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ABATTOIR RD R Pyrmont 55 B18/C19 See Bank St.

ABERCROMBIE LA R Chippendale 65 F 6 See McAlister La.

ABERCROMBIE LA C Sydney 24 J 15 Gazetted in 1975, but present on/near
this site at least since the 1840's.

ABERCROMBIE ST C Chippendale 65 F 5 Abercrombie Place until 1902. Until

about the middle of the 19th century,
Robert Cooper had a wall straddling
this street and built a row of houses
abutting into it in an attempt to curtail its
use as a roadway.
Possibly named for one of several
generations of Abercrombies who were
British military men and politicians.
(Several other streets in this area
commemorate the Napoleonic wars.)

ABERCROMBIE ST C Darlington 65 C 8 Abercrombie Place until 1902. Until

about the middle of the 19th century,
Robert Cooper had a wall straddling
this street and built a row of houses
abutting into it in an attempt to curtail its
use as a roadway.
Possibly named for one of several
generations of Abercrombies who were
British military men and politicians.
(Several other streets in this area
commemorate the Napoleonic wars.)

ABERCROMBIE ST C Redfern 65 E 7 Abercrombie Place until 1902. Until

about the middle of the 19th century,
Robert Cooper had a wall straddling
this street and built a row of houses
abutting into it in an attempt to curtail its
use as a roadway.
Possibly named for one of several
generations of Abercrombies who were
British military men and politicians.
(Several other streets in this area
commemorate the Napoleonic wars.)

ADA LA C Erskineville 75 B 11
ADA PL C Ultimo 55 E 20 Ada La until 1918. William Henry Harris
had a daughter Ada.
ADA PL C Pyrmont 55 D 19 Now divided into two sections. See also
Ultimo
ADA ST C Erskineville 75 B 11

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ADELAIDE PL C Surry Hills 28/66 K5/K6 Harts La. until 1905. Runs off Adelaide
St. which was itself known as Adelaide
Pl until 1875.
ADELAIDE PL D Ultimo 27 E 4 See Athlone Pl. Resumed in 1906.
ADELAIDE ST C Surry Hills 28 K 5 Adelaide Pl until 1875. Adelaide was
the Queen of William 1V.

ADELAIDE TCE D Alexandria ? ?

AGAR ST D Millers Point 23/55 G13/ See High St.
G14
AGAR STP C Millers Point 23 G 14 Also known as Agar Stairs/Agar St
Steps.
AGRICULTURE LA C Camperdown 471 F2 Uni of Sydney .
ALBERT LA C Forest Lodge 64 P3
ALBERT PL R Surry Hills 28 M4 See Fitzroy Pl.
ALBERT RD R Sydney 26 L 18 See Prince Albert Rd
ALBERT ST C Erskineville 74 R 11 Named after Prince Albert.
ALBERT ST C Forest Lodge 64 P3 Named after Prince Albert.
ALBERT ST R Potts Point 29/56 Q19/ See Hughes St.
Q18
ALBERT ST R Pyrmont 55 C 16 See Lawson St.
ALBERT ST C Redfern 65 G 9 Named after Prince Albert.
ALBERT ST C Sydney 24 L 14 Constructed c.1845. See also Alfred St.
Albert was Queen Victoria's consort.

ALBERTA ST C Sydney 28 K2 Little Macquarie St until 1896.

ALBION AV C Paddington 30 N4 Albion St until 1952.
ALBION LA R Paddington 30 N4 See Selwyn St.
ALBION PL C Sydney 25/27 H20/H1 Albion La on some maps.
ALBION ST C Surry Hills 28/30 L4/K3/ Albion' (White) was a suggested name
N4 for Sydney. In Surry Hills, it is
associated with Samuel Terry's Albion
House, Albion Brewery (1826). Laid out
by T. L. Mitchell.
ALBION WY C Surry Hills 28 K 4 Albion La until 1938.
ALEXANDER LA C Surry Hills 28/66 M5/L5
ALEXANDER ST C Alexandria 75 D 11 Named after Alexander, an early
leaseholder in the area.
ALEXANDER ST D Eveleigh 65 D 10 Named after Alexander, an early
leaseholder in the area. Street
truncated by Australian Technology
Park.
ALEXANDER ST C Paddington 30 R 5
ALEXANDER ST C Surry Hills 28 M 5
ALEXANDRA DR C Camperdown 64 N 4 New Drive on site of Royal Alexandra
Children's Hospital
ALEXANDRA LA C Glebe 54 Q 20
ALEXANDRA LA C Surry Hills 66 M 7
ALEXANDRA RD C Glebe 54 Q 20
ALEXANDRIA ST D Alexandria ? ?

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ALFRED RD C Forest Lodge 64 P 3 Named after Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh,
who survived assassination in Sydney
in 1868.
ALFRED ST C Sydney 24/56 J14/K14 A new street built in 1845. Part of Albert
St until 1875. Albert was Queen
Victoria's consort.
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh,
visited Sydney, where he acquired hero
status in 1868 when shot by a Fenian at
a picnic at Clontarf.

ALFRED ST R Woolloomooloo 29 P 18 See Best St.

ALFRED ST D Pyrmont 55 C 17 Partly named McCredie St, part
renamed Hume St (both which see).
Partly sold by Council to CSR in 1906

ALLEN AV C Alexandria 75 C 11 Privately owned.

ALLEN LA C Alexandria 75 D 11 First named in 1953. Unnamed but
included on 1880's maps.
ALLEN LA C Glebe 54/64 Q20/R1
ALLEN ST C Glebe 54/64 Q20/R1 Earlier Park Rd. Named after George
Allen, MLA, the first solicitor admitted to
practice in NSW.
He was Mayor of the City and builder of
Toxteth House, completed in 1831.
A section of Allen's estate became part
of the site of Harold Park Racecourse.

ALLEN ST C Pyrmont 25 E 20 George Wigram Allen was an early

landholder at Pyrmont Point.
ALLEN ST C Waterloo 75 G 13
ALLUM PL C Glebe 65 B2
ALMA LA D Darlington 472 M8 Uni of Sydney.
ALMA ST R Darlington 472 M8 Uni of Sydney. Named after a famous
Crimean battle. See Maze Crst.
ALMA ST D Pyrmont 25 G 18 Named after a famous Crimean battle.
Alma St East and Alma St West
intersected Edward St. Resumed for
wharf use in 1896.
AMELIA ST C Waterloo 76 L 12
AMOS LA C Elizabeth Bay 29 R 19
AMY LA C Erskineville 74 R 13 Privately owned.
AMY ST C Erskineville 74 R 14
ANDERSON ST C Alexandria 75 E 11
ANGEL LA C Newtown 74 Q 11
ANGEL PL C Sydney 26 J 17 In part Terry Pl. until end of 19th C.
then Martin La. until 1926 (section off
George St).
Section off Pitt St earlier called Morts
Passage. Angel House built here still
retains facade to Ash St.

ANGEL ST C Newtown 74 Q 12

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ANGUS AV D Moore Park 479 C 7 Ran off Park Rd. Now underneath Multi
Level Car Park.
ANN ST R Darlinghurst 29 N 20 See St. Peters St.
ANN ST C Surry Hills 28 K 3 One of the original streets of the
Fosterville Estate subdivision of 1843.
ANN ST R Ultimo 27 E 3 See Mary Ann St.
ANNS PL D Surry Hills 66 L 6 Similar location to Miles St. Possibly
also known as Little Devonshire St.
ANTIAS AV C Pyrmont 55 B 17 A new street.
ANVIL PL D The Rocks 24 J 14 See Harrington La.
ANZAC AV R Woolloomooloo 26 L19 A new road named in 1916. See Haig
Av.
ANZAC PDE C Centennial Park 76 P 11 Earlier called Randwick Rd. Named
after the ANZAC's in 1917 during the
first world war.
ANZAC PDE C Moore Park 66 N6-P10 Earlier called Randwick Rd. Named
after the ANZAC's in 1917 during the
first world war.
ARBITRATION ST D Sydney 24 K 14 Ran at right angles from Alfred St South
to Reiby Pl.
ARCADIA LA C Glebe 64 Q 2
ARCADIA RD C Glebe 64 Q 1
ARDEN LA C Glebe 64 R 1 George Miller built Forsyth Cottage
C1837. From 1863 it was renamed
'Arden'. It was eventually acquired by
the Church of England as a Rescue
Home (1919). Demolished in 1971.
ARGYLE LA C Millers Point 23 G 13 First named in 1923.
ARGYLE PL C Millers Point 23 G 13 Argyle Pl Reserve until 1933, Argyle Pl
Park until 1977.
ARGYLE ST C Millers Point 23 H 13 Named by Gov. Macquarie in 1810 after
his native country. The street was in
two parts until a ridge between The
Rocks and Millers Point was cut
through in the 1840's. (Argyle Cut).
ARGYLE ST C The Rocks 24 J 13
ARGYLE STRS C The Rocks 24 J 13
ARNOLD LA C Darlinghurst 28 M2 Phillip La until 1905.
ARNOLD Pl C Darlinghurst 28 M3 Riley Pl until 1905
ART GALLERY RD C Sydney 26/56 M18/L18 Named in 1950.

ARTHUR LA C Surry Hills 28 M 5

ARTHUR PL D Darlinghurst ? ?
ARTHUR ST C Forest Lodge 64 P 3
ARTHUR ST C Redfern 66 K 7
ARTHUR ST C Surry Hills 28/66 L5/M6 Church St until 1875. Probably after Sir
George Arthur 1784-1854 Lt Gov of
Van Diemans Land 1824-1836. ADB.
(see Collins St).

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ARUNDEL ST C Forest Lodge 64 R 5 Originally ran between Derwent St to
Seamer St Glebe and spelt Arundle
(Terrace). After 1888 extended to
Larkin St, Forest Lodge absorbing
Parramatta Old Rd.
ARUNDEL ST C Glebe 65 B 4 Originally ran between Derwent St to
Seamer St Glebe. After 1888 extended
to Larkin St, Forest Lodge, taking in Old
Parramatta Rd.
ARUNDLE TCE R Glebe 65 B 4 Originally ran between Derwent St to
Seamer St Glebe. After 1888 extended
to Larkin St, Forest Lodge, taking in Old
Parramatta Rd.
ASCOT AV C Zetland 76 L 15 Part of British Leyland Subdivision.
ASH ST C Sydney 26 J 17 Privately owned. Previously Chisholm
La. Formed in 1886.
ASHMORE ST C Erskineville 75 A 13
ASQUITH AV C Rosebery 76 J 20 Named after Herbert Henry Asquith,
(1852-1928) Earl of Oxford and Asquith.
British statesman. Prime Minister and
First Lord of Treasury 1908-16. He was
raised to the Peerage in 1925.

ATHERDEN ST C The Rocks 24 J 13 Union St until 1875. Also known as

Atherton St. Formed from subdivision of
Robert Campbell's land in the early
1840s. George Atherden was a local
property owner.
ATHLONE LA D Ultimo 27 E 4 Earlier, Adelaide Pl. Resumed in 1906.

ATHLONE PL D Ultimo 27 E 4 Resumed in 1906. The Athlone Place

Resumption was the first systematic
'slum clearance' undertaken by the
Council.
It removed about 400 buildings and a
maze of tiny lanes which had developed
around the original mid 19th C Athlone
Pl, May's Pl and Brisbane St. all of
which ran off Parramatta St
(Broadway). Athlone is an Irish town
name.

AUGUSTA LA R Darlington 65 D 8 See Wilson La.

AURORA PL C Eveleigh 65 C 10
AUSTIN GV C Zetland 76 K 13 Named after the British car. Part of
British Leyland subdivision.
AUSTIN LA C Surry Hills 66 M6 Unnamed until 1979.
AUSTRALIA SQ C Sydney 56 J 16
AVENUE LA C Glebe 54/64 Q20/Q1
AVENUE RD C Glebe 54/64 Q20/Q1
AVON LA C Glebe 65 A1 Privately owned Avon La to Avon St.

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AVON ST R Alexandria 75 C 11 Was between Monks La and Newton
St. Became part of Henderson La.
AVON ST C Glebe 65 A 1 Named after Avon House, built by
George Miller in 1837/8 on 4.5 acres. It
was a large property with stables,
conservatory, croquet lawn, rose
garden etc. Called Central Cross Rd on
1840's map.
Listed as Avon St from 1859. Southern
end renamed Lower Avon St.

AVONA AV C Glebe 54 R 20 Named after Avon House, built by

George Miller in 1837/8 on 4.5 acres. It
was a large property with stables,
conservatory, croquet lawn, rose
garden etc. Called Central Cross Rd on
1840's map.

AYLESBURY ST C Newtown 64 R 8 On Camperdown Estate Subdivision

1844.
AZELLA LA R Erskineville 75 A 12 See Malcolm La.
BACK ROW EAST R Sydney 26 K 16 See Phillip St.
BACK ROW WEST R Sydney 25/27 H16/ See Kent St.
H19/H1
BADHAM ST R Centennial Park 76 Q 11 See Dibbs St. One of the eight original
streets.
BADHAM ST C Woolloomooloo 26/29 M19/
N19
BAKEHOUSE PL C The Rocks 24 J 14
BAKERS LA C Forest Lodge 64 R 4 Privately owned.
BALACLAVA LA C Alexandria 75 F 13 Named after a famous Crimean battle.

BALDWIN ST C Erskineville 74 R 11 Named after Mayor John Baldwin.

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BALFOUR ST C Chippendale 27 F4 Originally in 3 sections. 1. North-
Broadway to Wellington St. This
section, named Charles St, renamed
Balfour in 1875. Now within Carlton
Brewery precinct.
2. Centre-Wellington to
Meagher. This section was called
Waterloo Pl until 1905. Between 1905
and 1926 it was Milford St.

3. South-Meagher to Cleveland.
Called Dale St until 1926. After 1926 all
sections named Balfour St (RC
31.8.1926).
Balfour was the original surname of
Mary Goold, wife of Stephen Goold,
Mayor in 1875. A nearby street was
renamed Goold St at the same time, so
perhaps Balfour St recognised the
Mayor's wife. 'Waterloo' as in the Battle
of, 1815.

BALTIC LA D Sydney 55 H 20 Was on the west side of Day St, near

the Pyrmont Bridge. In the 19th C there
was a Baltic Wharf there, involved in
the Timber trade. Named in 1931.

BANK ST R Forest Lodge 64 Q 4 See Foss St and Dann St.

BANK ST C Pyrmont 55 B18/C19 Originally known as Abattoir Rd
between Glebe Island Bridge and Miller
St, and as Gipps Cres between Miller St
and Jones. Both renamed Bank St in
1905. Part became Bowman St in 1933.
Sydney's abattoirs were on Glebe
Island from 1860 until 1917. Gipps
(1791-1847) was Governor of NSW
1838-1846. ADB.

BANKS ST R Chippendale 65 F 6 See Meagher St.

BANNERMAN CR C Rosebery 76 K 20 Named after Sir Henry Campbell-
Bannerman (1836-1908). He was the
first British Prime Minister to be given
official use of the title 'Prime Minister'.
Leader from 1906, Ill health forced his
resignation and he died in 1908.

BANNISTER LA R Ultimo 27 E1 See Henry Av.

BAPTIST LA C Redfern 66 K 10

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BAPTIST ST C Redfern 66 L 10 Named after John Baptist, who was
born in Portugal. On arrival in 1829 he
originally set up as a butcher, then took
up 40 acres in the area. From its
beginnings as a vegetable garden, it
expanded into ornamental trees,
shrubs, fruit trees and seeds. The
gardens were originally opened to the
public on a Sunday afternoon and were
reputed to be one of the finest in
Sydney.

BARCOM AV C Darlinghurst 30 N3/P2/ Great Barcom St to 1905. The

Q1 numerous forms of street names
involving Barcom in this area
commemorate Barcom Glen, residence
of Thomas West, who milled flour on
nearby Lacrozier Creek.

BARCOM LA R Darlinghurst 30 P3 See Lacrozia La.

BARCOM PL D Darlinghurst 30 P2 Clements Tce until 1905.
BARFF RD C Camperdown 65 C5 Between Sydney Uni & Victoria Park
BARKER ST D Sydney 27 G1 Now within the Darling Harbour
precinct, near Tumbalong Park.
Thomas Barker, miller, 1799-1875.
arrived 1813, employed by John
Dickson. ADB (see also Dixon St)
BARLOW LA R Sydney 27 H 1 See Eager La.
BARLOW ST C Haymarket 27 H 3 Gipps St until 1875, then Gipps St West
until 1905. George Gipps was the
Governor of NSW, 1838-46. Thomas
Hughes Barlow was an Alderman 1898-
1918.
BARNCLEUTH LA C Potts Point 29 Q 20
BARNCLEUTH SQ C Elizabeth Bay 29 R 19 Named after Barncleuth House on the
original McLeay Estate, built for David
Jones, merchant and ship owner.
BARNETT LA C Darlinghurst 26 M 20
BARODA LA C Elizabeth Bay 29 R 19
BARODA ST C Elizabeth Bay 29 R 19
BARON PARK RD C Alexandria 74 Q 17
BARR ST C Camperdown 64 Q5
BARRACK LA C Sydney 25 H 17 Between Wynyard St and Barrack St.
Privately owned.
BARRACK ROW R Sydney 25 H16-19 See York St.
BARRACK ST C Sydney 25 H 17 Led to the Military Barracks at Wynyard.

BARTLETT LA C Paddington 30 P 5
BARTLEY LA C Chippendale 65 F 6
BARTLEY ST C Chippendale 65 F 6 Reginald Bartley, Lord Mayor 1943-44,
1946-48.

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BARTON ST D Sydney 24 K 14 Queens St until 1905. Edmund Barton,
lawyer, Prime Minister 1901-1903.

BATES LA D Sydney ? ? Laneway of eastern side of Sussex St,

resumed by Sydney Harbour Trust.
Exact site not established.
BATHURST ST C Sydney 25/26 H20/J20 Henry, 3rd Earl of Bathurst (1762-
1834), Secretary for War and the
colonies 1812-27.
BATMAN LA C Surry Hills 28 K 3 Beaufort La until 1905. Unnamed 'back
entrance' on Fosterville Estate
Subdivision, 1843.
BAY LA C Ultimo 27 E3 Constructed after the Athlone Place
Resumptions, 1906. Originally it
extended to Kelly St.
Like most of the streets here it covers
ground originally within Blackwattle
Swamp (Bay).

BAY ST R Pyrmont 55 D 16 See Bayview St.

BAY ST C Ultimo 65 D3 Runs to Blackwattle Bay.
BAY ST R Woolloomooloo 29 N 18 See Harmer St.
BAY ST C Glebe 65 D3-4 On 1861 Strangers Map. Originally ran
down to Blackwattle Bay which has
since been filled in and now forms part
of Wentworth Park.
BAYSWATER AV C Rushcutters Bay 29 Q 20 Privately owned. Earlier known as
Eaton Av. after a local mansion of that
name.
BAYSWATER RD C Darlinghurst 30/67 R1/A1
BAYSWATER RD C Rushcutters Bay 30 R 1

BAYSWATER RD C Kings Cross 29 Q 20

BAYVIEW ST C Glebe 65 A1
BAYVIEW ST C Pyrmont 55 D 16 Bay St until 1875.
BEACONSFIELD LA C Alexandria 75 F18
BEACONSFIELD LA C Beaconsfield 75 G 18
BEACONSFIELD ST C Alexandria 75 F 17 Named after Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of
Beaconsfield. This is a boundary of the
Beaconsfield Estate of 1884 which was
advertised as the "Working Man's
Model Township"
BEACONSFIELD ST C Beaconsfield 75 F 17 Name after Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of
Beaconsfield.
BEATTIE LA C Surry Hills 28 J 5
BEAUCHAMP LA C Surry Hills 28 K2/K3 Although unnamed, this appeared on
the Fosterville Estate Subdivision of
1843 as 'back entrance'.
BEAUFORT AV R Surry Hills 28 M 5 See Richards Av.
BEAUFORT LA R Surry Hills 28 M 5 See Richards La.
BEAUFORT ST R Surry Hills 28 K 4 See Commonwealth La.

