Description of Road Names for Gazettal at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga and NSW DPI Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute
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Description of road names for Gazettal at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga and NSW DPI Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute CSU Road Names * Denotes a road which is located on both CSU and NSW DPI property Names of historical significance to the University and Institute: Agriculture Avenue * The name acknowledges the site of the University on the old Wagga Wagga Experimental Farm established in 1896. Albert Pugsley Place * Albert Tonkin Pugsley AM (1910–2002) Albert Tonkin Pugsley was an Australian agricultural scientist and wheat breeder. In 1953, Pugsley was appointed founding Director of the Agricultural Research Institute in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, serving in that role until 1975. Pugsley was awarded the William Farrer Medal in 1953 for his services to agriculture, and made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1981. Darnell Smith Drive George Percy Darnell-Smith (1868-1942) George Percy Darnell-Smith was a biologist. He made a major contribution to world agriculture by developing copper carbonate powder as a fungicide to control bunt (a major disease of wheat) which has since ceased to be a problem. Darnell-Smith was Manager of the Wagga Wagga Experimental Farm from 1913-1918. Nathan Cobb Drive * Nathan Augustus Cobb (1859–1932) Nathan Augustus Cobb was a plant pathologist. From 1892, he and William Farrer collaborated in an experimental programme, including the detailed examination and identification of some 600 wheats that Farrer had cultivated. Cobb also personally directed hundreds of experiments at Wagga Wagga Experimental Farm. Valder Way Named for Mr George Valder who was Manager of the Wagga Wagga Experimental Farm from 1895-1897. Village Way The name acknowledges the location of the student village. Riverina Villages or Localities were used in an earlier campus road naming theme: Binya Way * Binya is a farming community in the centre of the Riverina area and situated about 30 kilometres east of Griffith along Burley Griffin Way, heading in the direction of Ardlethan. Bribbaree Place Forty-six kilometres south-west of Grenfell in southeastern NSW, the grain town of Bribbaree is only a short drive from the Weddin Mountains National Park, a crescent shaped range of sedimentary rocks rising 300 metres above the plains. Gunbar Place * Gunbar is in the Riverina district of south-western New South Wales in Australia, on a wide bend of the Mid- Western Highway between Goolgowi and Hay. It is part of the Carrathool Shire local government area. Jingellic Place Jingellic is a small town that straddles the boundaries of the Greater Hume Shire and Tumbarumba Shire local government areas in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales. The town is located near a crossing on the upper Murray River. Tabbita Walk Tabbita is a village community in the central part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 10 kilometres north west from Warburn and 19 kilometres south east from Goolgowi. Tooma Way The village of Tooma is located in the eastern part of the Riverina and situated about 11 kilometres east from Welaregang and 34 kilometres south from Tumbarumba. Tooma is in the valley of the Tooma River, not far from its confluence with the Murray River. Following the approval of the Wiradjuri Council of Elders, the CSU University Council has adopted a road naming theme for its campuses using Wiradjuri words: Bangala Way Bangala is the Wiradjuri word for ‘a low hill’. The road links the two sections of the Wagga Wagga Campus around the low hill. Biyal Place Biyal is the Wiradjuri word for ‘River Red Gum’ which was used by Indigenous people in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area for bark, medicines, seed and food. Dargin Way Dargin is the Wiradjuri word for ‘Millett Seed’ which was used by Indigenous people in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area for seed, flour and fibre. Garal Circuit Garal is the Wiradjuri word for ‘Wattle Tree’ which was used by Indigenous people in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area for wood, axe handles, glue and containers. Guwandang Circuit Guwandang is the Wiradjuri word for ‘Quandong Tree’ which was used by Indigenous people in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area for food, fruit, medicine, ornaments, seed and for ceremonial purposes. Mambarra Drive * Mambarra is the Wiradjuri word for ‘Native Cherry Tree’ which was used by Indigenous people in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area for wood shelters, medicine, ceremonies and fruit. Maybal Lane Maybal is the Wiradjuri word for ‘Grass Tree’ which was used by Indigenous people in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area for flower stalks, medicine, fibre, resin and food. Yadhandha Circuit Yadhandha is the Wiradjuri word for ‘Emu Bush’ which was used by Indigenous people in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area for medicine, nose pegs, fruit and food. Yama Circuit Yama is the Wiradjuri word for ‘Kurrajong Tree’ which was used by Indigenous people in the Wagga Wagga LocalGovernment Area for seed, food and fibre. NSW DPI Road Names Institute Way Briefly known as the Wheat Research Institute, the official opening of the Wagga Wagga Agricultural Research Institute took place in 1954. More recently known as the Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute it is commonly referred to as ‘The Institute’. Institute Way recognises this history. Starvation Lane An historical name originating from the aspect that stock were held in the area prior to shearing, drenching, transporting to market, etc., with the purpose of emptying their stomachs in readiness for those activities. The pasture in Starvation Lane was kept very low or even bare which provided a safe area for hay storage and stock protection in case of fires. .