Armadale Road and Locality Names
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Melway Street Origin of names / or (research into Settlement to City: a history of the Armadale Road / Locality Name Feature Directory Suburb Origin text from Landgate's records District and its people . Published August 2012.) reference 28 Mile RD Calm Road Not in Melway Ashendon CALM Managed road. Recorded name only. 31 Mile RD Calm Road Not in Melway Ashendon CALM Managed road. Recorded name only. Robin Hood theme - part of Herbert Dale Cullen's 1905 Sherwood Estate subdivision. Abbey RD Public Road 496 D6 Armadale Abdale CT Public Road 466 B9 Camillo English place name. Village in Gloucestershire. Australian Homesteads theme. Homestead located about 350km north of Melbourne, but in New South Wales. Abercrombie ENT Public Road Harrisdale Named after a deceased Councillor - Mr Abernethy who John Abernethy, landowner and farmer at Beenup (later renamed Byford) first served on the Council from 1929 - 1939. The road was mentioned in Road Board Minutes April 1916. David Forbes Abernethy farmer of Beenup formerly in the locality of Armadale, now in Seville Grove. aged 29, enlisted in the First World War on 4 September 1916. He fought in France and was wounded in action twice. He was repatriated to Australia on 17 October 1919. In 1966 the following names for roads and streets in the district were officially approved by the Nomenclature Advisory Committee - Abernethy, Bunney, Cornish, Ellis, Ferguson, Frye, Hicks, Hopkinson, Kargotich, Lori, Messenger, Pascoe, Pries, Savage, Selkirk, Spencer, Ullyott, and Whittington. All named for early residents. Abernethy GR Public Road 496 A4 Seville Grove locality boundary amendment 2/9/99 p453 English place name. Town in Gloucestershire. corres:3550/77v3 - road formerly inWestfield, now in Abingdon PL Public Road 466 C10 Kelmscott Kelmscott Aboyne (Scottish Gaelic: Abèidh) is a village on the edge Scottish villages or islands theme. of the Highlands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Aboyne PL Public Road 496 B2 Seville Grove Dee, west of Aberdeen. Australian native flora theme. Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. The Australian wattle is one of the best Acacia CL Public Road 496 B7 Armadale known acacias. Early residents. Gilbert Adair is mentioned in the 1901 ratebook. In 1968 Council approved a request from Mrs D Spencer that the road adjoining her property be named Adair AV Public Road 497 A2 Mount Nasura 'Adair Avenue' in lieu of the proposed 'Olive Drive'. locality boundary amendment 2/9/99 p453 John Adams was the first owner of lot 31 of 8,000 acres adjacent to Kelmscott which was corres:3550/77v3 - road formerly inWestfield, now in granted to him in January 1831. This land encompassed all of the present day Armadale Kelmscott townsite. John Adams, his wife Susanna and their children arrived in the Swan River Colony aboard the Nancy on 9 January 1930 and he was one of the first to take up land in the Kelmscott district in company with Lt. Henry Bull and Christopher Wright. Adams and his family left for Tasmania in 1831, but retained ownership of the Kelmscott property until the 1860s. Adams CT Public Road 466 C9 Kelmscott Addington, in Christchurch, is the New Zealand south Equestrian harness pacing/racing theme. island track where Baltic Eagle won the 2003 Inter Dominion. The 2011 Inter Dominion was moved from Addington to Alexandra Park in Auckland due to the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Addington Road Public Road Piara Waters Adelina CT Public Road 466 B8 Camillo Girl's name. Reserved Road Adelong Name Not in Melway No Location SSD: Map 464 B10Adenine is a purine (an organic Reflects the scientific and research ethos being inculcated at the C Y O'Connor ERADE nitrogenous base chemical forming uric acid on oxidation, Village or any of a group of derivatives with purine-like structure including the nucleotide constituents adenine and guanine) derivative found in all living tissue as a component base of DNA and RNA. Adenine is one of the four bases that make up our DNA and genes. Adenine BEND Public Road 464 B9 Piara Waters After Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford G.C.B., G.C.M.G. (1903-1909)Admiral Road was named by Governor Bedford and was the collective honour bestowed on all of the naval hierarchy. In the original townsite, Admiral Rd was the main street. These origins were supplied by Mr Bob Tizard after undertaking research into the origins of road names within Bedfordale Admiral RD Public Road 527 D3 Bedfordale townsite. After Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford G.C.B., G.C.M.G. (1903-1909) Admiral Road was named by Governor Bedford and was the collective honour bestowed