenue, between Alfred and James Ruse Drive.

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Trott Street

PCC Street Name Register.pdf

Union Street

(1913) This street functionally 'unites' two other streets but also appears to be part of the sub-theme referring to the American Revolution and the War of Independence. The war itself had the effect of converting loosely connected states into a "union".

City of Parramatta. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1, p. 47

United Lane

(1895 survey; Gazetted 1/05/1964; Resolution 16/04/1964)

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Valentine Avenue

In a 1895 survey, Cowper Street originally extended from Fitzwilliam to Parkes, but this section of Cowper Street has been renamed Valentine Avenue.

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Victoria Road

The name acknowledges Victoria, Queen of England. The road itself was formed in sections springing 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 1970's for the name to be uniformly applied throughout it's current length. This road was the second continuous thoroughfare to be built between Parramatta and Sydney, Parramatta Road being the first.

Wickham, J. A. & Yeend, P. J. (1979). Origins of names of suburbs, streets, and localities in and about the Parramatta area. 

Geeves, P. (1970). A place of pioneers: the centenary history of the Municipality of Ryde, Sydney, N.S.W.: Halstead Press.

City of Parramatta. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1. Parramatta, N.S.W.: Parramatta City Council

Villiers Street

Possibly named for Victor Albert George Child Villiers, Earl of Jersey who was Governor of NSW 1891-1893.

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Randwick City Council. (n.d.) Street names s-z

Wandsworth Street

(c1885) Unclear. Created in Parramatta storekeeper T.M. Sheppard's subdivision, the name presumably recalls the suburb of London, Wandsworth.

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City of Parramatta. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1. Parramatta, N.S.W.: Parramatta City Council

Webb Street

(c1869) Acknowledges the 1792 land grantee in the vicinity, Robert Webb.

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City of Parramatta. (1994). Suburban names review: part 1. Parramatta, N.S.W.: Parramatta City Council

Wentworth Street

(1895 survey) Street is within D'Arcy Wentworth's land grant.

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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

West Lansdowne Street

West River Road

(c1883) Named 'river' to indicate the favourable real estate advantages of lots which offered water frontage for transport purposes; and 'west' of the Clay Cliff Creek system. Half of the road was absorbed in 1909 by the establishment of a sewer farm adjacent to Clay Cliff Creek. To compensate four lots were purchased to allow a new outlet to Aston Street to be constructed in 1911, the outlet also taking the name River Road West.

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West Station Street

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West Street

Western Motorway

Wilde Avenue

Mayor Barry Wilde, mayor of Parramatta from 1967-1974.

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Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed, p. 381.

Woodhouse Lane

(2016) Darcy Wentworth, born in Ireland in 1762, was related to the noble and wealthy Woodhouse family of Yorkshire, England. Having arrived in Parramatta in 1790 he took up the role of assistant surgeon and later chief police magistrate and treasurer of the police fund. He became very wealthy. His first land grant was for 147 acres spanned part of today’s Parramatta Square, the train station, and a vast area to the south. On the edge of this laneway is where Darcy built his two story mansion, called ‘Wentworth Woodhouse’. Set amongst a grove of oranges, the mansion was very large compared to the simple huts and tents that housed the convicts and settlers. Darcy’s Woodhouse did not rival its namesake in Yorkshire. With over 300 rooms it is still one of the largest private houses in England.

Kass, T., Liston, C., & McClymont, J. (1996). Parramatta: a past revealed.

Auchmuty, J. J. (1967) 'Wentworth, D'Arcy (1762–1827)', Australian Dictionary of Biography

Young Street