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BEAUFORT ST D Surry Hills 66 K 6 Removed in Devonshire St Housing
Scheme 1950's.
BEAUMONT LA D Chippendale 65 E 6 Bowman La until 1903. resumed 1914
(see Wiley St).
BEAUMONT ST C Chippendale 65 E 6 Bowman St until 1903. Street layout
altered from 1914. The current
Beaumont St incorporates Harkness La
(see Wiley St).
BEAUMONT ST C Waterloo 66/76 J10/J11
BEDFORD ST C Surry Hills 66 J6
BELL LA C Glebe 64 R1
BELL ROW R Sydney 26 K 16 See Bligh St.
BELL ST C Glebe 64 Q2 Named after Captain William Bell. His
wife was a niece of George Allen.
BELL ST R Sydney 26 K 17 See Bligh St. and Hunter St.
BELLEVUE LA C Glebe 65 C1
BELLEVUE LA C Surry Hills 28 K4
BELLEVUE ST C Glebe 65 C1 Spelt Belle Vue on some early maps.
BELLEVUE ST D Redfern 66 M 10 Was located off Crescent St.
BELLEVUE ST C Surry Hills 28 K4
BELMONT LA C Alexandria 75 B 14
BELMONT ST C Alexandria 75 B14/D12 Earlier called Jesson St.

BELMORE LA C Surry Hills 28 K 4

BELMORE RD G Sydney 28 J 3 Obliterated by Central Railway. As the
road to the Devonshire St cemetery, it
was referred to colloquially as Dead
Man's Rd.
BELMORE ST C Surry Hills 28 K 4 Earl of Belmore, Governor of NSW
1868-72.
BELMORE ST R Sydney 27 G 2 See Lackey St.
BELVOIR ST C Surry Hills 66 J6/K6 Extended through the Goodlett's pottery
site to join Landsdowne St after 1916.

BENNETT PL C Surry Hills 28 M 5 Part of Bennett St until 1905.

BENNETT ST C Newtown 65 A 9 Named after Samuel Bennett, a
compositor by trade who started the
"Evening News" in 1867 and compiled a
"History of Australian Discovery".
BENNETT ST C Surry Hills 28/30 M5/N5 In the first city assessment of 1845,
Henry Bennett owned many houses in
Surry Hills. So did Edward Bennett.

BENT AV C Moore Park 479 C 5 Section from John Hargreaves Avenue

to Bent St previously called Suttor
Avenue.
BENT ST C Moore Park 479 C 6 A new street. The original Bent St
circled the main arena from Presidents
Avenue (John Hargreaves Avenue) to
Suttor Avenue.

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BENT ST D Moore Park 479 C-D 5-7 The original Bent St circled the main
arena from Presidents Avenue (John
Hargreaves Avenue) to Suttor Avenue.
BENT ST C Paddington 67 A 6
BENT ST C Sydney 24/26 K15/K16 Earlier called Spring Row. Named by
Macquarie in 1810. Possibly because it
is. Or for Ellis Bent (1783-1815), Deputy
Judge Advocate, 1809-1815. ADB.
(See also Spring St).
BERT BAILEY ST C Moore Park 479 D 3 Northern section to Mackenzie St
(Chips Raffety Avenue) earlier called
Illawarra Avenue. Southern section
earlier called Paterson St.
One of a number of streets
commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998. Fox
Studios Australia opened on the site in
1999.

BERWICK LA C Darlinghurst 28 M 1
BEST ST C Woolloomooloo 29 P 18 Alfred St until 1875. This street has not
been in continuous existence and in its
current form is a walkway only.
BETHEL ST D The Rocks 24 J 13 See Bethel Stairs.
BETHEL STRS C The Rocks 24 J 13 This street was replaced with stairs in
1907. Named for its proximity to the
Mariners Church, known colloquially as
'The Bethel'.
The Bethel Seaman's Union was
established in London in 1819, Sydney
Branch 1822.

BETTINGTON ST C Millers Point 23 G 13 Named for J. B. Bettington, an early

wharf owner in Millers Point.
BIJOU LA C Haymarket 27 G4 Named in 1917.
BILLYARD AV C Elizabeth Bay 29/56 R18/ Possibly named for W. W. Billyard,
/57 R17/A18 miller and manufacturer.
BINNING LA C Erskineville 75 A 12
BINNING ST C Erskineville 75 B 12
BIRMINGHAM ST C Alexandria 75 E 20
BIRTLEY PL C Elizabeth Bay 29 R 19 Birtley' was built in Elizabeth Rd in
1866, for the Street family.
BLACKBURN CCT C Camperdown 471 F6 Uni of Sydney. Sir Charles Bickerton
Blackburn was a Fellow of the Senate
from 1919 to 1964 and Chancellor from
1941 until 1964.
BLACKBURN ST C Surry Hills 28 K 3 John St until 1875.
BLACKFRIARS LA C Chippendale 27 E 5 Part of Blackfriars Estate Subdivision
1879.
BLACKFRIARS PL C Chippendale 27 F 5 Ludgate La until 1916.

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BLACKFRIARS ST C Chippendale 27 E 5 Part of Blackfriars Estate Subdivision,
1879. Named for its proximity to St.
Benedicts School.
BLACKMORE LA C Redfern 66 K 10
BLACKWATTLE LA C Ultimo 27 E3/E4 Until the Athlone Place Resumption and
rebuilding in 1906, this was more a
sewer than a lane.
BLACKWATTLE PL C Sydney 25 G 19
BLAND ST C Woolloomooloo 29 N 18 William Bland (1789-1868), convict,
medical man and politician. ADB.
BLIGH ST R Camperdown 64/65 R8/A8 Named after Gov. Bligh. On
Camperdown Estate subdivision 1844.
Renamed St. Paul's Rd in 1913 and
renamed again when Sydney University
installed its memorial carillon in the
1920's.

BLIGH ST R Newtown 64/65 Q8/A8 Named after Gov. Bligh. On

Camperdown Estate subdivision 1844.
Renamed St. Paul's Rd in 1913 and
renamed again when Sydney University
installed its memorial carillon in the
1920's.

BLIGH ST C Sydney 26 K 16 Bell Row, renamed by Macquarie in

1810. also known as Bell St, Spring
Row or Little Chapel Row prior to 1810.
William Bligh (1754-1817), Governor of
NSW, 1806-8. ADB
BLOOMFIELD LA C Surry Hills 28 M3
BLOOMFIELD ST C Surry Hills 28 M3
BLUE ANCHOR LA C Sydney 24 J 14 Privately owned at present.
BOND ST C Sydney 26 J 16 Hutchinson St from c.1860 when it was
first built, until 1872.
BOOMERANG AV D Moore Park 479 E 6 Was off original Bent St towards Cook
Rd.
BOOMERANG PL C Woolloomooloo 26 L 20 Named after Boomerang St. See
Boomerang St Sydney.
BOOMERANG ST D Sydney 26 L 19 The street started on the corner of
Cathedral and College Sts and
continued to William St.
It was bent like a boomerang, but its
early naming and the naming of
Womerah St. Darlinghurst suggests that
this may have been in recognition of the
aborigines whom Macquarie
encouraged to remain in this area by
creating a reserve of part of
Woolloomooloo.
Now subhumed in Cook and Phillip
Park.

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BOOTH ST C Annandale 64 N4
BOOTH ST C Camperdown 64 N4
BORONIA LA C Redfern 66 L8
BORONIA ST C Redfern 66 K8 Named to commemorate the site of
John Baptists garden.
BOSSLEY TCE C Woolloomooloo 29 N 19 Privately owned.
BOTANY LA C Alexandria 75 F 11
BOTANY RD C Alexandria 65/75 F10/F11 Named by Governor Macquarie as the
main road to Botany Bay. It was
constructed to access the water
powered flour mill constructed by
William Hutchinson, Daniel Cooper and
others in Waterloo about 1818.

BOTANY RD C Beaconsfield 75 G 17 Named by Governor Macquarie as the

main road to Botany Bay. It was
constructed to access the water
powered flour mill constructed by
William Hutchinson, Daniel Cooper and
others in Waterloo about 1818.

BOTANY RD R Chippendale 65 F6/G6 See Regent St.

BOTANY RD C Rosebery 75 G17 Named by Governor Macquarie as the
main road to Botany Bay. It was
constructed to access the water
powered flour mill constructed by
William Hutchinson, Daniel Cooper and
others in Waterloo about 1818.

BOTANY RD C Waterloo 65/75 F10/F11 Named by Governor Macquarie as the

main road to Botany Bay. It was
constructed to access the water
powered flour mill constructed by
William Hutchinson, Daniel Cooper and
others in Waterloo about 1818.

BOTANY RD C Zetland 75 G 15 Named by Governor Macquarie as the

main road to Botany Bay. It was
constructed to access the water
powered flour mill constructed by
William Hutchinson, Daniel Cooper and
others in Waterloo about 1818.

BOTANY ST R Redfern 65 G9 See Cope St.

BOTANY ST R Waterloo 65 F 10 See Cope St.
BOULTON PL C Redfern 66 M8
BOUNDARY LA C Darlington 472 K 10 Uni of Sydney. Originally ran between
Codrington St and Golden Grove St.
Now truncated.
BOUNDARY ST C Alexandria 65 E 9 The boundary between Alexandria and
Redfern.
BOUNDARY ST C Darlinghurst 30 P3/R2 This follows the line of La Crozia Creek,
which drained into Rushcutters Bay and
formed part of the original boundary of
the City of Sydney.

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BOUNDARY ST C Darlington 65 D 7 Unnamed in the 1880's.
BOUNDARY ST R Eveleigh 65 D 10 See Locomotive St.
BOUNDARY ST C Redfern 65 E 9 Boundary between Redfern and
Alexandria.
BOURKE LA R Darlinghurst 29 N 20 See Wisdom La.
BOURKE LA C Redfern 66 L 10
BOURKE RD C Alexandria 75 B20/E16

BOURKE ST C Darlinghurst 30 N 1-2 Sir Richard Bourke, Governor of NSW

1831-38.
BOURKE ST C Redfern 66 L 10 Sir Richard Bourke, Governor of NSW
1831-38.
BOURKE ST C Surry Hills 66 M 4 Sir Richard Bourke, Governor of NSW
1831-38.
BOURKE ST C Waterloo 76 J 12 Sir Richard Bourke, Governor of NSW
1831-38.
BOURKE ST C Woolloomooloo 29 N18-20 Sir Richard Bourke, Governor of NSW
1831-38.
BOURKE ST C Zetland 75 H 14 Sir Richard Bourke, Governor of NSW
1831-38.
BOWDEN ST C Alexandria 75 E 13
BOWMAN LA D Chippendale 65 E 6 See Beaumont La.
BOWMAN ST C Pyrmont 55 B17/C16 This street has become longer with
time.
Portion from Cross St to Point St (high
level) added in 1930, and part of Bank
St in 1933. the centre section, from
Harris to Jones was sold to the CSR
and closed in the early 1980s. As this
street is within the Macarthur's Pyrmont
land purchase, it probably
commemorates James Bowman (1784-
1846) surgeon, who married Elizabeth,
daughter of John and Elizabeth
Macarthur.

BOYCE LA C Glebe 64 Q 2
BOYCE ST C Glebe 64 Q 2 Named after the Rev. William
Binnington Boyce, a good friend of
George Allen. He was an accomplished
theologian, scholar, philologist and
member of the Senate of Sydney
University.
His eldest daughter Marian, married Sir
George Wigram Allen.
After the death of his wife Boyce
married George Allen's eldest daughter
Jane Elizabeth Pitman Allen in 1873.

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BRADFIELD HWY C The Rocks 24 J 13 Dr. J. J. C. Bradfield, Chief Engineer,
Public Works Dept and designer of the
Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The Bradfield Hwy feeds onto the
Bridge on the alignment of Prince(s) St.
Named for the Prince of Wales by
Macquarie in 1810.

BRADFORD ST C Alexandria 75 E 20
BRADLEY LA C Elizabeth Bay 29 R 19
BRANDIS ST D Moore Park 479 C6 Was off Park Rd (north).
BRANDLING LA C Alexandria 75 C 11
BRANDLING ST C Alexandria 75 C 11 Street truncated by Australian
Technology Park.
BRANDLING ST D Eveleigh 65 C 10 Street truncated by Australian
Technology Park.
BRAY LA C Erskineville 74 Q 14
BRAY ST C Erskineville 74 R 14 Possibly named after 'Bray's Paddock'
which was located at the junction of
Cooks River Rd and Mitchell St. and
subdivided in 1884.
BREMNER ST D Pyrmont 55 C 17 Mary St to 1875. A master mariner,
Capt. Bremner was living in the street at
the time of the name change.
BRENNAN LA C Newtown 64 Q 10
BRENNAN ST C Alexandria 75 F 12
BREWERY LA D Haymarket 27 G 2 Mill St to 1905. In the vicinity of Victoria
Steam Mills, which later became the
Castlemain Brewery. Resumed for
markets.
BREWERY RD D Camperdown 65 F 5 See Kent Rd.
BRICK ST R Newtown 64 Q 9 On Camperdown Estate Subdivision
1844. Later renamed Victoria St which
see.
BRICKFIELD PL C Sydney 28 J1
BRIDGE LA C Glebe 65 B1
BRIDGE LA C Sydney 24 J 15
BRIDGE RD C Forest Lodge 64 Q4 See Pyrmont Bridge Rd.
BRIDGE RD C Glebe 64/65 R3/A3 See Pyrmont Bridge Rd.
BRIDGE ST C Erskineville 75 A 11/12
BRIDGE ST C Sydney 24 J 15 Named by Macquarie in 1810.
The first Bridge crossed the Tank
Stream near the intersection with Pitt
St. Originally it terminated at Old
Government House (Young St) and the
section from Macquarie Pl to this
building was called Macquarie Pl also.
Bridge St was extended to Macquarie
St in 1845.

BRIDGE STRS C The Rocks 23 H 13

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BRIGGS ST C Camperdown 64 P 6 Named after the Briggs family. Stephen
St until 1913.
BRISBANE LA D Chippendale 27 F5 See Sutherland La.
BRISBANE LA C Waterloo 76 J 11 Earlier called Kellick La.
BRISBANE ST R Chippendale 27 E5 See Knox St.
BRISBANE ST C Surry Hills 28 K2/L2 Junction St added onto and renamed
as part of Brisbane St in 1975.
Extended again in 1928 when the
Brisbane St Resumptions occurred.
BRISBANE ST R Ultimo 27 E 4 See Howard St.
BROADWAY C Chippendale 27 E4/F5 Lies outside the original tollgate, part of
the road to Parramatta.
Called Parramatta St until 1877, then
George St West. Broadway from Harris
to Bay Sts and was formally named in
1934, following resumptions and road
widening.
Colloquially the term Broadway was in
use before this date. In its early stage
as Parramatta St it ran closer to Darling
Harbour (Cockle Bay), following present
day Thomas St, and was re-aligned
again in the 1820's.

BROADWAY C Glebe 65 E 4 Lies outside the original tollgate, part of

the road to Parramatta.
Called Parramatta St until 1877, then
George St West. Broadway from Harris
to Bay Sts and was formally named in
1934, following resumptions and road
widening.
Colloquially the term Broadway was in
use before this date. In its early stage
as Parramatta St it ran closer to Darling
Harbour (Cockle Bay), following present
day Thomas St, and was re-aligned
again in the 1820's.

BROADWAY C Ultimo 27 E4/F4 Lies outside the original tollgate, part of

the road to Parramatta.
Called Parramatta St until 1877, then
George St West. Broadway from Harris
to Bay Sts and was formally named in
1934, following resumptions and road
widening.
Colloquially the term Broadway was in
use before this date. In its early stage
as Parramatta St it ran closer to Darling
Harbour (Cockle Bay), following present
day Thomas St, and was re-aligned
again in the 1820's.

BROCKS LA C Newtown 65 A 9 Named after Alderman George S.

Brock.

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BRODIE ST D Camperdown 64 Q 7 Was between Church St and
Missenden Rd.
BRODRICK ST C Camperdown 64 P6 Dowling St until 1913.
BROOME ST C Waterloo 76 M 11
BROUGHAM LA C Glebe 65 B2
BROUGHAM LA C Potts Point 29 P 20
BROUGHAM ST R Glebe 65 A1/B2 Listed from 1859. Originally ran from
Quarry St to Denman St (now St Johns
Rd).
Quarry St end was renamed Burton St.
Centre section renamed Pyrmont
Bridge Rd and Denman St end
renamed Colbourne Avenue.

BROUGHAM ST C Potts Point 29 P 20 Brougham Pl was the residence of

Chief Justice Dowling.
BROUGHAM ST C Woolloomooloo 29 P 20 Brougham Pl was the residence of
Chief Justice Dowling.
BROUGHTON LA C Glebe 65 C3
BROUGHTON LA R Sydney 25 H 19 See Mullins St.
BROUGHTON PL R Sydney 26 J 17 See Rowe St.
BROUGHTON ST C Glebe 65 B1/C3 Named after Bishop William Grant
Broughton, the first Church of England
Bishop in Australia.
BROUGHTON ST C Woolloomooloo 26 M 19 William Grant Broughton (1788-1853),
a clergyman and 'Bishop of Australia'
1836-53. He lived at 'Tusculum'. ADB
BROWN BEAR LA D The Rocks 24 J 13 See Little Essex St.
BROWN LA C Newtown 64 R 9
BROWN ST C Alexandria 75 D 11 Named after Robert Brown, an early
leaseholder in the area.
BROWN ST C Camperdown 64 Q 8 On 1880's map in position of the current
Rochester St.
BROWN ST C Newtown 64 R 9 Named after Stephen Campbell Brown
MLA, who served six terms in
Parliament between 1864-1880.
Lower section of Brown St from Wilson
St to the railway was earlier called
Robey St until 1885.

BROWNS PL C Darlinghurst 30 Q 1
BRUCE LA C Newtown 64 R 10 Named after Alexander Bruce, a well
known citizen in Newtown and for many
years a resident of Reiby House.

BRUCE ST C Waterloo 76 L 12
BRUMBY ST C Surry Hills 66 J 6 One of the early mansions of Surry Hills
was John Dawson's 'Brumby House', in
Elizabeth St.
BRUNSWICK ST C Waterloo 66/76 J10/J11
BUCKINGHAM LA R Redfern 66 J 8 See Elizabeth La.
BUCKINGHAM ST C Surry Hills 28 J 5

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BUCKLAND LA C Alexandria 75 E 11
BUCKLAND LA C Newtown 64 R 9
BUCKLAND ST C Alexandria 75 D 11 Earlier ran between Mitchell Rd to
Wellington St Waterloo.
BUCKLAND ST C Chippendale 27 E 5 When the CSR's refinery land was
subdivided as the Blackfriars Estate in
1879, Buckland St appeared on it,
named for Thomas Buckland, who had
interests in CSR.
However, because it followed the line of
the original Blackwattle Creek and was
frequently flooded it was better known
as Stream St until early 20th C.

BUCKLAND ST R Waterloo 75 G 11 See Wellington St.

BUCKNELL LA C Newtown 64 R 9
BUCKNELL ST C Newtown 64 R 9 Named after William Bucknell who was
an early settler.
BULLANAMING RD R Chippendale 65 D 6 Bulanaming Rd renamed in the 1820's.
Section from Bligh St (now Carillon Av)
to May St renamed King St Newtown to
honour Governor King.
Cooks River Rd until the mid 19th
C. Then known either as Cooks River
Rd or Newtown Rd until 1902 when it
became Newtown Rd.
In 1907 it was first named City Rd but
the name Newtown Rd was still used in
the 1920's.
The name Cooks River was used to
designate the general area as well as
the river for many years.