on all of the naval hierarchy. In the original townsite, Admiral Rd was the main street. Admiral RD S Public Road 527 D8 Bedfordale Agnew PL Public Road 496 C4 Armadale CALM Managed road. Recorded name only. Australian native flora theme. Agonis is a genus of four species in the plant family Agonis RD Calm Road Not in Melway Ashendon Myrtaceae. All are native to Western Australia’s south west region. Named after Mr Agostino who was killed in a motor vehicle accident some two years ago (1973) whilst in the employ of the Shire of Armadale-Kelmscott. Relatives of the same name also gain access to their property from this road.SSD Map 467 C 10. Agostino RD Public Road 467 C10 Kelmscott Ainsley CT Public Road 466 B9 Camillo Named after a local pioneer family. The road was 'Ainstey' is actually named for Harry Anstey who owned land at Cardup and in Armadale formerly in the locality of Armadale, now in Seville Grove. and was a foundation member of the Kelmscott Road Board, being elected in March 1895. His name was erroneously spelt as 'Ainstey' in Daphne Popham's First Stage Ainstey CL Public Road 496 A4 Seville Grove South . See also 'Anstey Road' in Forrestdale. Aird LA Public Road Seville Grove Theme of prominent locations within Scotland The Aird is an area situated west of the City of Inverness, Scotland. Formerly in ARMADALE (SUB), now in MOUNT RICHON Early residents. Hugh Aitken, Orchardist, was a Road Board member and Chairman of the (SUB). Board 1947-1949. His son, Arthur, was killed in action 1940. He was the RAAF pilot of a reconnaissance plane that went down off the coast of WA. The road's name was requested by Mrs H J Frier and gazetted on 9 September 1955. Aitken RD Public Road 496 E6 Mount Richon SSD Ref: 492 D2Name follows a theme of famous Town Centres and Places.Alamo Square Park, San Fanscisco.Information supplied by the City of Armadale. Alamo LINK Public Road 494 D2 Harrisdale Melway Street Origin of names / or (research into Settlement to City: a history of the Armadale Road / Locality Name Feature Directory Suburb Origin text from Landgate's records District and its people . Published August 2012.) reference Name approved by the Nomenclature Advisory Committee 26/2/1940 for the road previously known as Albany Road, King George Sound Road, Perth - Albany Road or High Street (in Kojonup Townsite). Part of it through Cannington was also named Perth-Bunbury Road.Gazetted as Albany Highway from the eastern end of the Causeway to York Street, Albany on 4/10/1940. (See file 2022/39)Named after the City of Albany, located at the southern terminus of the roadComments: In June 1939 the Nomenclature Advisory Committee discussed the naming of the Albany Highway, selecting two possible names for the road, Albany Highway or Great Southern Highway. The Committee felt that Great Southern Highway was the better name because it was indicative, and would conform to a general system of highway naming which may, in future, be named from a directional point of view. The Committee wrote to all of the local governments along the road, and when all of the replies had been received the Committee recommended the name Albany Highway, and that it commence from the eastern end of the Causeway. The Minister agreed to this proposal. The Committee's indicative system was put to good use in the later naming of the Great Northern, Great Eastern and Great Southern Highway's. Sources: File 2022- 1939, Nomenclature Advisory Committee minutes, 26/06/1939, 30/10/1939, 27/11/1939, 26/02/1940.The Albany HWY Public Road 496 D4 Armadale locality boundary between St James and East Victoria Park Albenseast of -Albany White HighwayBox Eucalyptus, opposite the Alday name Street was taken- north from of the "Readers Digest CompleteBook of the Garden" 3rd Albens VALE Public Road 468 A4 Roleystone edition, 1973.SSD Map 468 A 4. SSD Ref: 494 D3The road is within the "Riva on Piara Waters Estate".Riva is a French word for shore, or the shore of a lake or river. The theme is southern European, with the names derived from towns and cities in France, Albi LINK Public Road 494 D4 Piara Waters Spain and Italy. Named after an art gallery in Australia. Alcaston Gallery.Road formerly in Forrestdale now in HARRISDALE. Alcaston RD Public Road 464 E8 Harrisdale Alderson Park Estate Suburb Not in Melway No Location SSD Ref: 494 D3The road is within the "Riva on Piara Waters Estate".Riva is a French word for shore, or the shore of a lake or river. The theme is southern European, with the names derived from towns and cities in France, Aleria WAY Public Road 494 D3 Piara Waters Spain and Italy. SSD Map 495 D3Alex Wood was a tireless worker for the Chamber of Commerce for the benefit of industry and commerce, and Council wishes to honour his contribution.