BULLANAMING RD R Waterloo 65 G 10 See Cooper St.

BULLANAMING ST R Redfern 65 G6-7 See Renwick St.
BULLECOURT LA C Ultimo 27 F 1 Privately owned. Schlinkers La until
1917. During World War 1, on April 12,
1917, an Australian division attacked at
Bullecourt, near the Hindenberg Line, in
an ill-conceived experiment using tanks.
There was enormous loss of life.

BULLETIN PL C Sydney 24 K 15 Earlier Bulletin La. The Bulletin

established by J. Haynes and J. F.
Archibald in 1880, was published from
here.
BULWARA LA R Ultimo 27 F 2 See Hackett St.

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BULWARA RD C Pyrmont 25 E 20 Crown St until 1875, then Crown Rd
until 1905.
Bulwara is an aboriginal work meaning
'high' or 'lofty'. Both the names Crown
Rd and Bulwara Rd refer to the fact that
the road follows the high ridge of the
Pyrmont Peninsula.
The name 'Bulwara' was used earlier
for the name of the home of John Harris
(1838-1911), who was a city alderman
for 34 years, and several times Mayor.
He presided over hundreds of name
changes in the City.

BULWARA RD C Ultimo 27 E1-2/F3 Crown St until 1875, then Crown Rd

until 1905.
Bulwara is an aboriginal work meaning
'high' or 'lofty'. Both the names Crown
Rd and Bulwara Rd refer to the fact that
the road follows the high ridge of the
Pyrmont Peninsula.
The name 'Bulwara' was used earlier
for the name of the home of John Harris
(1838-1911), who was a city alderman
for 34 years, and several times Mayor.
He presided over hundreds of name
changes in the City.

BUNN LA C Pyrmont 25 E 19
BUNN ST C Pyrmont 25 E 19 Newstead House, built in 1834 was
home for Anna Maria Murray, Married
to Capt. George Bunn, but widowed as
the house was completed.
Known as 'Mrs Bunn's Cottage' it was
where she wrote 'The Guardian', the
first novel written by a woman in
Australia.
Murray St also commemorates Anna
Maria.

BURDEKIN LA C Surry Hills 66 M 6 Burdekin family acquired vast amounts

of real estate in Sydney. Marshall
Burdekin (1837-86) represented East
Sydney in 1867-69. Sydney Burdekin
was MLA 1880-94, Alderman 1883-98
and Mayor, 1890-1. ADB

BURGUNDY ST D Moore Park 479 C 6 Now underneath the Coach Drop off
Zone.

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BURLINSON PL D Ultimo 27 E 1 Quarry La until 1910. (South of Quarry
St). Currently there is a Quarry La north
of Quarry St.
BURLINSON ST C Ultimo 27 E2 Earlier known as Burlinson La.
BURNELL PL C Darlinghurst 30 M1
BURNETT ST C Redfern 65 H8
BURNS LA D Surry Hills 66 L2 Disappeared in the Brisbane St
Resumption, c1912.
BURNS ST D Sydney 65 H 2 Darling St until 1875 (used to run off
Hay St).
BURRAHORE LA C Woolloomooloo 29 N 21
BURRAHORE ST R Woolloomooloo 29 N 20 Earlier spelt Burraphore St. See Talbot
Pl.
BURREN ST C Erskineville 75 A 11 Original part from Swanson St to
Ashmore St has disappeared. Bridge St
now on similar alignment.
BURREN ST C Eveleigh 65 A 10 Named after Burrin Farm, so called by
Nicholas Devine, ex principal
Superintendent of Convicts. The name
was taken from family property in
County Cavan.

BURREN ST C Newtown 65 A 10 Named after Burrin Farm, so called by

Nicholas Devine, ex principal
Superintendent of Convicts. The name
was taken from family property in
County Cavan.
BURROWS RD C Alexandria 75 A 18
BURROWS RD C St. Peters 74 Q 20
BURTON LA C Glebe 65 A1
BURTON ST R Camperdown 64 P6 See Marsden St.
BURTON ST C Darlinghurst 28/30 M2/N2 Sir William Burton (1794-1888), judge.
One of a group of legal names in this
area. ADB
BURTON ST C Glebe 65 A 1 Possibly named for William Burton,
councillor 1889-93. Previously northern
part of Brougham St.
BUSBY LA C Woolloomooloo 26 M 19 Riley La until 1905. John Busby (1765-
1857), surveyor, built Sydney's first
water supply bringing water from the
Lachlan Swamps to Hyde Park.
BUTLER STRS C Potts Point 29 P 19
BUTLIN AV C Darlington 472 K 7 Uni of Sydney. On 1880's map as the
part of Codrington St off Newtown Rd.
to Old Newtown Rd (now Darlington
Rd.)
Sydney Butlin was Professor of
Economics from 1946 until 1971 and
Dean of Economics.

BUTT ST C Surry Hills 28 J 5

BYRNE LA D Waterloo 65 F 10 In 1880's ran between Botany Rd and
Cooper St.

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CADIGAL AV C Pyrmont 55 C 17 New St.
CADIGAL LA C Camperdown 471 E 7 Uni of Sydney. Named after the original
Aboriginal owners.
CAHILL EXP C Millers Point 55 H 14 Named in 1958 after John Joseph
Cahill, Premier of NSW 1952-59.
CAHILL EXP C Sydney 24/26 J14/ Named in 1958 after John Joseph
/56 M17/ Cahill, Premier of NSW 1952-59.
CAHILL EXP C The Rocks 24 M16
J 14 Named in 1958 after John Joseph
Cahill, Premier of NSW 1952-59.
CAHILL C Sydney 24 L 15
EXPRESSWAY TUN
CAINS PL C Waterloo 65 H 10 Named after Charles Cains, a stone
mason and an early leaseholder in the
area.
CALDER LA C Darlington 65 N 9
CALDER RD C Darlington 65 D 7 James Chisholm, a member of the New
South Wales Corps, named his house
after his birth place of Calder, near
Edinburgh.
CALDWELL ST C Darlinghurst 30 P1
CAMBRIDGE ST C The Rocks 24 J 13 Named by Macquarie in 1810.
CAMDEN AV D Erskineville 75 B 11 Privately owned.
CAMDEN LA C Pyrmont 25 E 20 Privately owned. 'Camden' was the
name of one of the Macarthur rural
properties. Macarthur purchased the
Pyrmont Estate in 1799.
CAMDEN ST R Sydney 26 K 17 See Castlereagh St.
CAMPBELL LA C Glebe 65 B3
CAMPBELL LA C St. Peters 74 R 18
CAMPBELL PL R Woolloomooloo 25/56 M20/ See Kennedy St.
M19
CAMPBELL LA C St. Peters 74 R 18
CAMPBELL RD C Alexandria 74 R 18 Campbell St until 1958.
CAMPBELL RD C St. Peters 74 R 18 Named after Robert Campbell,
Sydney's first merchant. Campbell St
until 1958.
CAMPBELL ST R Camperdown 64 P 7 On Camperdown Estate Subdivision
1844. See Lucas St.
CAMPBELL ST R Darlinghurst 30 P 2 See Leichhardt St.
CAMPBELL ST R Erskineville 74 Q14/R12 See Rochford St.

CAMPBELL ST C Glebe 65 B 3
CAMPBELL ST C Haymarket 27/28 H2/J2
CAMPBELL ST C Newtown 64/65 R8/A8 Named after James Campbell,
alderman and Mayor.
CAMPBELL ST C Surry Hills 28/66 K2/M3/ Named by Governor Darling for Robert
L3 Campbell, merchant (1769-1846) ADB.

CAMPERDOWN RD R Camperdown 64 P 8 On Camperdown Estate Subdivision

1844. See Church St and Layton St.

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CANAL RD C St. Peters 74 N 19 Named after Alexandra Canal (Sheas
Creek).
CAPT. TENCH ARC C The Rocks 24 J 14
CARAHERS LA C The Rocks 24 J 14 Junction La until 1875. Created in
1830's. Owen Joseph Caraher, who
built houses in the lane, was an
alderman 1859-71.
Hogan and Caraher had a soap making
factory in Gloucester St.

CARDIGAN ST C Glebe 65 B 1 Named after Lord Cardigan,

commander of the Light Brigade,
Crimean War 1853-1856. Part from
Darling St to Darling La closed in 1951.

CARILLON AV C Camperdown 64 R8/Q8 Originally named after Gov. Bligh. Bligh

St on Camperdown Estate subdivision
1844. Renamed St. Paul's Rd in 1913
and
renamed again when Sydney University
installed its memorial carillon in the
1920's.
CARILLON AV C Newtown 64/65 Q8/A8 Originally named after Gov. Bligh. Bligh
St on Camperdown Estate subdivision
1844. Renamed St. Paul's Rd in 1913
and
renamed again when Sydney University
installed its memorial carillon in the
1920's.

CARLSON ST R Glebe 54 Q 20 See Edward St.

CARLTON LA D Chippendale 27 F 5 Privately owned. Named in 1916. Now
within the Carlton Brewery. (The name
is a coincidence).
CARLTON ST C Chippendale 27 F 5 To c.1845 known as Parramatta Place
or Emigrant Place. By c.1850 called
Daltons La. In 1867 known as Carlton
St. Now within the precinct of Carlton
Brewery (naming coincidental.)

CAROLINA LA R Darlington 472 K 9 Uni of Sydney. See Darlington La.

CAROLINE LA C Redfern 65 E 7
CAROLINE ST C Redfern 65 E 7 Called after Caroline Chisholm, a one
time resident of Calder House, near to
Redfern Railway Station.
CARRINGTON RD D Moore Park 479 B 5 Ran between Presidents Avenue (John
Hargreaves Avenue) and Century
Square (Peter Finch Avenue).

CARRINGTON ST C Sydney 25/55 H17/H16 In 1887, Wynyard Sq East renamed

Carrington St. Baron Carrington was
Governor of NSW, 1885-90.
CARRUTHERS PL C Sydney 28 J 1 Privately owned. Previously called
Carruthers Lane.

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CARTMORE LA C Surry Hills 66 L 7
CASEY'S LA D Camperdown ? ? In Sands Directory 1869.
CASTLEREAGH LA C Redfern 66 J 8
CASTLEREAGH LA R Surry Hills 28 J 5 See Chalmers La.
CASTLEREAGH ST C Haymarket 28 J 2
CASTLEREAGH ST R Redfern 65 H 9 Named in 1842 Redfern Estate
Subdivision sale. See Chalmers St.
CASTLEREAGH ST C Sydney 26/56 J20/ Named by Macquarie in 1810. Included
/66 K18/ Loftus St (Castlereagh St North) until
J20/K1 1881, and Chalmers St until 1905.
Previously Chapel Row and Camden
St. Viscount Castlereagh, Sec. of State
for the Colonies.

CASTLEREAGH ST R Sydney 24 K15 See Loftus St.

NORTH
CASTLEREAGH ST R Surry Hills 28 J 5 See Chalmers St.
SOUTH
CATHEDRAL LA R Woolloomooloo 29 N 19 Woolloomooloo La until 1905.
CATHEDRAL ST C Sydney 26 L 19
CATHEDRAL ST C Woolloomooloo 26/29 M19/ Woolloomooloo St until 1905, when
N19 residents petitioned for more
respectability. In 1908, Cathedral La
between Forbes and Dowling became
an extension of Cathedral St.
CATHERINE ST C Glebe 65 A 4 Part of the Bishopthorpe subdivision
from 1856. Near the site of Catherine
King's early grant known as 'Catherine
Farm'.
CECIL PL R Chippendale 65 E 6 See Dangar Pl.
CENTENNIAL LA C Centennial Park 67 A8/A9

CENTRAL AV C Eveleigh 65 D 10
CENTRAL CROSS R Glebe 65 A 1 See Avon St.
RD
CENTRAL ST C Sydney 26/28 J20/J1 Union St until 1905.
CENTRE ST C Redfern 66 J7
CENTREPOINT ARC C Sydney 26 J 18
CENTURY SQ R Moore Park 479 B6 See Peter Finch Avenue.
CHALDER ST C Newtown 64 Q8 Named after Thomas Chalders, an
early settler.
CHALLIS AV C Potts Point 29 Q 17 J. H. Challis, property owner in this
area. Major benefactor of Sydney
University. ADB
CHALMERS LA C Surry Hills 28 J 5 Castlereagh La until 1905.
CHALMERS ST C Haymarket 28/66 J5/J6
CHALMERS ST C Redfern 65 H 9 Previously Castlereagh St. Renamed
1958.

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CHALMERS ST C Surry Hills 28 J 5 Chalmers St was part of Castlereagh St
until 1905.
Renaming co-incided with the building
of Central Railway which disturbed the
continuity of Castlereagh St.
Named for Chalmers Church 1856, part
of the Synod of Eastern Australia which
adhered to the free church principles
espoused by Thomas Chalmers of the
evangelical revival of the Church of
Scotland.

CHAMBERS ARC C Sydney 28 J 1

CHAMBERS ST D Ultimo 27 E 3 Part of Athlone Place Resumption. Kelly
La on similar alignment. It too has
disappeared.
CHANDLER AV C Chippendale 65 D 5 Off City Rd, parallel to and south of
Elim Pl. Known as Coopers Cottages,
c1845, University Pl 1867-75,
Chandlers Cottages or Chandler Av
until 1924.
CHANDLERS R Chippendale 65 D 5 See Chandler Av.
COTTAGES
CHANGE ALLEY D Sydney 24 J 15 Brodsky claimed there was a street of
this name running off Pitt St at Circular
Quay.
CHAPEL LA C Alexandria 65 F9 Privately owned.
CHAPEL LA R Darlinghurst 28 L1 See Francis La.
CHAPEL LA R Darlinghurst 28 M1 See Chapel St.
CHAPEL ROW R Sydney 26 K17 See Castlereagh St.
CHAPEL ST C Darlinghurst 28 M1 Chapel La until 1895.
CHAPLIN ST C Darlinghurst 30 P2
CHAPMAN LA C Surry Hills 66 N6
CHAPMAN RD C Annandale 54/64 N19/ Michael Chapman was three times
N20/N1 Mayor of Glebe, an alderman on
Sydney Municipal Council and Mayor of
Sydney in 1871-2.
CHAPMAN ST R Darlinghurst 28 L 1 See Hargrave St.
CHAPMAN ST C Surry Hills 66 N 6 Charles St until 1875. Michael
Chapman, Mayor, 1871-72, MLA 1883-
5, 89-91.
CHARLES LA C Forest Lodge 64 Q 4
CHARLES MOORE C Redfern 66 M 10 Earlier a short section off Bourke St
AV called Hill St.
CHARLES ST R Chippendale 27 F4 See Balfour St.
CHARLES ST C Erskineville 75 A 11
CHARLES ST C Forest Lodge 64 Q4 On Briar Bank Estate 1840.
CHARLES ST C Redfern 66 M8
CHARLES ST R Surry Hills 66 N6 See Chapman St.
CHARLES ST C Woolloomooloo 29 N 19
CHARLOTTE LA C Darlinghurst 28 L1
CHARLOTTE PL R Sydney 23 H 15 See Grosvenor St.

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CHARLOTTE SQ R Sydney 23 H 16 See Grosvenor St.
CHARLTON WAY C Glebe 54 R 20 Officially named in 1953.
CHELSEA ST C Redfern 66 M8
CHESTER LA C Zetland 75 H 16 Earlier called Navin La. Called after
Chester Estate.
CHESTER ST D Annandale 54 N 20 Disappeared into Federal Park.
CHIFLEY ARC C Sydney 26/56 K16/K17

CHIFLEY PLZ C Sydney 26 K 16

CHIFLEY SQ C Sydney 26 K 16 Intersection of Hunter and extension of
Elizabeth St named in 1961. Ben
Chifley, Prime Minister, 1945-9.
CHIPPEN LA C Chippendale 65 G 6
CHIPPEN ST C Chippendale 27/65 G5/F6
CHIPPENDALE PL R Chippendale 27 F 5 Named after William Chippendale who
EAST received an early grant here. See
Queen St.
CHIPPENDALE PL R Chippendale 27 F 5 Named after William Chippendale who
WEST received an early grant here. See Little
Queen St.
CHIPS RAFFERTY C Moore Park 479 D 4 Earlier called Mackenzie St.
AV One of a number of streets
commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998.
Fox Studios Australia opened on the
site in 1999.

CHISHOLM ST C Surry Hills 30 N 3

CHISHOLME LA D Sydney 26 J 17 See Ash St.
CHOWNE ST D Pyrmont 55 C 16 This was the first of many streets in
Pyrmont to be sold to the CSR, in 1893
and 1906. Thomas Chowne was a
partner in a shipbuilding firm which
acquired land here in 1840.
CHRISTIE LA D Glebe 65 D 3
CHRISTIE LA C Surry Hills 66 L 7
CHRISTIE ST D Glebe 65 D 3 Listed from 1859. Ran off Water St
(later part of Wentworth St) and across
Elger (Elder) St.
CHRISTIES LA C Zetland 75 H14
CHURCH HILL R Sydney 23 H15 See Lang St.
CHURCH LA C Darlington 472 N 8 Uni of Sydney. Unnamed on 1880's
map.
CHURCH LA C Glebe 64 R 1 Earlier extended to take in part of
Toxteth La.
CHURCH LA C Surry Hills 28 M 3
CHURCH PL C Paddington 67 B 6 Off Ulster St. Earlier called Church St.

CHURCH ROW R The Rocks 23/24 H15/J13 See Cumberland St.

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CHURCH ST C Camperdown 64 P 6 Previously called Camperdown Rd. In
1800's Church St extended from
Newtown Rd to Pyrmont Bridge Rd.
The section between Brown St and
Pyrmont Bridge Rd was renamed
Layton St in 1913.
This section was renamed Church St in
1958, leaving the current Layton St the
part remaining between Parramatta Rd
and Pyrmont Bridge Rd.

CHURCH ST C Newtown 64 Q 8 Previously called Camperdown Rd. In

1800's Church St extended from
Newtown Rd to Pyrmont Bridge Rd.
The section between Brown St and
Pyrmont Bridge Rd was renamed
Layton St in 1913.
This section was renamed Church St in
1958, leaving the current Layton St the
part remaining between Parramatta Rd
and Pyrmont Bridge Rd.

CHURCH ST R Paddington 67 A 6 Ran from Gordon St to Leinster St East.

See George La.
CHURCH ST C Paddington 30 N 4 Between South Dowling St and Selwyn
St.
CHURCH ST D Pyrmont 55 D 17 Named for St Bartholomew's Anglican
Church built in 1849, demolished in
1971. The street disappeared from
maps by the 1980's.
CHURCH ST R Surry Hills 28 L5 See Arthur St
CHURCH ST R Surry Hills 28 M4 See Floods Pl.
CHURCH ST R Sydney 55 H 15 See York/Lang St.
CIRCULAR QUAY C The Rocks 56 K 14
CIRCULAR QUAY C Sydney 24 L 14 Roadway on eastern side of the Quay
EAST so named in 1927.
CIRCULAR QUAY C The Rocks 56 J12/J13 Roadway on eastern side of the Quay
WEST so named in 1927.
CITY RD C Camperdown 65 B7/D6 Princes Hwy between Carillon Ave and
Broadway.

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CITY RD C Chippendale 65 D 6 Bulanaming Rd renamed in the 1820's.
Section from Bligh St (now Carillon Av)
to May St renamed King St Newtown to
honour Governor King.
Cooks River Rd until the mid 19th
C. Then known either as Cooks River
Rd or Newtown Rd until 1902 when it
became Newtown Rd.
In 1907 it was first named City Rd but
the name Newtown Rd was still used in
the 1920's.
The name Cooks River was used to
designate the general area as well as
the river for many years.

CITY RD C Darlington 65 B7 Also called Princes Highway.G514

CITYMARK ARC C Haymarket 27 H2
CLAPTON PL C Darlinghurst 29/30 N20/N1
CLARA ST C Erskineville 75 B 11
CLARE ST C Glebe 64 R3
CLARE ST C Surry Hills 28/30 M4/N4
CLARENCE LA C Sydney 23/25 H15/H16 Created in 1982, as a condition of
redevelopment of the site. A previous
Clarence La named in 1888, ran from
Crescent St (D) to Margaret St.
CLARENCE ST C Sydney 23/25 H15/ Known as Middle Soldiers Row until
H16/H18 renamed by Macquarie in 1810. Section
between Town Hall and Bathurst St
named St Andrews Pl in 1914 (since
disappeared).
The Duke of Clarence became William
1V.
St Andrew's Cathedral is built to face
this non-existent St, and not George St,
as it does currently.

CLARENDON ST C Waterloo 66 J 10
CLARET ST D Moore Park 479 C 6 Now underneath the Coach Drop off
Zone.
CLARKE ST C Sydney 28 K 1 Named in 1978.
CLARKSONS MILL C Darlinghurst 66 N 2
WAY
CLEMENT LA C Rushcutters Bay 56 R 20

CLEMENT PL C Rushcutters Bay 57 A 20

CLEMENT ST C Rushcutters Bay 29 R 20 Mouroot St until 1886.

CLEMENTS TCE R Darlinghurst 30 P2 See Barcom Pl

CLEVELAND AV C Surry Hills 66 L7
CLEVELAND LA C Chippendale 65 D6 Cleveland Pl until 1905
CLEVELAND Pl C Chippendale 65 D6 See Cleveland La.

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CLEVELAND ST C Chippendale 65 D 6 This was not a functioning road until the
1840's. Earlier maps mark it as a
surveyed 'Government Rd'.
Daniel Cooper built Cleveland House in
the early 1820's on the original grant to
Charles Smith, who established
Cleveland Gardens here.

CLEVELAND ST C Darlington 65 D 6 This was not a functioning road until the

1840's. Earlier maps mark it as a
surveyed 'Government Rd'.
Daniel Cooper built Cleveland House in
the early 1820's on the original grant to
Charles Smith, who established
Cleveland Gardens here.

CLEVELAND ST C Moore Park 66 N 8 This was not a functioning road until the
1840's. Earlier maps mark it as a
surveyed 'Government Rd'.
Daniel Cooper built Cleveland House in
the early 1820's on the original grant to
Charles Smith, who established
Cleveland Gardens here.

CLEVELAND ST C Redfern 65/66 H7/D6/ This was not a functioning road until the
K7 1840's. Earlier maps mark it as a
surveyed 'Government Rd'.
Daniel Cooper built Cleveland House in
the early 1820's on the original grant to
Charles Smith, who established
Cleveland Gardens here.

CLEVELAND ST C Surry Hills 65/66 H7/K7 This was not a functioning road until the
1840's. Earlier maps mark it as a
surveyed 'Government Rd'.
Daniel Cooper built Cleveland House in
the early 1820's on the original grant to
Charles Smith, who established
Cleveland Gardens here.

CLIFF TCE C Forest Lodge 64 P 3 Terrace set high on the cliff now
overlooking Harold Park Paceway.
CLIFTON RES C Surry Hills 28 M 4 Privately owned.
CLISDELL ST C Surry Hills 66 K6 Harts La, which became Wilton Pl in
1905 forms the line of Clisdell St. which
appeared about 1910. Widened and
realigned in the Devonshire St Housing
Scheme 1950's.
CLOSE ST R Glebe 65 B 3 In 1870 ran from Norton St to Denman
St (St Johns Rd).

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CLYDE ST D Millers Point 23 G 13 Resumed and demolished by the
Sydney Harbour Trust early 20th C.
Named after the Scottish river; early
inhabitants were Scottish stonemasons
bought to the colony by J. D. Lang in
1831.
Therefore, also known colloquially as
"Scotch Row". See Wentworth St for
more detail.

CLYDESDALE RD C Moore Park 479 D 7 Named after the stables which were
used here during the Royal Easter
Show.
COCKLE BAY PRM C Sydney 25 F 19
CODRINGTON ST C Darlington 472 L 9 Uni of Sydney. Named after Sir William
Codrington, a Commander in Chief,
Crimean War.
In the 1880's the St started from City
Rd. This section now called Butlin
Avenue, which see.

COLBOURNE AV C Glebe 65 B 2 Previously part of Brougham St.

COLLEGE LA C Darlinghurst 28 L 1 Park La until 1905.
COLLEGE ST D Camperdown 64 P 7 See English St. Was between Church
St and Missenden Rd.
COLLEGE ST C Darlinghurst 26/28 L20/L1
COLLEGE ST D Surry Hills 66 K 6 See Pearl St.
COLLEGE ST C Sydney 26/28 L20/L1 For Sydney College (now Sydney
Grammar) foundation stone 1830.
COLLINS AV D Potts Point 56 Q 16 Roadway off Wylde St, westerly, named
in honour of Captain J. A. Collins,
Commander of HMAS Sydney, 1940.
(area occupied by Australian navy).

COLLINS LA C Beaconsfield 75 F 17
COLLINS LA C Surry Hills 28/66 M5/L6
COLLINS ST C Alexandria 75 E 16 Named after Mayor J. J. Collins, Mayor
in 1918.
COLLINS ST C Beaconsfield 75 G 17 Named after Mayor J. J. Collins, Mayor
in 1918.
COLLINS ST D Moore Park 479 C 6 Now underneath the Coach Drop off
Zone.
COLLINS ST C Surry Hills 28 L5/M5 Perhaps named for David Collins
(1756-1810) Lt Gov. Van Diemens Land
(there is no logical reason for this
naming but its proximity to Arthur St.
points to this origin as Arthur was also
Governor of V. D. L ) ADB

COMMEMORATION R Moore Park 479 C 4 See Lottie Lyall Avenue.

AV
COMMONWEALTH C Surry Hills 28 K 4 Macquarie La until 1905. Possibly also
LA known as Beaufort St.

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COMMONWEALTH C Surry Hills 28 K3/K4 Macquarie St South until 1905.
ST Appeared on the original subdivision of
the Fosterville Estate in 1843 as
Macquarie St.
COMMONWEALTH C Sydney 28 K 2 Earlier Macquarie St South.
ST
CONCORD LA C Erskineville 74 R 14
CONCORD ST C Erskineville 74 R 14
CONEILL PL C Forest Lodge 64 N2
CONNOLLY LA C Beaconsfield 75 F 16 Named in 1953.
CONSERVATORIUM C Sydney 24 L 15 Stables built by Francis Greenway for
RD Gov. Macquarie were converted to
Conservatorium of Music in 1915. Road
named in 1950.
COOK LA C Zetland 76 J 14
COOK RD C Centennial Park 66/67 R9/A8/
A9
COOK RD C Moore Park 66/67 R9/A8/ One of the eight original streets.
A9
COOK ST C Glebe 54 R 20 Named after Walter Albert Cook who
bought the Maryville Estate of just over
3.5 acres in 1877. He arranged the
Cook subdivision and to provide access
he established Cook St.
COOKS LA C Newtown 64 Q 9
COOKS RIVER RD R Chippendale 65 D 6 Named after Captain James Cook.
Bulanaming Rd renamed in the 1820's.
Section from Bligh St (now Carillon Av)
to May St renamed King St Newtown to
honour Governor King.
Cooks River Rd until the mid 19th
C. Then known either as Cooks River
Rd or Newtown Rd until 1902 when it
became Newtown Rd.
In 1907 it was first named City Rd but
the name Newtown Rd was still used in
the 1920's.
The name Cooks River was used to
designate the general area as well as
the river for many years.

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COOKS RIVER RD D Newtown 65 A 8 Named after Captain James Cook.
Bulanaming Rd renamed in the 1820's.
Section from Bligh St (now Carillon Av)
to May St renamed King St Newtown to
honour Governor King.
Cooks River Rd until the mid 19th
C. Then known either as Cooks River
Rd or Newtown Rd until 1902 when it
became Newtown Rd.
In 1907 it was first named City Rd but
the name Newtown Rd was still used in
the 1920's.
The name Cooks River was used to
designate the general area as well as
the river for many years.

COOPER LA C Surry Hills 28 K 5

COOPER PL C Zetland 76 L 14 Named after the British car. Part of
British Leyland Subdivision.
COOPER ST R Chippendale 27 E 5 See Daniels St.
COOPER ST C Redfern 66 J 8
COOPER ST C Surry Hills 28 J 5 Daniel Cooper (1785-1853) convict,
merchant, landholder. ADB
COOPER ST C Waterloo 65/75 G10/ Named after Daniel Cooper, part owner
G11 of the Waterloo Flour Mills after which
the suburb was named.
The mills had been named for the Battle
of Waterloo. Previously called
Bullanaming St.

COOPERS R Chippendale 65 D 5 See Chandler Av.

COTTAGES
COOPERS ROW R Chippendale 27 E 5 See O'Connor St.
COPE ST C Redfern 65 F 10 Called Botany St until the 1970's.
COPE ST C Waterloo 65/75 F10/G11 Called Botany St until the 1970's.

COPELAND AV C Newtown 64/65 R10/A10 Name after Henry Copeland 1839-

1904, MLA for Newtown 1882-1883. He
was a member of Parliament for both
New England and Newtown and was
Minister for Lands for a number of
terms.

COPELAND LA C Alexandria 75 C 12
COPELAND ST C Alexandria 75 C 12 Name after Henry Copeland 1839-
1904, MLA for Newtown 1882-1883. He
was a member of Parliament for both
New England and Newtown and was
Minister for Lands for a number of
terms.

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COPELAND ST C Erskineville 75 C 12 Name after Henry Copeland 1839-
1904, MLA for Newtown 1882-1883. He
was a member of Parliament for both
New England and Newtown and was
Minister for Lands for a number of
terms.

CORBEN ST C Surry Hills 28 L 4 John St until 1876.

CORFU ST C Woolloomooloo 29 N 20 Name reflects the occupancy of
Mediterranean fishing community.
Named at least by 1850.
CORNWALLIS LA C Redfern 65 F 9
CORNWALLIS ST C Redfern 65 E 9 1880's map shows alternate name of
Moon St.
COTTENHAM ST C Glebe 65 B 2 Listed in 1859. See Gottenham St.
COTTER LA C Glebe 54 Q 20 The brick 2 storied house to the north
west of Cotter La was built by John
Henry Cotter, a butcher. The youngest
of his sons, Albert Cotter was a renown
fast bowler.
COULSON ST C Erskineville 75 A 14
COULTON LA C Surry Hills 66 M6
COUNCIL PL C Sydney 25 H 18 Named 1982.
COW LA C Darlinghurst 30 Q2
COWPER LA C Glebe 65 C3
COWPER ST C Glebe 65 C4 Sir Charles Cowper was the son of
Archdeacon William Cowper and was a
prominent politician. He was from 1826
onwards secretary to the Church and
Schools Corporation and purchased
land at the first Glebe land auction of
1828.

COWPER WHARF C Potts Point 29 N 17 Officially named in 1922. Sir Charles

RD Cowper was Premier of NSW at the
time Woolloomooloo Bay was reclaimed
and a semi-circular wharf built in the
1860's.
COWPER WHARF C Woolloomooloo 29 N 17 Officially named in 1922. Sir Charles
RD WY Cowper was Premier of NSW at the
time Woolloomooloo Bay was reclaimed
and a semi-circular wharf built in the
1860's.
CRAIGEND LA D Darlinghurst 30 Q 1 Named in 1904. Disappeared with
construction of the Kings Cross Tunnel.

CRAIGEND PL D Darlinghurst 30 Q 1 Little Macleay St until 1914.

Disappeared with construction of the
Kings Cross Tunnel.
'Craigend' was the name Surveyor
General Major Mitchell gave to his
residence on land facing the current
Kings Cross Rd.

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CRAIGEND ST C Darlinghurst 30/56 Q1/Q20 Craigend' was the name Surveyor
General Major Mitchell gave to his
residence on land facing the current
Kings Cross Rd.
CRANE PL C Sydney 56 J 15 Privately owned.
CRAWFORD PL C Surry Hills 28 L4
CREEK ST C Forest Lodge 64 P4
CRESCENT LA R Forest Lodge 64 P3 Closed and sold in 1962.
CRESCENT RD D Millers Point 23 G 12 See Dalgety Rd.
CRESCENT ST C Redfern 66 L 10
CRESCENT ST D Sydney 25 G 16 Went from Princes St to Kent St.
Obliterated by construction of the
Bradfield Hwy.
CRESCENT ST C Waterloo 66 L 10
CRESCENT ST R Forest Lodge 64 P2/Q3 See Minogue Crescent.
NORTH
CRESSY ST C Rosebery 75 G 17 Previously Victoria St. Renamed in
1937.
CREWE PL C Rosebery 76 J 18 Named after Robert Offley Ashburton
Crewe-Milnes, 1(1858-1945) 1st
Marquess of Crewe also Earl of
Madeley. English statesman and writer.
He served in a number of roles,
including Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1892-95, Colonial Sec. 1908-10, Sec of
State for India 1910-15 and Lord Privy
Seal 1912-15. His second marriage was
to Margaret, daughter of the 5th Earl of
Rosebery.

CRIBBS LA R The Rocks 24 J 14 See Cumberland Pl.

CRICK AV C Elizabeth Bay 29 R 18
CROOKS LA D Erskineville 74 R 13 Privately owned.
CROSS LA C Woolloomooloo 29 N 19
CROSS ST C Forest Lodge 64 Q4 Listed from 1859.
CROSS ST C Pyrmont 55 C 16 Possibly named for its proximity to St
Bartholomew's Anglican Church
(demolished).
CROWN LA C Darlinghurst 26 M 20
CROWN LA R Ultimo 27 F 20 See Hackett St.
CROWN RD R Millers Point 23/55 G13/ See Merriman St and Dibbs St.
G12
CROWN RD R Ultimo 27 E1/E2/ See Bulwara Rd.
F3
CROWN ST C Darlinghurst 28 M 2 One of the principal streets of the Riley
Estate subdivision of 1844.
CROWN ST C Glebe 65 D 3 On 1861 Strangers Map.
CROWN ST C Surry Hills 28 L 5
CROWN ST R Ultimo 27 E1/E2/ See Bulwara Rd.
F3
CROWN ST C Woolloomooloo 26 M 20
CRYSTAL ARC D Sydney 25 H 20 Privately owned.

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CRYSTAL ST C Waterloo 76 L 11 Associated with the glass
manufacturers Australian Consolidated
Industries.
CUMBERLAND PL C The Rocks 24 J 14 Cribbs La until 1896. George Cribb,
local butcher and landholder.
CUMBERLAND ST C The Rocks 23/24 H15/J13 Named by Macquarie in 1810.
Unofficially known at the time as
Church Row. By the turn of the century,
it was known as York St. This was
formalised by the Council in 1912 when
it was named York St North. In 1919, it
formerly reverted to Cumberland St,
although this wasn't gazetted until
1974.

CUNNINGHAM LA R Haymarket 28 J 2 See Cunningham St.

CUNNINGHAM LA R Haymarket 28 J 2 See Cunningham St.
CUNNINGHAM ST C Haymarket 28 J 2 First known as Durand's Alley, a
notorious 'rookery', it was officially
Sydney Pl in 1875, when it was
renamed Robertson St until 1905, then
Cunningham La until 1913.
CURLEWIS ST D Alexandria 74 R 17 Now part of Sydney Park.
CURTIN PL C Sydney 26 J 16 Little George St until 1966. John Curtin,
Prime Minister, 1941-45.
CUSTOM HOUSE LA C Sydney 24 K 15 Named for its proximity to the former
Customs House.
CUSTOM HOUSE SQ C Sydney 24 K 14

CUSTOMS C The Rocks 24 K 12

OFFICERS STRS
CUTHBERT ST C Sydney 25 G 17 A new street on site of original Slip St.
which was between original Lime and
Day Sts.
DACEY AV C Moore Park 76 M 12 Named after the parliamentarian, R. C.
Dacey.
DADLEY ST C Alexandria 75 D 11 Previously northern end of Suttor St off
Renwick St.
DALE AV C Chippendale 65 F 6 Middle St until 1910, then Dale La until
1914.
DALE ST R Chippendale 27 F4 See Balfour St.

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DALGETY RD C Millers Point 23 G 12 Named in 1837 when William Long
subdivided land here, but it existed
earlier as a track.
Originally called Wharf Rd, it became
known as Moores Rd because it led to
Moores Wharf. (Long's Wharf until
1837). Renamed Dalgety Rd in 1905.
Beyond the current north end of this
road was a further road, called
Crescent Rd, now within the wharf area.
This too was renamed Dalgety Rd in
1905.
Capt. Joseph Moore arrived 1812,
whaler. Moores Wharf building (1837)
still stands.
The Dalgety pastoral company's
wharves and stores were at the end of
Crescent Rd. on the point.

DALGETY TCE C Millers Point 23 G 12 This was formally named Victoria Tce in
1837, the year the land was subdivided
and the year Victoria became Queen.
Victoria Tce until 1905.
This high level access road to housing
above Dalgety Rd is currently restricted
to pedestrians.

DALLEY LA C Redfern 66 L 8
DALLEY ST C Sydney 24 J 15 Queens Pl until 1905. It intersected
George St and lined up with Charlotte
Pl (Grosvenor St). Queen Charlotte was
George 111's Queen. Victor Bede
Dalley (1831-88), politician.
DALMENY AV C Rosebery 76 J20/K18 Named after Dalmeny House in
Scotland, family home of Archibald
Primrose, Earl of Rosebery. The death
of his father bought the courtesy title of
Lord Dalmeny.
DALTONS LA R Chippendale 27 F5 See Carlton St.
DANGAR PL C Chippendale 65 E 6 Cecil Pl until 1882. Thomas Dangar, a
major Chippendale landholder, lobbied
the Council to get the name changed in
exchange for him providing street
lighting. (See Wiley St).

DANGAR ST C Chippendale 65 F 6 Junction La until 1905.

DANIEL RD D Camperdown 64 P 5 Appears on Milton subdivision Plan of
1843. It ran off Camperdown Rd
(Church St) and was parallel to Wilson
St. It appears to have been absorbed
by Pyrmont Bridge Rd.

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DANIELS ST C Chippendale 27 E 5 Cooper St until 1905. First formed in
1879 with the Blackfriars Estate
subdivision of CSR's refinery land,
previously the site of Robert Cooper's
distillery. However, because Daniel
Cooper (no relation) was involved in the
CSR, the name probably
commemorates him rather than Robert.

DANKS ST C Waterloo 66 K10/L10 Named after Mayor Thomas Danks.

DANN ST D Forest Lodge 64 P 4 See Foss St.
Originally ran off Cross St to Foss St,
which was then a short section off
Pyrmont Bridge Rd.
Dann St was opposite an unnamed La
which became Bank St by the late
1880's.
Later Bank St was renamed Dann La.
Dann St was renamed Foss St and later
Dann La was also renamed Foss St.

DARGHAN LA C Glebe 65 C 1
DARGHAN ST C Glebe 65 B 1
DARLEY PL C Darlinghurst 30 N 2 Named after Sir Frederick Darley who
acted as Administrator of NSW during
the absence of the Governor.
Wellington Pl until 1905.
DARLEY ST C Darlinghurst 30 N 2 Named after Sir Frederick Darley who
acted as Administrator of NSW during
the absence of the Governor. Upper
Dowling St until 1905
DARLING DR C Haymarket 27 F 2 A new road created through site of
Darling Harbour Goods Yards in 1980's.
Named Merino Bvd until 1991.
Incorporates Wheat Rd.
Named for Darling Harbour, which was
named by Governor Ralph Darling in
1826 (previously Cockle Bay).

DARLING DR C Sydney 27 F 2 A new road created through site of

Darling Harbour Goods Yards in 1980's.
Named Merino Bvd until 1991.
Incorporates Wheat Rd.
Named for Darling Harbour, which was
named by Governor Ralph Darling in
1826 (previously Cockle Bay).

DARLING ISLAND C Pyrmont 25 E 16

RD
DARLING LA C Glebe 65 B 1
DARLING ST R Chippendale 27/65 E5/D6 See Myrtle St.
DARLING ST R Darlinghurst 30 P 1 See Nimrod St.

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DARLING ST C Glebe 65 B 1 Named after Sir Ralph Darling,
Governor of NSW 1825-1831. The
street was originally in two parts cut by
Pyrmont Bridge Rd. Northern end was
earlier called Little Darling St, later
renamed Taylor St.

DARLING ST D Haymarket 27 G2 Possibly Burns St in 1890's(?)

Resumed for markets, now under
Entertainment Centre, Darling Harbour.

DARLING ST R Pyrmont 65 D1 See Wattle St.

DARLING ST R Sydney 65 H2 See Burns St.
DARLING WK C Sydney 55 G 20
DARLINGHURST RD C Darlinghurst 30 N 30 Originally known as Woolloomooloo Rd.
'Hurst' is a Middle English term meaning
'wooded hill'.
Darling is for Governor Darling who
named many streets in this area.
DARLINGHURST RD C Potts Point 29 Q 20 Originally known as Woolloomooloo Rd.
'Hurst' is a Middle English term meaning
'wooded hill'.
Darling is for Governor Darling who
named many streets in this area.
DARLINGTON LA C Darlington 472 K 9 Uni of Sydney. Earlier called Carolina
La.
DARLINGTON RD C Darlington 472 K 9 In the 1880's the original Darlington Rd
ran from Cleveland St to a now
truncated Raglan St
and later extended to take in Old
Newtown Rd as far as Golden Grove
St. In the 1980's it was shortened to
Codrington St. From there to a now
truncated Ivy St it became part of Maze
Cres.

DARVALL ST C Centennial Park 67 A 9 One of the original eight Sts.

DAVID LA C Forest Lodge 64 R4

DAVID ST C Forest Lodge 64 Q4 Originally Davis St.
DAVIES LA C Surry Hills 66 M6
DAVIES ST C Surry Hills 66 L6 John Davies 1839-1896, MLA, MLC,
Postmaster-General, 1877, Alderman,
1874-82. ADB
DAVIS ST R Dawes Point 23 H12 See Downshire Pl.
DAVOREN LA C Surry Hills 28 M 5
DAWSON ST C Surry Hills 66 J 6 Sarah Ann St until c. 1888. In the first
city assessment, 1845.
John Dawson owned property in Surry
Hills, including Brumby House.

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DAY LA D Sydney 25 G 19 Larkin La until 1920. Was between
Druitt St and Day St, west of Sussex St.
Perhaps named for Sgt Nicholas
Larkins whose detailed knowledge of
Sydney's streets made him an
indispensable guide on several official
forays into 'darkest Sydney' in the
1870's.

DAY ST C Sydney 55 H 20 Union St until 1875. There is a small

portion of Day St remaining, south of
Bathurst St, but most has disappeared
beneath the Western Distributor.
William Day, Alderman 1869-75.

DE MESTRE PL C Sydney 26 J 16 Prosper Demestre was an early

shopkeeper in George St. Declared a
public way in 1966.
DEAN'S PL D Sydney 26 J16 Robin Hood La until 1882. St closed in
1964 (site of Australia Sq). Named for
the Robin Hood Tavern, and after its
demolition for Alexander Dean,
Alderman, 1879-90, building contractor.
The name Robin Hood La remained in
common use and on maps into the 20th
century.

DEAN LA D Darlington 65 D 6 University of Sydney. Now under

Shepherd St Parking Station.
DEFRIES AV C Zetland 76 L 14 Part of British Leyland Subdivision.
DENHAM LA C Surry Hills 28 M3
DENHAM ST C Surry Hills 28 M3
DENMAN LA C Glebe 65 C2
DENNETT LA D Redfern 66 G7 Privately owned.
DENMAN ST R Glebe 65 B-C/2-3 Originally between Glebe Point Rd and
Park (now Wentworth Park ) Rd. Lost in
St Johns Rd extension.
DERBY PL C Glebe 65 C 4
DERWENT LA C Glebe 65 B3/C4
DERWENT ST C Glebe 65 B 3 Named after a river and lake in the
Lake District of England. The Bishop of
Sydney, Frederic Barkers' first wife
Jane Harden, was born in the Lake
District.
Part of the Bishopthorpe subdivision
from 1856.

DESMOND RD C Moore Park 479 C 7 Now much shortened. Previously ran

from Clydesdale Rd to Driver Avenue.

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DEVINE ST C Erskineville 74 R 14 Named after Nicholas Devine, a
superintendent of convicts who was
given an early land grant in 1794 of 120
acres and in 1799 a further 90 acres.

DEVONSHIRE PL D Ultimo 65 E 4 See Fosbery St.

DEVONSHIRE ST C Surry Hills 28/66 J5/K5 From George St West (Broadway) to
Castlereagh St (Chalmers St) this street
was built over for Central Railway, and
remains today as the Devonshire St
tunnel.
At its eastern extremity, it was extended
in 1916 from Crown St to Bourke St,
necessitating remodeling Wilshire,
Pawley and Nickson Sts.

DIBBS LA C Alexandria 75 C 12
DIBBS ST C Alexandria 75 C 11
DIBBS ST C Centennial Park 76 Q 11 Earlier was called Badham St.

DIBBS ST D Millers Point 23/55 G13/ In 1905, Crown Rd was renamed

G12 Merriman St and, at its western
extremity, Dibbs St.
Now within Clyne Reserve and quarried
away for new wharfage in the late
1960s.

DICK ST C Chippendale 27 F 5
DISTILLERY DR C Pyrmont 55 B 17 A new street.
DIXON ST C Haymarket 27 H 1 Sometimes labeled Dixon St East.
Widely believed to be named after John
Dixon who established the Colony's first
steam mill at the foot of Goulburn St on
Darling Harbour in 1813.
Another contender for the naming of
the street is Robert Dixon, land
surveyor 1800-1858, who lived in the
Haymarket area.
Early maps favour 'Dickson St' but
Dixon appears by the 1860's. ADB
(Dixon and Dickson).

DIXON ST WEST R Sydney 27 G 1 See Harbour St.

DOCKER LA C Chippendale 27 E 5 Between Blackfriars St and Blackfriars
La.
DOMAIN TCE C Sydney 26 L16 Privately owned.
DOMAIN WK C Sydney 26 M 19
DOODY ST C Alexandria 75 D 18

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DOROTHY ALISON C Moore Park 479 E 4 One of a number of streets
ST commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998. Fox
Studios Australia opened on the site in
1999.

DOUGLAS ST C Redfern 65 H9
DOUGLAS ST C Waterloo 65 H 10
DOUGLASS LA C Sydney 27 H1 Victoria Pl until 1905.
DOUGLASS ST C Sydney 27 H1 Victoria St until 1905.
DOWLING ST R Camperdown 64 P6 Renamed in 1913. See Broderick St.
DOWLING ST R Paddington 30 N4 See South Dowling St.
DOWLING ST C Woolloomooloo 29 P18/P20 Sir James Dowling (1787-1844), Chief
Justice of NSW, 1837-44. Dowling's
ADB entry reads like a who's who of
Woolloomooloo street names- Lord
Goderich, Henry Brougham, Francis
Forbes and other colonial legal men-
Burton, Stephen etc.
Dowling was granted land here in 1828
and called the residence he built
'Broughton Lodge'.

DOWLING ST C Zetland 76 L 16
DOWNES ST D Moore Park 479 C 7 Now underneath Multi Level Car Park.
DOWNSHIRE PL C Dawes Point 23 H 12 Davis St until 1905, possibly after Billy
Davis, a landholder and local
'character'.
DOWNSHIRE ST C Dawes Point 23 H 12
DRIVER AV C Moore Park 66 Q6/Q7
DRUITT LA C Sydney 25 H 20 Fowler La until 1917. Robert Fowler,
potter.
DRUITT PL D Chippendale 27 F 5 Subhumed within the Carlton (formerly
Kent) Brewery precinct, now Balfour
Park. The brewery land was part of an
original grant to Major Druitt.

DRUITT PL C Sydney 25 H 19 Wentworth Pl until 1918.

DRUITT ST C Sydney 25 H 19 Major George Druitt, (1775?-1842).
Arrived in 1817. A civil engineer, he
supervised the construction of many
Rds and public buildings. ADB
DUKE ST R Woolloomooloo 29 P18/20 See McElhone St
DUNBLANE ST C Camperdown 64 P 6 Elizabeth St until 1913.
DUNCAN LA D Chippendale 65 E 6 Went from Beaumont St to Harkness
La. Resumed in 1903
DUNCAN ST D Sydney 27 G 1 Was in the vicinity of Barker's Mill. (see
Barker St).
DUNDAS ST D Zetland 76 J 14
DUNGATE LA C Sydney 28 J 1 This new street was incorporated into
Dungate La in 1938.

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DUNNING AV C Rosebery 75 G 20 Named after Mayor J. Dunning. Earlier
called Paul St.
DUNNING AV C Zetland 75 H 15 Named after Mayor J. Dunning. Earlier
called Paul St.
DURANDS ALY R Haymarket 28 J 2 See Cunningham St.
DURDANS AV C Rosebery 75 F 20 Named after Durdans House, near
Epsom Racecourse, which the Earl of
Rosebery bought in 1874. He bred
three Epsom Derby winners and it
became his favorite home.
DWYER ST C Chippendale 27 G 4 Union St until 1875.
EAGAR LA C Sydney 27 H 1 Victoria La until 1904, Barlow La from
1904 to 1918.
EAGAR ST C Sydney 27 H 1 Victoria La until 1905. Possibly named
for Geoffrey Eager (1818-1891),
banker, MLA, Head of Treasury 1872-
91. ADB
EARL PL C Darlinghurst 29 Q 20 Peer St until 1905.
EARL ST C Potts Point 29/56 Q20/
Q19
EAST OCEAN ARC C Haymarket 27 H 2
EAST ST C Redfern 65 H 9
EAST ST D Surry Hills 28 K2/L2 Disappeared in Brisbane St
Resumption, 1920's.
EASTERN AV C Camperdown 472 K 4 Uni of Sydney.
EASTERN C Moore Park 66 N 6 Earlier called Dowling St and South
DISTRIBUTOR Dowling St.
EASTERN C Redfern 297 M 11 Earlier called Dowling St and South
DISTRIBUTOR Dowling St.
EASTERN C Surry Hills 297 M 11 Earlier called Dowling St and South
DISTRIBUTOR Dowling St.
EASTERN C Waterloo 297 M 11 Earlier called Dowling St and South
DISTRIBUTOR Dowling St.
EASTERN C Zetland 297 L 15 Earlier called Dowling St and South
DISTRIBUTOR Dowling St.
EATON AV R Rushcutters Bay 29 Q20 See Bayswater Av.

EBENEEZER PL D Glebe 65 D 3 Listed from 1859. 1880's spelling with

double E. Off Glebe St until 1980's.
EBENEZER LA D Glebe 65 D 3 Off Glebe St until 1980's.
EBON LA D Erskineville 74 R 12 Privately owned.
EDDY AV C Haymarket 28 J 3 Built through Belmore Gardens at the
time of the construction of Central
Railway Station and named in 1905.
Edward M. G. Eddy, Commissioner of
Railways, 1887-97. ADB
EDDY ST D Eveleigh 65 E 9 Now subhumed into Australian
Technology Park.
EDGELY ST C Surry Hills 66 M 7
EDWARD LA C Darlington 65 E 7
EDWARD LA C Glebe 54 Q 20

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EDWARD LA C Pyrmont 25/55 E18/E19

EDWARD LA D Surry Hills 28 L 2 Part of the Robin Hood La resumption.

Waine St today is on a similar
alignment.
EDWARD ST C Darlington 65 E 7
EDWARD ST C Glebe 54 Q 20 Named after Edward V11.
EDWARD ST C Pyrmont 25 E 18 Edward Macarthur inherited the
Macarthur's Pyrmont Estate and
created the first subdivision in 1836.
EDWARD ST R Surry Hills 28 L 2 See Pelican St.
EGAN LA D Erskineville 74 R 13 Privately owned. Ran between
Rochford St and Knight La.
EGAN PL C Woolloomooloo 29 N 20 Oatley La until 1905.
EGAN ST C Newtown 64 Q 8 On Camperdown Estate Subdivision
1844. Possibly named after Daniel
Egan MLA and Mayor of Sydney in
1853.
EGLINTON LA C Glebe 54 Q 20
EGLINTON RD C Glebe 54 Q 20 Alexander Brodie Spark, merchant,
purchased about 40 acres at the Glebe
land auction on Lot 21 on which he
planned an ideal village to be called
'Eglintoun'.(He came from Elgin,
Scotland).
He became insolvent in the 1840's
crash.

ELDER ST R Glebe 65 D 3 See Elger St.

ELGER ST C Glebe 65 D 3 Earlier called Elder St. Listed from
1859.
ELIM PL C Chippendale 65 D 5 In existence from c.1840 but probably
not named until c.1870.
ELIZA ST D Camperdown 64 P 5 On Camperdown Estate Subdivision
1844. Ran off Church St. opposite
Isabella St.
ELIZABETH BAY C Elizabeth Bay 57 A 19
CRES
ELIZABETH BAY RD C Elizabeth Bay 29/57 R19/A19

ELIZABETH LA C Redfern 66 J 8 On 1880's map called Elizabeth or

Buckingham La.
ELIZABETH LA R Sydney 24 K 15 See Loftus La.
ELIZABETH ST R Camperdown 64 N5 See Guihen St Annandale.
ELIZABETH ST R Camperdown 64 P6 See Dunblane St.
ELIZABETH ST C Haymarket 28/66 J4/K2/J3 Named by Governor Macquarie in
1810, for his second wife, Elizabeth
Henrietta Campbell (1778-1835). ADB
ELIZABETH ST C Newtown 64 R 8 On Camperdown Estate Subdivision
1844.
ELIZABETH ST C Paddington 67 A 6

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ELIZABETH ST C Redfern 66 J 9 Named by Governor Macquarie in
1810, for his second wife, Elizabeth
Henrietta Campbell (1778-1835). ADB
ELIZABETH ST C Surry Hills 28 K 2-5 Named by Governor Macquarie in
1810, for his second wife, Elizabeth
Henrietta Campbell (1778-1835). ADB
ELIZABETH ST C Sydney 26/28 K18/ Named by Governor Macquarie in
/66 K20/ 1810, for his second wife, Elizabeth
K2/K1 Henrietta Campbell (1778-1835). ADB
ELIZABETH ST C Waterloo 66/75 J9/H13 Named by Governor Macquarie in
1810, for his second wife, Elizabeth
Henrietta Campbell (1778-1835). ADB
ELIZABETH ST C Zetland 76 J 14 Named by Governor Macquarie in
1810, for his second wife, Elizabeth
Henrietta Campbell (1778-1835). ADB
Starting at Circular Quay this became
one of the longest in the colony.
ELIZABETH ST R Sydney 24 K 15 See Young St
NORTH
ELLIOTT AV C Erskineville 75 B 12
ELLIS AV C Alexandria 75 D 20 Named after 1925.
ELM PL R Glebe 64 R3 See York St.
ELVY PL C Newtown 65 B8
EMANUEL LA C Rosebery 75 G 17
EMANUEL LA C Zetland 75 H 16
EMIGRANT PL R Chippendale 27 F5 See Carlton St.
EMPIRE LA C Sydney 26 J 16 Privately owned.
ENGINE ST D Moore Park 479 C7 Was off Park Rd. Now underneath Multi
Level Car Park.
ENGINE ST D Sydney 27 H 3 Victoria St until 1875. Most of Engine St
was resumed for the markets in 1908.
The remaining section from Thomas St
to George St was incorporated into
Ultimo Rd.
The 'engine' was that of the Victoria
Steam Mills which gave the street its
original name.
The local fame of the St derived from a
two-up school.

ENGLISH ST D Camperdown 64 P 7 College St until renamed in 1913. Ran

between Church St. and Susan St.

ENID BENNETT ST C Moore Park 479 F 4 Earlier called Phillip St.

One of a number of streets
commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998.
Fox Studios Australia opened on the
site in 1999.

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EPSOM RD C Rosebery 75/76 H16/J16 Named after the famous racecourse in
Surrey, England. The Earl of Rosebery
bred racehorses and had three Epsom
Derby winners.
EPSOM RD C Zetland 75/76 H16/J16 Named after the famous racecourse in
Surrey, England.
EQUITY LA C Erskineville 75 A 11
EQUITY ST R Erskineville 75 A 11 See Sydney La.
ERROL FLYNN BVD C Moore Park 479 B 6 One of a number of streets
commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998.
Fox Studios Australia opened on the
site in 1999.

ERSKINE ST C Sydney 25 G 17
ERSKINEVILLE LA C Newtown 74 R 11
ERSKINEVILLE RD C Erskineville 74/75 R11/A11 Named after 'Erskine Villa', built by the
Rev. George Erskine, Wesleyan
missionary. See also Railway Parade.

ERSKINEVILLE RD C Newtown 74 Q 11 Named after Erskine Villa built by the

Rev. George Erskine. See also Railway
Parade.
ESPLANADE C Elizabeth Bay 57 A 18
ESSEX LA D The Rocks 24 J 13 See Little Essex St.
ESSEX ST C The Rocks 23 H14 Named Middlesex La by Macquarie, but
appears on 1833 (Harper) map as
Essex. (Essex St/Essex La appear in
many locations as the unruly population
of The Rocks refused to take official
street namings too seriously (see
Bertie, The Street Names of Early
Sydney for a dose of total confusion).

ESTHER LA C Surry Hills 66 L6

ESTHER ST C Surry Hills 66 M6 Esther was Samuel Terry's daughter.
ETHEL ST C Erskineville 75 B 11
EUSTON LA C Alexandria 75 C 15
EVA TCE D Surry Hills 66 K5 Privately owned.
EUSTON RD C Alexandria 75 A18/C15 Extended through from
Huntley/Spelling St to Campbell Rd
after 1880's.
EVAN LA C Waterloo 66 K 10
EVANS LA C Redfern 65 F 7
EVANS RD C Rushcutters Bay 57 A 19

EVE ST C Erskineville 75 A 14
EVELEIGH LA C Redfern 65 F 7

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EVELEIGH ST C Redfern 65 F 7 Named after Eveleigh (Everleigh)
House. This was built by Lieutenant
John Rose Holden (1810-60) who
arrived in Sydney in 1831 with the 17th
Regt., and named the house after his
mother Betty's maiden name. He
married Mary, William Hutchinson's
daughter in 1834.
The section from Hudson St to
Cleveland St earlier called Yarnold St.

EXETER LA D Surry Hills 28 K 2 Removed by Wexford St Resumption,

1906.
EXETER PL D Surry Hills 28 K 3 Removed by Wexford St Resumption,
1906.
EXHIBITION PL C Sydney 27 G 1
EXPERIMENT ST C Pyrmont 25 E 19 Experiment La until 1896. It is within the
boundaries of John Harris' Ultimo land
grants and is possibly named after his
Experiment Farm, Parramatta.

EXPLORER ST C Eveleigh 65 B 10
FACTORY ST C Haymarket 27/65 G2/G1 The factory was Dickson's Mill, est. in
1815.
FANNY PL C Surry Hills 28 M 5
FARM COVE CRES D Sydney 24 M 13 Named in 1912. Government farm
established here soon on arrival of the
first Europeans.
FARNELL ST C Surry Hills 28 M 5
FARREL AV C Darlinghurst 30 P 1
FARRER PL C Sydney 24 K 15 Fountain St in 1871, then Raphael St
c.1880, Farrer Pl in 1935. A fountain
was erected here early in the 19th C.
Joseph Raphael was an alderman
1860's & 70's, MLA, philanthropist.
William Farrer was a pioneer wheat
breeder.

FAUCET LA C Woolloomooloo 26 M 20
FEDERAL RD C Glebe 54 Q 19 The mangrove swamp on Rozelle Bay
was reclaimed 1895-1904 to create
Jubilee and Federal Parks. Both names
appear to refer to the Federation of
1900.
Federal Rd originally ran from
Chapman Rd across Johnston's Creek
Canal to Glebe Point Rd. Now footway
only Chapman to Northcote St then
roadway to Glebe Point Rd.

FEDERATION PL C Moore Park 66 Q 9 Named to celebrate the foundation of

the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901.

FEDERATION WY C Moore Park 66 Q 9 Also called Grand Drive.

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FERRY LA C Dawes Point 23 H 12 Prior to the rebuilding of the wharf area
of Walsh Bay in the early twentieth
century, this lane ran down to a ferry
wharf.
FERRY LA C Glebe 65 A 1
FERRY RD C Glebe 55/65 A20/A1 Unnamed on 1840's map, but a section
off The Glebe Rd, then called Main
Entrance Rd, and from Avon St to
Harbour St there is a notation which
reads 'Road from the intended Public
Landing Place'.
Ferry Rd later led the main Glebe ferry
landing site before Blackwattle Bay was
bridged.

FIG LA C Ultimo 27 E 1
FIG ST C Pyrmont 25/55 E20/ This street terminated in a flight of steps
/65 D20/D1 at the Darling Harbour Goods yards,
next to a landmark Moreton Bay fig tree
visible in 19th C. photographs. Such
trees were once common on the
Pyrmont peninsula.

FISHER RD C Camperdown 472 J 4 Uni of Sydney. Thomas Fisher's

bequest on his death in 1884 founded
the University library. Fisher lived in
Darlington. The University later
demolished his house.
FITZGERALD ST C Camperdown 64 Q8 John St until 1913.
FITZGERALD ST C Newtown 64 Q8 John St until 1913.
FITZROY AV R Woolloomooloo 29 P 19 See Reid Av
FITZROY LA C Newtown 65 A8
FITZROY LA C Surry Hills 30 N5
FITZROY PL C Surry Hills 28 M4 Albert Pl until 1905
FITZROY ST R Chippendale 27 G5 Named after Sir Charles Fitzroy who
was Governor of NSW. See Goold St.
FITZROY ST C Newtown 65 A 8 Named after Sir Charles Fitzroy who
was Governor of NSW 1846-55. ADB.
FITZROY ST C Surry Hills 28/30 L4/M5/ Sir Charles Fitzroy, Governor of NSW
N5 1846-55. ADB
FLEET STPS C Sydney 56 P 14
FLEMINGS LA C Surry Hills 30 N 4
FLINDERS ST C Surry Hills 28/30 M3/N3/ Earlier called Botany St.
/66 N4/N3
FLOODS LA R Surry Hills 28 M 4 Renamed Mary Pl after 1984.Edward
Flood (1805-1888) was a builder and a
landowner in Surry Hills. He was a
foundation member of the City Council
and Mayor in 1849. ADB.
FLOODS PL C Surry Hills 28 M4 Church St until 1905.
FLORA ST C Erskineville 74 R 14
FOLEY ST C Darlinghurst 28 M2
FOLEY ST R Moore Park 479 D3 See Snowy Baker St.

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FORBES LA R Darlinghurst 28 L 1 See Francis La.
FORBES LA C Newtown 65 B 9
FORBES PL C Newtown 65 B 8 Previously Rumph La. Renamed 1962.
Named after Sir Francis Forbes 1784-
1841, friend of Governor Brisbane. On
Camperdown Estate Subdivision 1844.

FORBES ST C Darlinghurst 29/30 N20/N2 Sir Francis Forbes, (1784-1841), first

Chief Justice of NSW from 1823-1837.
ADB
FORBES ST C Newtown 65 B 8 Named after Sir Francis Forbes. A
subdivision in June 1841 noted that it
was "close to Sir Francis Forbes
mansion and magnificent pleasure and
garden grounds."
FORBES ST C Woolloomooloo 29 N20/P19 Sir Francis Forbes, (1784-1841), first
Chief Justice of NSW from 1823-1837.
ADB
FOREST ST C Forest Lodge 65 A4/R4 Together with Lodge St,
commemorates Ambrose Foss' family
residence 'Forest Lodge'.
FORSYTH LA C Glebe 55 A 20 Earlier Garran St.
FORSYTH ST C Glebe 64/55 R2/A20 See Arden La. Before being known as
the Arden Estate it appears on plans as
the Forsyth Estate.
FORT ST R Millers Point 23 H 13 See Lower Fort St.
FOSBERY ST D Ultimo 65 E 4 Devonshire Pl until 1905. Disappeared
in the Athlone St Resumption of 1906.
One of a group of streets named for the
regions in Britain.

FOSS ST C Forest Lodge 64 Q 4 Named after Andrew Foss, a Sydney

chemist. He was an alderman on the
first elected Council of the Municipality
of Sydney in 1842.
Foss had John Verge design 'Forest
Lodge' which was built between Ross
St with Pyrmont Bridge Rd (later
named) on the north and St Johns Rd
(unmade) to the south.
In the 1840's depression Foss was
declared insolvent and the property was
subdivided. The street was extended
over Bank St in the 1880's. See also
Dann St.

FOSTER LA C Surry Hills 28 K 3 Named in 1919.

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FOSTER ST C Surry Hills 28 K2/K3 Named, though not proclaimed on
Meehan's 1814 map of the Palmer
Estate. Formed part of the boundary of
the Fosterville Estate, subdivided in
1843. Later extended north of Campbell
St. part of this renamed Hunt St in
1915.

FOUNTAIN ST C Alexandria 75 D 12
FOUNTAIN ST R Sydney 24 K 15 See Farrer Pl.
FOVEAUX ST C Surry Hills 28 K4/L5 Capt. Joseph Foveaux (1765-1846),
was the first land grantee in Surry Hills.
He called his property Surrey hills Farm
(1793). ADB
FOWLER LA C Camperdown 64 N 7
FOWLER LA R Sydney 25 H 20 See Druitt La.
FOWLER ST C Camperdown 64 N 7 Named after Robert Fowler, son of
Enoch Fowler of Fowler's Pottery
Works.
FOX AV C Erskineville 75 C 13
FOXLOW PL D Sydney 26 J 17 See Martin Pl.
FOY LA C Sydney 28 K 2 New lane created after Wexford St
Resumption, 1906.
FRANCIS LA C Darlinghurst 28 L 1 Part of Francis La (College-Young),
was called Forbes La until 1905. The
section from Yurong to Riley was called
Chapel La until 1912.
FRANCIS ST C Darlinghurst 28 L1
FRANCIS ST C Glebe 65 D4 Listed in 1859.
FRANKLIN PL R Glebe 65 D4 Listed in 1859. See Franklyn St.
FRANKLYN ST C Glebe 65 C4 Earlier spelt Franklin.
FRAZER ST D Chippendale 65 E6 Little Darling St until 1905. Went from
Hay St to Factory St.
FRAZER'S LA D The Rocks 24 J 13 See Little Essex St.
FREDERICK ST D Camperdown 64 P 4 Within the grounds of the Royal
Alexandria Hospital for Children.
Acquired for redevelopment in 1956.
FREDERICK ST D Eveleigh 65 B 10 Now subhumed into Australian
Technology Park.
FREDERICK ST D Alexandria 65 E 10 Was off Alexander St. Now part of
Australian Technology Park.
FURBER LA C Centennial Park 67 A 7 Recently extended.

FURBER LA C Moore Park 67 A 8 Recently extended.

FURBER RD C Centennial Park 67 A 7 Early street before 1925 recently
extended.
GADIGAL AV C Waterloo 76 L 11 Named after the indigenous people
GADIGAL AV C Zetland 76 K14/L14 Named after the first indigenous people.
Part of British Leyland subdivision.

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GARDEN AV D Glebe 55 D 4 Earlier called Shaftesbury Gardens
because of the beautiful cottage
gardens there. Ran south off Glebe St
until 1980's.
GARDEN ST C Alexandria 65/75 E10/F11
GARDENERS RD C Alexandria 75 A20 Named after the market gardens in the
area.
GARDENERS RD C Rosebery 317 F 1 Named after the market gardens in the
area.
GARRAN AVE R Glebe 55 A 20 See Sheehy St.
GARRAN LA C Glebe 55 A 20 Dr. Andrew Garran, Editor of the
'Sydney Morning Herald' 1873-1885,
father of Sir Robert Garran, lived at
'Strathmore' and with his daughters
used it as a ladies college until the
1890's.

GARRAN ST R Glebe 55 A 20 See Forsyth La.

GARRETT LA D Surry Hills 28 L 2 Smithers La until 1905. Extended 1928.
Within Brisbane St resumption area.

GARRETT ST D Surry Hills 28 L 3 Named in 1928. Within Brisbane St

resumption area.
GAS LA C Millers Point 23 G 15 Earlier known as Gas St. Purchased by
Aust Gas Light Co. from the Jenkins
family 1840. Part of Sydney's first gas
works.
GEORGE JULIUS AV C Zetland 76 K 15 Part of British Leyland subdivision.

GEORGE LA C Paddington 67 A6 Earlier called Church St.

GEORGE ST C Erskineville 75 A 13
GEORGE ST C Haymarket 27 H3
GEORGE ST C Newtown 74 P 11 Originally located off Cooks River Rd
south of Whitehorse Inn where the
southern end of current Whitehorse St
is located.
Name moved north between Newtown
Public School and St Georges Hall
renaming earlier Whitehorse St.

GEORGE ST C Redfern 65 G 9 Named in 1842 Redfern Estate

Subdivision sale.

GEORGE ST C Sydney 24/26 J15/ High St until 1810. The section between
/27/6 J17/ about Hunter and King Sts was called
5 J18/ Spring Row and parts of the street were
J20/ occasionally referred to as Sergeant
H1/H3 Major's Row.
It was customary in England to call a
town's principal shopping street High St.
Spring St referred to the Tank Stream.
George St named for George 111 by
Governor Macquarie in 1810.

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GEORGE ST C Waterloo 65/75 G10/ An early continuation of George St
G11/H12 Sydney later interrupted by the building
of Central Railway and Prince Alfred
Park.

GEORGE ST NORTH C The Rocks 24 J12/ By the late 19th C., the section of
J14/J15 George St north of the Quay was called
George St North.
Officially renamed George St in 1915.
To this street goes the honour of being
the first constructed in the colony.

GEORGE ST SOUTH R Chippendale 65 F6/G6 See Regent St.

GEORGE ST WEST R Chippendale 65 E 5 See Broadway.

GEORGE ST WEST R Ultimo 27 E4/F4 See Broadway.
GEORGE WALLACE C Moore Park 479 D 4 Earlier called King St.
ST One of a number of streets
commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998.
Fox Studios Australia opened on the
site in 1999.

GEORGINA LA C Newtown 65 A 8
GEORGINA ST C Newtown 65 A 9
GERARD ST C Alexandria 65/75 E10/E11 Street truncated by Australian
Technology Park.
GERARD ST D Eveleigh 65 E 10 Street truncated by Australian
Technology Park.
GIBBES LA C Newtown 74 Q 11
GIBBES ST C Newtown 74 Q 11 Named after Frederick Jamieson
Gibbes MLA for Newtown. He was
elected to Parliament three times
between 1882 and 1887.
GIBBONS ST C Redfern 65 F 9 Named after Martin Gibbons who was
an alderman on Newtown Council. On
1880's map called Gibbons or Pleasant
St.
GIBSON ST C Waterloo 75 H 11 Named after John Gibson, an early
leaseholder in the area.
GILLESPIE AV C Alexandria 75 F 20
GIPPS CRES R Pyrmont 55 B18/C19 See Bank St.

GIPPS LA D Pyrmont 25/55 E19/D19 Named in 1911. After the railway cutting
went through, a 'new' Gipps La was
officially used, recognised in 1922.

GIPPS ST C Pyrmont 25/55 E19/D19 George Gipps, Governor of NSW 1838-

46.
GIPPS ST R Surry Hills 28 K 3 See Reservoir St.
GIPPS ST WEST R Haymarket 27 H 3 See Barlow St.

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GLADSTONE ST C Surry Hills 28 K 5 Named after William E. Gladstone
(1809-1898), British MP (1833-1894)
and three times Prime Minister.
GLEBE LA C Glebe 65 B 3
GLEBE POINT RD C Glebe 54/65 Q19/A1- Known as The Glebe Rd on 1840 map
C4 and as Glebe Rd on 1861 Strangers
map.
GLEBE ST C Glebe 65 C3/D3 On 1861 Strangers map.
GLEN LA C Forest Lodge 64 Q2
GLEN LA C Glebe 64 Q2
GLOBE ST C The Rocks 24 J 14 Probably named Essex La by
Macquarie in 1810. Until the level was
altered in 1900 it linked directly to
Harrington St. Now linked by steps.
GLOUCESTER C Camperdown 64 R 7 Off Missenden Rd.
HOUSE DR
GLOUCESTER LA D Sydney 24 J 13 Named in 1926.
GLOUCESTER ST C The Rocks 23/24 H15/J13 Named by Macquarie in 1810 as a 'new
street-recently formed'. Partly destroyed
by construction of the Bradfield Hwy-
originally ran from Charlotte Pl
(Grosvenor St) to George St and was
bent.

GLOUCESTER WK C The Rocks 24 J 13 Formerly an extension of Gloucester St.

GODDARD ST C Erskineville 75 A 13 Earlier Short St. Renamed 1952.

GODERICH LA C Potts Point 29 Q 20 Sir James Dowling (1787-1844), Chief
Justice of NSW, 1837-44. He named
his property which faced Bayswater Rd
here 'Goderich Lodge', after his English
patron, Lord Goderich.
GOLDEN GROVE ST C Darlington 65 B 8

GOLDEN GROVE ST C Newtown 65 B 8 Named after William Hutchinson's

Golden Grove estate.
GOLDSBROUGH LA D Sydney 24 K 15 Morts St until 1905. Goldsbrough Mort
was a major wool broking firm.
GOODCHAP ST D Eveleigh 65 E 9 Now subhumed into Australian
Technology Park.
GOODCHAP ST C Surry Hills 28 L 3 Rose Rd until 1905. Charles Goodchap
(1837-96), Commissioner of Railways,
1878-88. ADB
GOODLET LA C Surry Hills 66 K 7
GOODLET ST C Surry Hills 66 K 7 Altered from Marshall St in 1875. Earlier
known as John St. Goodlet and Smith's
pottery fronted this street.
Just to confuse things there was
another Goodlet St close by.

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GOODLET ST D Surry Hills 66 K 6 This Goodlet St ran south from
Devonshire St into the clay pits and
disappeared with the Devonshire St
Housing Scheme, 1950's. (O'Sullivan
St).

GOODMANS TCE C Surry Hills 28 K 5

GOOLD ST C Chippendale 27 G 5 Fitzroy St until 1875. Charles Fitzroy,
Governor of NSW 1846-55. Stephen
Gould (1817-1876) Alderman 1870-76,
Mayor, 1874. Tradesman, preacher
MLA. ADB
GORDON LA C Paddington 67 A6
GORDON ST C Paddington 67 A5
GOTTENHAM LA C Glebe 65 B2
GOTTENHAM ST C Glebe 65 B2 Cottenham on some early maps.
GOULBURN LA C Surry Hills 28 K2 A new lane, named in 1928 after the
Brisbane St Resumption. There was
another Goulburn La off Goulburn Pl in
the Wexford St Resumption area.
GOULBURN PL D Surry Hills 28 K 2 Named after Frederick Goulburn.
Disappeared in Wexford St
Resumption, 1906.
GOULBURN ST C Haymarket 27/28 H1/J2/J1 Frederick Goulburn arrived in Sydney in
/66 1820, and was the first official Colonial
Secretary.
Henry Goulburn, his brother, held
various political positions in England,
including under secretary to Bathurst.

GOULBURN ST C Surry Hills 28 L 2 Frederick Goulburn arrived in Sydney in

1820, and was the first official Colonial
Secretary.
Henry Goulburn, his brother, held
various political positions in England,
including under secretary to Bathurst.

GOULBURN ST C Sydney 27/28 H1/J2 Frederick Goulburn arrived in Sydney in

1820, and was the first official Colonial
Secretary.
Henry Goulburn, his brother, held
various political positions in England,
including under secretary to Bathurst.

GOWRIE LA C Newtown 74 Q 12 Called after the Gowrie family who were

early settlers, and named following the
subdivision of the Gowrie Estate of
1878.
GOWRIE ST C Newtown 74 Q 13 Named after the Gowrie family who
were early settlers. Their property was
known as the Gowrie Estate. Between
Iredale and Harold Sts previously called
Islington St.

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GRAFFITI TNL C Camperdown 471 H 3 Uni of Sydney. This tunnel is a
successful dedicated space for student
graffiti.
GRAFTON LA C Chippendale 27 E 5 In the c.1880's this lane was extended
from City Rd to St Benedicts Church.
Parts were resumed in 1926 for the
widening of George St West
(Broadway).

GRAFTON ST C Chippendale 27 E 5
GRAHAM ST D Surry Hills 28 L 2 Pelican La, then Greens La until 1905.
Sir James Graham (1856-1913), Mayor
of Sydney, 1901. Physician.

GRAND DR C Moore Park 66 Q 9 Also called Federation Way.

GRANDSTAND PDE C Zetland 76 K 15 Named after the Victoria Park
Racecourse. Part of British Leyland
subdivision.
GRANTHAM LA C Potts Point 29 Q 17 Privately owned.
GRANTHAM ST C Potts Point 29 Q 17 Named in 1927 for a local mansion of
the same name built in 1870.
GRANTS PL R Glebe 65 A2 See Keegan Avenue.
GRAPHIX ROW C Alexandria 75 C 19
GRAYS LA C Waterloo 65 F 10 Grays St on an early map.
GREAT BARCOM ST R Darlinghurst 30 N3 See Barcom Av.

GREAT C Redfern 66 J 8
BUCKINGHAM ST
GREAT WESTERN C Camperdown 64/65 Q5/B5 Also called Parramatta Rd which see.
HWY
GREAT WESTERN C Forest Lodge 64/65 Q5/B5 Also called Parramatta Rd which see.
HWY
GREAT WESTERN C Glebe 65 B 5 Also called Parramatta Rd which see.
HWY
GREAVES ST D Moore Park 479 D 5 Was off original Bent St towards Poate
Rd.
GREEK ST C Glebe 65 D 4 On subdivision plan 1844 and 1861
Strangers Guide map.
GREEN ST D Waterloo 65 H 10 Originally ran between Raglan and
Buckland (Wellington) Sts, parallel to
Pitt St.
GREENKNOWE AV C Elizabeth Bay 29 R 19
GREENKNOWE LA D Elizabeth Bay 29 R 19 Named 1909.
GREENS LA D Chippendale 27 E5 See Greeves [Grieves] La.
GREENS LA D Surry Hills 28 L2 See Graham St.
GREENS RD C Paddington 30 P5
GREENWAY LA C The Rocks 24 J 13

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GREEVES LA D Chippendale 27 F 5 Earlier Greens Pl or Greens La. By the
mid 1870's known as Yeend's Pl, and
by the mid 1880's as Greeves [Grieves]
La.
By 1914 disappeared within Tooths
(later Carlton) Brewery precinct, now
Balfour Park.

GREGORY AV C Moore Park 66 P 7

GRESHAM ST C Sydney 24 K 15 Part of Spring St until c.1865.
GRIFFIN PL C Glebe 55 A 20 Named after Walter Burley Griffin, the
designer of Canberra, to commemorate
the Glebe incinerator he designed.

GRIFFIN ST C Surry Hills 28 L 5

GRIFFITHS ST C Woolloomooloo 29 N 18
GROSE FARM LA C Camperdown 471 E 4 Uni of Sydney. The University's land
grant incorporated the old Grose Farm
originally held by Francis Grose in
1792.
GROSE ST C Camperdown 64 P7/Q7 Named after Lieutenant-Governor
Francis Grose who owned Grose Farm
on the corner of Missenden Rd and
Parramatta Rd. It originally continued
from Church St to Missenden Rd.

GROSE ST C Glebe 65 D 4 Joseph H. Grose bought 13 acres at the

second land auction of 1828 and called
them Bishopgate, after a suburb of
London.
He was declared insolvent in the
1840's. The land fronted Bay, Glebe
and Parramatta Sts and was subdivided
into 154 building blocks and offered for
sale in 1841.

GROSVENOR ST C The Rocks 23 H 15 Charlotte Sq in 1810. Aligned as

Charlotte Pl in 1835. Renamed
Grosvenor St in 1889. Continued to
Kent St originally, partially obliterated
by construction of the Bradfield Hwy.
Charlotte, Queen of George 111
therefore when it crossed George St it
became Queen's Pl. The Grosvenor
was a hotel.

GUARDIAN SQ C Pyrmont 25 E 18
GUARDIAN SQ C Sydney 25 E 18
GUIHEN ST C Annandale 64 N 5 Earlier called Elizabeth St
Camperdown.
HACKETT ST C Ultimo 27 F 2 Crown La until 1905, Bulwara La 1905-
1950. Charlie Hackett, 1889-1976,
Ultimo 'identity' and Labor Party
machine-man.

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HAIG AV D Woolloomooloo 26 L 19 This new street was named Anzac Av in
1916, but altered to Haig Av in 1917, to
avoid confusion with the new Anzac
Parade.
Named for General Haig, Commander-
in-Chief of the British and Imperial
forces in France during World War 1.
It went from the junction of Park and
William Sts to Cathedral St. Subhumed
into Cook and Phillip Park.

HAIG LA C Woolloomooloo 26 M 19
HAMILTON ST C Sydney 26 J 16 Built in the 1860's and named after
Hamilton's steam biscuit factory located
here.
HAMPSHIRE LA C Camperdown 64 P 6
HAMPSHIRE ST C Camperdown 64 P 6 Smith St until 1913.
HANDS LA C Surry Hills 28 K 3 Part of Hands La between Mary and
Reservoir Sts no longer exists. This La
was present (unnamed) on the original
Fosterville Estate subdivision, 1843.

HANNAM ST C Surry Hills 30 N 4

HANSARD ST C Zetland 75 H 16 This streetscape retains its Victorian
subdivision pattern (1880's - 1900)
which has earned it a place on the
Heritage Inventory.
HANSLOW ST C Surry Hills 28 M 4
HARBER ST C St. Peters 74 R 18
HARBOUR LA D Chippendale 65 E 6 Was between Frazer St & Little Hay St.
Named in 1910.
HARBOUR C The Rocks 24 K 14
MASTERS STRS
HARBOUR ST C Haymarket 27 G 2
HARBOUR ST C Sydney 25/27 G20/G1 Called Dixon St West until 1875. Now
on a different alignment.
HARCOURT PDE C Rosebery 75/76 F20/J20 Named after Sir William George
Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt
(1827-1904) English statesman. Home
Secretary 1880-85, Chancellor of the
Exchequer 1886, 1892-1895, Leader of
the House of Commons 1894-98.

HARDEN ST D Glebe 65 B 4 Named after Jane Harden, wife of

Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney.
Mitchell St 'Between Glebe Rd and
Derwent St'.
HARDIE ST C Darlinghurst 30 P 2 Upper Brougham St until 1905.
HARFORD PL D Darlinghurst 30 R 1 Named in 1923 and went from
Bayswater Rd to Womerah Av.
HARGRAVE LA C Darlinghurst 28 L 1 Margaret La until 1905.

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HARGRAVE ST C Darlinghurst 28 L 1 Chapman St until 1905.
HARKNESS LA D Chippendale 65 E 6 Became an extension of Beaumont St
in 1903 (see Wiley St)
HARLEY ST C Alexandria 75 C 13
HARMER ST C Woolloomooloo 29 N 18 Bay St until 1875.
HARNETT ST C Woolloomooloo 29 P 18
HAROLD ST C Newtown 74 Q 12
HARRINGTON LA D The Rocks 24 J 14 Some 19th C. maps show a 20ft La
running parallel to Harrington St
between it and George St, sometimes
known as Reynolds La for William
Reynolds, the local blacksmith.
Also known as Anvil Pl and Queen St.
Currently, Harrington La, Nurses Walk
and Kendall La approximate the line of
this street.

HARRINGTON ST C The Rocks 23/24 H15/ Named by Macquarie in 1810 as a 'new

/56 J14/J15 street' … recently formed', (Lord
Harrington, Earl of Stanhope). Between
1923-1953 Harrington St was extended
to include Playfair St. (See Playfair St).

HARRIS AV D Moore Park 479 C 7 Ran off Park Rd. Now underneath Multi
Level Car Park.
HARRIS ST C Pyrmont 25/55 E19/ Between 1794 and 1818, Surgeon John
C16/D19 Harris acquired most of the Pyrmont
Peninsula. Harris St roughly follows the
early foot track through his Ultimo
estate.
The Harris descendants maintained a
long involvement with this area and
many of the street names on the
peninsula mark their interests.

HARRIS ST C Ultimo 25/27 E19/ Between 1794 and 1818, Surgeon John
E1/G3 Harris acquired most of the Pyrmont
Peninsula. Harris St roughly follows the
early foot track through his Ultimo
estate.
The Harris descendants maintained a
long involvement with this area and
many of the street names on the
peninsula mark their interests.

HART ST D Millers Point 23 G 13 Resumed and demolished by Sydney

Harbour Trust, early 20th C. Briefly,
officially Thornton St after 1905.
This name was probably never used.
See Wentworth St for more details.
Peter Hart (1840-1917) was a local
landowner and alderman.

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HART ST C Redfern 65 F 7
HART ST C Surry Hills 28 K 5 Thomas Hart appeared in the first city
assessment as an owner of various
houses and a pub in Surry Hills.
HARTS LA D Millers Point 23 G 13 Briefly, officially Thornton La after
1905. This name was probably never
used. Resumed and demolished by
Sydney Harbour Trust.
HARTS LA R Surry Hills 66 K 6 See Adelaide Pl
HARTS LA D Surry Hills 66 K6 See Clisdell St and Wilton Pl.
HARVEY ST C Pyrmont 55 C 17 One of several streets in this vicinity
purchased by the CSR, early 1980's.
Possibly named for Henry Harvey, an
early settler.
In 1999 a new road was constructed on
the site of the original street.

HARWOOD LA C Pyrmont 25 E 19 Part became Union La in 1944.

HARWOOD ST C Pyrmont 25 E 19 Harwood was also the name of one of
the CSR sugar mills on the North
Coast.
HASTINGS LA C Surry Hills 66 L 7
HAWKSLEY ST C Waterloo 76 J 13 In 1953 it was named after Alderman E.
Hawkesley, who was present at the first
meeting of Alexandria Council in 1868
and later Mayor.
HAY ST C Haymarket 27/28 H2/J3 This street is within the area of the
Haymarket, but is named for Sir John
Hay MP, according to Frank Clune,
Saga of Sydney, p.149.
Prior to the building of the
Entertainment Centre, it was longer,
and bent, joining up with Pier St.

HAYDEN LA C Darlinghurst 30 P1
HAYDEN PL C Darlinghurst 30 P2
HAYES RD C Rosebery 75/76 G19/J20
HEGARTY ST C Glebe 64 R3 Hegarty was a gardener who owned
land at the southern end of the street.
HENDERSON LA C Alexandria 75 C 11 Named after Ald Charles. B.
Henderson, a founding member of the
first Municipal Council which met in
1868 and Mayor from 1878 to 1883. Est
4 Dec 1897. Previously part of Raglan
St. Originally called Henderson La
south.

HENDERSON LA D Eveleigh 65 D 10 Now subhumed into Australian

NORTH Technology Park.
HENDERSON LA R Alexandria 75 C 11 See Henderson La.
SOUTH

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HENDERSON RD C Alexandria 65 B-F10 Named after Ald Charles. B.
Henderson, a founding member of the
first Municipal Council which met in
1868 and Mayor from 1878 to 1883. Est
4 Dec 1897. Previously part of Raglan
St.

HENDERSON RD C Eveleigh 65 B-F10 Named after Ald Charles. B.

Henderson, a founding member of the
first Municipal Council which met in
1868 and Mayor from 1878 to 1883. Est
4 Dec 1897. Previously part of Raglan
St.

HENNINGS LA C Newtown 64 R 10 Named after Henry Hennings

[Henninges], a baker of Watkin and
Wilson Sts.
Named following the Linthorpe
subdivision of 1873.
HENRIETTA LA D Sydney 24 K 14 Was behind Alfred St, off George St,
Circular Quay.
HENRIETTA ST C Chippendale 65 F6
HENRY AV C Ultimo 27 E1 Bannister La until 1919.
HENRY DEAN PL C Chippendale 27 H4
HENRY LA R Ultimo 27 E4 See Henson La.
HENSON LA C Ultimo 27 E2 Henry La until 1905.
HERALD SQ C Sydney 24 J 14
HERBERT LA C Newtown 64 R 10
HERBERT ST C Newtown 64 R 10 A new street following the 1873
subdivision of Linthorpe.
HERBERT ST C Pyrmont 55 C 16
HERBERTO LA C Glebe 64 R 1 This lane is at the rear of the largest
three-storey terrace in Glebe, Herberto
Terrace which was built in 1885.

HERCULES ST C Surry Hills 28 K 5 Called Young St or Hercules St 1880's.

HEREFORD LA R Glebe 64 Q3 Listed in 1859. See Wigram La.

HEREFORD LA R Glebe 64 R2 See Walsh Avenue.
HEREFORD PL R Glebe 65 R2 See Walsh Avenue.
HEREFORD ST C Forest Lodge 64 P4 Wood's Rd in 1845. Named after
'Hereford House', which was built on 6
acres by George Williams in 1829. He
sold it to Ambrose Foss. Judge
Kinchela, Attorney General of NSW in
1830 was probably the first occupant
followed by Ambrose Foss.
Foss moved in 1836 to 'Forest Lodge'.
The original Hereford House was
located near the corner of Glebe (Point)
Rd and (Pyrmont) Bridge Rd by 1828.
Now site of Dr.H.J. Foley Rest Park.

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HEREFORD ST C Glebe 64/65 Q3/A2 Wood's Rd in 1845. Named after
'Hereford House', which was built on 6
acres by George Williams in 1829. He
sold it to Ambrose Foss. Judge
Kinchela, Attorney General of NSW in
1830 was probably the first occupant
followed by Ambrose Foss.
Foss moved in 1836 to 'Forest Lodge'.
The original Hereford House was
located near the corner of Glebe (Point)
Rd and (Pyrmont) Bridge Rd by 1828.
Now site of Dr.H.J. Foley Rest Park.

HEWIT AV C Glebe 65 A 3
HICKEY LA C Darlinghurst 30 Q 1
HICKSON RD C Dawes Point 55/56 G12/J12 A new road built 1909-late 1920's. R. R.
P. Hickson was chairman of the Sydney
Harbour Trust, 1901-12.

HICKSON RD C Millers Point 23 G12/H12 A new road built 1909-late 1920's. R. R.

P. Hickson was chairman of the Sydney
Harbour Trust, 1901-12.
HICKSON RD C Sydney 23 G 13 A new road built 1909-late 1920's. R. R.
P. Hickson was chairman of the Sydney
Harbour Trust, 1901-12.
HICKSON RD C The Rocks 24 J12/K11 A new road built 1909-late 1920's. R. R.
P. Hickson was chairman of the Sydney
Harbour Trust, 1901-12.
HICKSON STPS C Dawes Point 24 J 11
HIGH HOLBORN ST C Surry Hills 66 L 7 One of several London names which
appeared on John Terry Hughes'
Marlebone Estate when it was
subdivided in the 1840's.
HIGH LA C Millers Point 23 G 13 Named 1923.
HIGH ST C Millers Point 23/55 G13/ A new street created by Sydney
G14 Harbour Trust on the line of Agar St.
Named in 1916.
HIGH ST R Sydney 24/26 J12/J16- See George St.
20
HIGH STP C Millers Point 23 G 14
HILES LA C Alexandria 75 F 12
HILES ST C Alexandria 75 F 12 Named after Hiles, an early pioneer.
HILL ST R Newtown 65 A 10 Originally ran between Wilson St and
Rowland St [now Copeland Avenue].
Subhumed in Watkin St extension in
1885.
HILL ST R Pyrmont 55 B 18 See Saunders St. Beyond the present
Saunders St, Hill St extended to
Johnston's Bay. This section was partly
quarried away, and partly sold to the
CSR in 1911.
HILL ST R Redfern 66 M 10 See Charles Moore Avenue.

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HILL ST D Surry Hills 28 L 2 See Upton St.
HILL ST C Surry Hills 28/30 M4/N4 George Hill (1802-1883) publican,
wholesale butcher, Mayor of Sydney
1850. ADB
HILLS STRS C Woolloomooloo 29 P 19
HOLDEN ST C Redfern 65 F 7 Named after Lieutenant John Holden of
the 4th Regiment who built and named
Everleigh House.
HOLDSWORTH AV C Rushcutters Bay 57 A 19

HOLDSWORTH LA C Newtown 65 B 9
HOLDSWORTH ST C Newtown 65 B 9 Named after solicitor Richard
Holdsworth.
HOLLAND ST C St. Peters 74 R 18
HOLLIS LA C Newtown 65 A 9 Named after Robert Hollis MLA for
Newtown. He served 5 terms in
Parliament between 1901-1913.
HOLT ST C Surry Hills 28 K5
HOLTS PL C Surry Hills 66 J6 Privately owned.
HOOLIGAN LA C Woolloomooloo 29 P 19
HORDERN LA C Newtown 64 Q8
HORDERN ST D Moore Park 479 C7 Named after the Hordern Brothers,
John and Henry who had a major
retailing store. Ran off Park Rd. Now
underneath Multi Level Car Park.
HORDERN ST C Newtown 64 Q 8 Named after John and Henry Hordern
of Hordern Brothers. The Horderns
(members of the Anthony Hordern
family) started their drapery business in
Newtown and owned considerable
property in the district.
The street is on the Camperdown
Estate Subdivision of 1844.

HORDERNS PL C Potts Point 29 Q 18 And stairs, Horderns were a major

retailing family.
HORDERNS STRS C Potts Point 29 Q 18
HORSESHOE LA C Forest Lodge 64 Q 4
HOSKING PL C Sydney 26/56 J17/K17 John Hosking (1806-1882), Sydney's
first elected Mayor 1842-3.
HOSPITAL RD C Sydney 26 L 17 Named in 1950 for Sydney Hospital.
HOURIGAN LA C Woolloomooloo 29 P19
HOWARD ST C Ultimo 27 E 4 Private Rd. Brisbane St until 1875. After
the Athlone Place Resumption, it was
reduced to a small length, from George
St West to Owen St.
HUDSON ST C Redfern 65 F 6 Named after Henry Hudson, an
alderman for many years and Mayor.
HUGHES LA C Potts Point 29 Q 19
HUGHES PL C Potts Point 29 Q 19
HUGHES ST C Potts Point 29/56 Q19/ Albert St until 1905.
Q18

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HUGO ST C Redfern 65 F 7
HUME ST D Pyrmont 55 C 17 Originally Alfred St, part (Harvey to
Bowman) renamed McCredie St in
1875, part (Bowman to Chowne)
renamed Hume St in 1905. Sold to CSR
in 1906.
HUNT ST C Surry Hills 28 K 2 The northern dog leg of Foster St was
added to Hunt St in 1915.
HUNT ST C Sydney 66 K 2
HUNTER C Sydney 26 J 16 This Sydney arcade was named after
CONNECTION Gov. John Hunter.
HUNTER ST C Sydney 26 J16/K16 Bell St until renamed by Macquarie in
1810. (Bligh St was also called Bell St).
John Hunter (1795-1821), arrived in the
First Fleet. Governor of NSW 1795-
1800. ADB
HUNTER ST C Waterloo 76 J 12 John Hunter (1795-1821), arrived in the
First Fleet. Governor of NSW 1795-
1800. ADB
HUNTER ST R Waterloo 76 J 13 John Hunter (1795-1821), arrived in the
First Fleet. Governor of NSW 1795-
1800. ADB This was a short street
which ran between Short St and Bourke
St. See Hawksley St.
HUNTLEY ST C Alexandria 75 B14/C15

HUTCHINSON LA C Surry Hills 30 N 5 Called Hutchinson Pl. in some current

directories. Renamed after 1984.

HUTCHINSON PL C Surry Hills 30 N 5 Mary Ann St until 1905.

HUTCHINSON ST C Surry Hills 30 N 5 William Hutchinson (1772-1846),
convict. Acquired much city land.
Business partner of Samuel Terry.
ADB. Called Hutchinson La in some
current directories.
HUTCHINSON ST R Sydney 26 J 16 See Bond St.
HUTCHINSON WK C Zetland 76 L 14
ICE ST C Darlinghurst 30 P3
ILLAWARRA AV D Moore Park 479 D4 See Bert Bailey St.
IMPERIAL ARC C Sydney 26 J 18 Privately owned.
INNOVATION PL C Alexandria 65 E9
INNOVATION PLZ C Eveleigh 65 E9
IONA LA C Paddington 30 P4
IREDALE ST C Newtown 74 Q 12 Named after the Iredale family who
were well known residents for many
years.
IRIS LA D Paddington 30 P 4 Earlier was a continuation of Iris St
between Albion St and Napier St.
IRIS ST C Paddington 30 P 5
IRVING LA C Chippendale 27 F 5 Privately owned.

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IRVING ST D Chippendale 27 F 5 Between Abercrombie St and the
former Balfour St. Formerly closed and
subhumed within the brewery precinct
in 1982. Now Balfour Park. Clark Irving
was an original principal in the CSR.

ISABELLA ST C Camperdown 64 P5
ITHACA RD C Elizabeth Bay 57 A 19
IVERYS LA C Newtown 65 B9
IVY LA C Darlington 65 E7 Renamed as an extension of Thomas
St on some recent maps.
IVY ST C Darlington 65 E 7 A botanical reminder of Thomas
Shepherds' Darling Nursery. Originally
ran from Wilson St to Darlington Rd
(Maze Crst). Now it ends at Shepherd
St with the onwards section under
University Engineering buildings.

JAMES LA C Sydney 25 H 20
JAMES ST C Redfern 65/66 G7/J7
JAMES ST D Sydney 25 H 20 This street and James La formed part of
the street layout of the old Barker's Mill
complex, most of which lies beneath the
Darling Harbour development. (See
Washington Pl).
JAMES ST C Waterloo 75 G 12
JAMISON ST C Sydney 23/25 H15/H16 Sir John Jamison (1776-1844) banker,
landholder, subdivided land here in
1831, with Jamison St being named in
1841.
His father, Thomas Jamison, was
surgeon on the 'Sirius' of the First Fleet.
Spelt 'Jamieson' for some years,
probably through confusion with Ellen
Jamieson, a shopkeeper in adjoining
Margaret St, who achieved notoriety
when she was murdered by John
Knatchbull in 1844.

JAROCIN AV C Glebe 64 R 3 Privately owned. May have been

named after a substantial house
originally called Kaynga after a station
in the Hunter Valley.
David Mitchell, a Forest Lodge
alderman 1884-86, bought the property
and renamed it Jarocin. The house was
demolished for subdivision and property
developed in 1911.
Jarocin is the name of a medieval town
in Poland. The street is an unnamed
lane on 1880's map.

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JENKINS ST C Millers Point 23/55 G15/ Part of the 1842 subdivision of land
G14 owned by ex-convict, James Jenkins.
Private laneway at present.
JENNINGS ST C Alexandria 75 C 11
JESMOND ST C Surry Hills 28 M4
JESSON LA C Surry Hills 66 L6
JESSON ST R Alexandria 75 B 14 Named after Councillor and Mayor
Jesson. He erected a number of better
class cottages. See Belmont St.

JESSON ST C Surry Hills 66 L 6 Jesson was an early property holder in

Surry Hills.
JOCELYN C Moore Park 479 C 3 One of a number of streets
HOWARTH ST commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998.
Fox Studios Australia opened on the
site in 1999.

JOHN EWART PL C Moore Park 479 E 3 One of a number of streets

commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998.
Fox Studios Australia opened on the
site in 1999.

JOHN HARGRAVES C Moore Park 479 B 5 Earlier called Presidents Avenue.

AV One of a number of streets
commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998.
Fox Studios Australia opened on the
site in 1999.

JOHN HOPKINS DR C Camperdown 471 C 6 Uni of Sydney

JOHN LA C Glebe 64 R 3 Unnamed until 1950.
JOHN MEILLON ST C Moore Park 479 D 4 One of a number of stree+G1193ts
commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998.
Fox Studios Australia opened on the
site in 1999.

JOHN NORTHCOTT C Surry Hills 66 K 6

PL
JOHN ST D Alexandria 65 E 10 Was off Alexander Rd. Now part of
Australian Technology Park, Everleigh.

JOHN ST D Camperdown 64 P 5 Was part of Lambert St to Mason St

end.
JOHN ST R Camperdown 64 Q 8 Renamed Fitzgerald St 1913.
JOHN ST C Erskineville 75 A 11
JOHN ST D Eveleigh 65 D 10 Now subhumed into Australian
Technology Park.
JOHN ST C Glebe 64 R 3

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JOHN ST R Newtown 64 Q8 See Fitzgerald St.
JOHN ST C Pyrmont 55 C 17 Possibly named for John Macarthur.
JOHN ST R Surry Hills 28 K3 See Blackburn St.
JOHN ST R Surry Hills 28 L4 See Corben St.
JOHN ST D Surry Hills 66 K7 See Goodlet St.
JOHN ST C Waterloo 75 G 11 Originally ran between Botany Rd to Pitt
St. Later shortened to West St in the
1970's.
JOHNSON ST C Alexandria 75 G 15 Possibly named for Dr Samuel
Johnson.
JOHNSON ST C Beaconsfield 75 G 15 Possibly named for Dr Samuel
Johnson.
JOHNSTON ST D Ultimo 65 E 4 Disappeared at Athlone Place
Resumption. Similar alignment to Smail
St. Major Johnston had gardens on this
swampy land early on.

JONES BAY RD C Pyrmont 55 D 17 A new road, built by the Sydney

Harbour Trust, named in 1922.
JONES LA C Pyrmont 25/55 E20/D20 Named in 1914.

JONES LA C Redfern 65 G 8
JONES LA C Rosebery 75 G 19
JONES ST C Pyrmont 55/65 C18/ Jones St ran to Johnston's Bay until
D20/ 1906, when a section was sold to the
C17/D1 CSR. See New Jones St.
Thomas Jones, soldier, was granted 55
acres on the point of what became
known as Pyrmont.

JONES ST R Surry Hills 66 M 7 See Mort St.

JONES ST C Ultimo 27/65 E1/E2/
F3/D1
JOSEPHSON ST C Paddington 30 N 5 Earlier called Oatley St.
JOYNTON AV C Zetland 76 J 16 Named after James Joynton Smith, the
owner of 'Smith's Weekly'.
JUDGE LA C Woolloomooloo 29 N 20 This street was flanked by Dowling &
Forbes Sts, named for the early Chief
Justices of NSW. Other streets in
Woolloomooloo also recognise early
legal identities.
JUDGE PL C Woolloomooloo 29 P 19 This street was flanked by Dowling &
Forbes Sts, named for the early Chief
Justices of NSW. Other streets in
Woolloomooloo also recognise early
legal identities.
JUDGE ST C Woolloomooloo 29 P19/P20 This street was flanked by Dowling &
Forbes Sts, named for the early Chief
Justices of NSW. Other streets in
Woolloomooloo also recognise early
legal identities.
JUNCTION LA R Chippendale 65 F6 See Dangar St.

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JUNCTION LA R The Rocks 24 J 14 See Caraher La.
JUNCTION LA C Woolloomooloo 29 N 19
JUNCTION ST R Camperdown 64 Q5 See Sparkes St
JUNCTION ST R Chippendale 27 G5 See Outram St.
JUNCTION ST C Forest Lodge 64 Q4 Originally two streets. See also Sparkes
St Camperdown.
JUNCTION ST R Surry Hills 28 K2/L2 See Brisbane St.
JUNCTION ST D Woolloomooloo 29 N 19 Was between Palmer and Bourke Sts.
Now under Eastern Suburbs Railway.

KEEGAN AV C Glebe 65 A 2 Named for Thomas Keegan, M.L.A. for

Glebe from 1910-1920 and 1927-1935.
Originally called Grants Place.

KEIG ST R Sydney ? ? See Rawson St.

KELLETT PL C Rushcutters Bay 29 Q 20 Kellett House, facing Goderich across
Bayswater Rd was the house of Sir
Stuart Donaldson, first premier of NSW.

KELLETT ST C Potts Point 29 Q 20 Kellett House, facing Goderich across

Bayswater Rd was the house of Sir
Stuart Donaldson, first premier of NSW.

KELLETT WY C Potts Point 29 Q 20 Kellett House, facing Goderich across

Bayswater Rd was the house of Sir
Stuart Donaldson, first premier of NSW.

KELLICK LA R Waterloo 76 J 11 See Brisbane La.

KELLICK ST C Waterloo 75/76 H11/J11 Named in the first subdivisions of
the1860's.
KELLS LA C Darlinghurst 28 M 2
KELLY LA D Ultimo 27 E3 Constructed after the Athlone Place
Resumption, 1906. now disappeared.
KELLY ST C Ultimo 27 E 3 Ultimo St until Athlone Place
Resumption. Truncated.
KENDALL LA C Surry Hills 66 M 6
KENDALL LA C The Rocks 24 J 13 Lawrence Kendall owned a steam flour
mill and biscuit factory here. (See also
Mill St).
KENDALL ST C Surry Hills 28/66 M5/M6
KENDALL'S LA R The Rocks 24 J 13 See Mill La.
KENNEDY ST R Glebe 54 R 20 Listed in 1868. Named after the early
explorer Edmund Kennedy, speared by
blacks in 1848. See Leichhardt St.
KENNEDY ST C Woolloomooloo 26/56 M20/ Campbell Pl until 1905. Because
M19 Campbell St, Darlinghurst was renamed
Leichhardt St at the same time, this
Kennedy is probably the explorer
Edmund Kennedy (1818-48).
KENSINGTON LA C Waterloo 76 J 11
KENSINGTON ST C Chippendale 27 G 5

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KENSINGTON ST C Waterloo 76 J 11
KENT RD D Chippendale 65 F 5 Also possibly known as Brewery Rd.
This road ran off Broadway (Parramatta
Rd) west of Kensington St. It was
subhumed within the brewery precinct
c.1877.
John Tooth, who established the Kent
Brewery (now Carlton) came from
County Kent.

KENT ST C Millers Point 23 G13/ Back Row, then Back Row West until
G14 1810, when Macquarie named it Kent
St.
KENT ST C Sydney 25/27 H16/ Back Row, then Back Row West until
H19/H1 1810, when Macquarie named it Kent
St.
KEPOS LA C Redfern 66 L 10
KEPOS ST C Redfern 66 L 10 Named to commemorate the site of
John Baptists garden.
KERRIDGE PL C Forest Lodge 65 A 4 Privately owned. Newly named on
Redman's est 1884.
KERSY LA D Sydney 27 G 1 Appeared on maps c.1860-70. Under
the present Chinese Gardens.
KETTLE LA C Ultimo 65 D 4 Named after John Icke Kettle who was
a magistrate and brother in law of
Thomas May.
KETTLE ST C Redfern 66 J 9 Named after John Icke Kettle who was
a magistrate and brother in law of
Thomas May.
KIDMAN'S TCE C Woolloomooloo 29 N 19 Privately owned.
KIMBER LA C Forest Lodge 64 Q 4 Privately owned.
KIMBER LA C Haymarket 27 H 2 Laneway created 1880's (?). Possibly
named for Richard John Kimber who
was an oyster merchant in the area.
KIMBERLEY GV C Rosebery 76 J 18 Named after John Wodehouse, Lord
Kimberley, the Secretary for Foreign
Affairs who named the South African
diamond mining town after himself. He
was the 2nd Lord Wodehouse and 1st
Earl of Kimberley.

KING ST D Camperdown 64 P 4 Off Pyrmont Bridge Rd on 1880's map.

Later became site of Camperdown
Children's Hospital.
KING ST C Erskineville 74 Q13/R15

KING ST D Moore Park 479 D 4 See George Wallace St.

KING ST C Newtown 64/65 Q10/ Part of Cooks River Rd between
/74 A8/P11 Carillon Avenue and May St, St. Peters.
Renamed King St in 1877. See Cooks
River Rd/City Rd and Princes Highway.

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KING ST C Sydney 25/26 H17/J17 Philip Gidley King, (1758-1808),
Governor, NSW, 1800-1806. Named by
Macquarie in 1810. ADB
KINGS CROSS RD C Darlinghurst 29/30 Q20/Q1 Called Upper William St until 1905,
Then Woolcott St until 1926. Charles
Woolcott was Sydney's Town Clerk,
1857-87.
KINGS CROSS RD C Potts Point 29/30 Q20/Q1
KINGS CROSS RD C Rushcutters Bay 277 Q 20

KINGS LA C Darlinghurst 28/30 M1/N2

KINGSCLEAR LA C Alexandria 75 D 11 Named after John Kings' 1794 grant
and later called Kings's Clear Grant.
Earlier known as Kings Clear Rd.
KINGSCLEAR RD C Alexandria 75 D 11 Named after John Kings' 1794 grant
and later called Kings's Clear Grant.
Earlier known as Kings Clear Rd.
KINGSCLEAR RD D Eveleigh 65 D 10 Named after John Kings' 1794 grant
and later called Kings's Clear Grant.
Earlier known as Kings Clear Rd. Street
truncated by Australian Technology
Park.
KIPPAX ST C Surry Hills 28/66 J4/K4 William Kippax, Alderman 1863-1898.
KIRBY WK C Zetland 76 K 15 Part of British Leyland subdivision.
KIRK ST C Ultimo 27 E 1 Named Kirk La in 1881. Altered to Kirk
St in 1950.
KIRKETON RD C Darlinghurst 29/30 P20/P1
KNIGHT LA C Erskineville 74 Q 13
KNIGHT ST C Erskineville 74 R 13 Named after Henry Knight, a Sydney
builder, brickmaker and landholder. In
the 1840's he moved his works from
Brickfield Hill to the Cooks River District
and became first Mayor of
Macdonaldtown (later called
Erskineville)

KNOX LA D Chippendale 27 E 5 Ran between Knox St and former

extension of Grafton La. Known locally
as Sugar House La.
KNOX ST C Chippendale 27 E 5 Brisbane St until 1875. On this site,
Robert Cooper's Brisbane Distillery,
named in honour of the Governor was
taken over by the Colonial Sugar
Refinery.
Edward Knox was director of CSR,
1855-1901.

KURRAGHEIN AV C Rushcutters Bay 29/30 R20/R1 Privately owned.

LACEY ST C Surry Hills 28 L 5

LACHLAN ST C Waterloo 76 L 11
LACKEY LA D Chippendale 27 G 2 Originally east of Lackey St.

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LACKEY ST D Sydney 27 G 2 Belmore St. until 1875. When the
markets were built it was realigned to
be a continuation of Quay St.
Disappeared for building of the
Entertainment Centre in 1970's. John
Lackey, MLA, landjobber and involved
in real estate.

LACROZIA LA C Darlinghurst 30 P 3 Barcom La until 1905. The Valley of La

Crozia and La Crozia Creek ran down
to Rushcutters Bay.
Thomas West built a flour mill on the
creek and a house called Barcom Glen.

LAMBERT ST C Camperdown 64 P 5
LAMBERT ST C Erskineville 75 A 12
LAMBIE DEW DR C Camperdown 471 D 5 Uni of Sydney. Charles George Lambie
and Harold Dew were appointed to the
chairs of Medicine and Surgery
respectively in 1930. These were the
first full-time chairs in Medicine and
Surgery, so were landmark
appointments. Lambie was a pioneer in
using insulin for diabetes.

LANCE LA C Millers Point 23 G 14 A new street built by the Sydney

Harbour Trust, named 1923. Charles
Lance was the second chairman of the
Trust, 1912-24.
LANDER LA C Darlington 65 D 7
LANDER ST C Darlington 65 D 8
LANG RD C Centennial Park 66/67 Q9/
A10/B8
LANG RD C Moore Park 66 Q 9 One of the eight original streets.
LANG ST C Sydney 23 H 15 Wentworth St until 1894 although
referred to as Church Hill or Church St.
John Dunmore Lang, (1799-1878),
Presbyterian Minister, politician, writer,
historian.
LANGLEY ST C Darlinghurst 28 M2
LANSDOWNE LA C Surry Hills 66 L6
LANSDOWNE ST C Surry Hills 66 L6
LARKIN LA D Sydney 25 G 19 See Day La.
LARKIN ST C Camperdown 64 Q5 Smith St until 1913. On 1880's map.
L'AVENUE R Newtown 65 A9 First appeared in the Council rate books
in 1890. See Warren Ball Avenue.

LAWRENCE LA C Alexandria 75 B 14
LAWRENCE ST C Alexandria 75 C 15
LAWSON SQ C Redfern 65 F8 Earlier was part of Redfern St.
LAWSON ST D Pyrmont 55 C16 Albert St until 1905.
LAWSON ST C Redfern 65 E8 Earlier called Wells St West.

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LAYTON ST C Camperdown 64 P 5 In 1800's called Church St. which
extended from Newtown Rd to Pyrmont
Bridge Rd.
Church St between Brown St and
Pyrmont Bridge Rd renamed Layton St
in 1913.
The same section renamed Church St
in 1958 leaving the current Layton St
the part remaining between Parramatta
Rd and Pyrmont Bridge Rd.

LEAMINGTON AV C Newtown 65 A 10
LEAMINGTON LA C Newtown 65 A 10
LEE ST C Chippendale 27 G 5 Named in 1909. Part known as Lee
Bridge until 1931. On the approx line of
pre-railway George St south.
LEE ST C Haymarket 27 G 5
LEES CT C Sydney 26 J 17 Samuel Lees (1843-1916), Mayor 1895,
Lord Mayor 1904. A printer, MLA. ADB

LEICHHARDT AV C Glebe 54 R 20 Privately owned. Off Leichhardt St.

LEICHHARDT ST C Darlinghurst 30 P 2 Campbell St until 1905. F. W. Ludwig
Leichhardt, explorer, (1813-48).
LEICHHARDT ST C Glebe 54 R19/R20 Listed in 1859. One of a group of
streets named to commemorate early
explorers. Ludwig Leichhardt
disappeared in 1848.
The street was later extended to
absorbed Kennedy St.

LEINSTER ST C Paddington 66/67 R6/A6 Earlier divided at Regent St. into

Leinster St. East and Leinster St. West.

LENTON PDE C Waterloo 65 H 10 Named after Alderman Charles L.

Lenton. Earlier called Schimel St,
named after James Schimel. Renamed
during the first world war.
LEVEY ST C Chippendale 27 E5/F5
LEVY WK C Zetland 76 L 14
LEYLAND GV C Zetland 76 K 14 Named after the company. Part of
British Motor Leyland subdivision.
LIBRARY RD C Camperdown 472 K 4 Uni of Sydney.
LIME ST (1) C Sydney 25 G 16 Originally La off Erskine St, southerly,
between Day St and Darling Harbour
Section of Erskine St, Lime and Day Sts
partly obliterated by Western
Distributor.
Possibly Lime is a reference to the
nautical nature of the St, as limes, rich
in vitamin C, were used by sailors to
ward off scurvy.

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LIME ST (2) C Sydney 25 G16-17 A new street partly on original site now
extended by crossing Erskine St and
subhuming original Shelley St. Now
running full length of wharves 1 to 9
Darling Harbour.
LINCOLN CR C Woolloomooloo 56 N 17
LINDEN LA D Chippendale 27 F 4 See Lombard Pl
LINDEN LA C Surry Hills 28/30 M3/N3
LINDSAY LA C Darlinghurst 30 Q 2
LINK RD C Zetland 76 L 16
LINTHORPE LA C Newtown 64 Q 10 Lane named following the subdivision of
1873.
LINTHORPE ST C Newtown 64 Q 10 This street follows the original driveway
of Linthorpe House which was situated
on more than 4 acres.
LIPSCOMBE ST R Redfern 65 F 9 See Margaret St.
LIST LA D Surry Hills 28 L 2 Walter List was a Surry Hills landowner.
Street disappeared in the Brisbane St
Resumption of 1928.
LITTLE ….. As 'Little' streets are usually matched
with a street name without this prefix,
origins of named are not repeated here.

LITTLE R Chippendale 27 E 5 See Cooper St and O'Connor St.

ABERCROMBIE ST
LITTLE ALBION ST C Surry Hills 28 K 3
LITTLE ARTHUR ST R Surry Hills 66 L 6 Surry St until 1875, see Rainford St.
LITTLE BARCOM ST D Darlinghurst 30 P 2 Was off Oxford St between Victoria St
and Barcom Av.
LITTLE BEAUMONT D Chippendale 65 E 6 Bowman La until 1903. Resumed and
ST surrounding street layout altered, from
1911.
LITTLE BLOOMFIELD C Surry Hills 28 M 3
ST
LITTLE BOURKE ST C Surry Hills 28 M 3
LITTLE BRISBANE R Surry Hills 28 L 2 See Poplar St.
ST
LITTLE C Surry Hills 28/66 J5/J6
BUCKINGHAM ST
LITTLE BURTON ST C Darlinghurst 28 M 2
LITTLE CHAPEL RW R Sydney 26 K16 See Bligh St.
LITTLE CLEVELAND C Redfern 66 M 8 Originally off Chelsea St.
ST
LITTLE COLLINS ST C Surry Hills 28 L5
LITTLE DARLING ST R Chippendale 65 E6 See Frazer St.
LITTLE DARLING ST R Glebe 65 B1 See Darling St.
LITTLE D Surry Hills 66 L6 Possibly Ann's Pl before 1875.
DEVONSHIRE ST
LITTLE DOWLING ST C Paddington 30 N 4 Earlier was a section of Williams La.

LITTLE EDWARD ST C Pyrmont 25 E 18

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LITTLE ESSEX ST D The Rocks 24 J 13 Early on called Surrey La, then Brown
Bear La, varied with Essex La and
Fraser's La.
Called Little Essex St from 1875 until its
demise in 1908 when George St was
widened. Brown Bear was the name of
an inn.

LITTLE EVELEIGH C Redfern 65 E 8

ST
LITTLE GEORGE ST R Sydney 26 J 16 See Curtin Pl.
LITTLE GIPPS ST R Surry Hills 28 L 3 See Mackey St.
LITTLE R The Rocks 24 J 13 See Playfair St.
GLOUCESTER ST
LITTLE HARBOUR D Sydney 27 H 2 Resumed for markets. Now under
ST Entertainment Centre, Darling Harbour.

LITTLE HAY ST C Haymarket 27 H 2 Mill St until 1875. Named for Dickson's

Steam mill, est 1815. Not to be
confused with Mill St/Brewery La, in the
same vicinity!
LITTLE HILL ST D Surry Hills 28 L 2 See Upton Pl.
LITTLE HUNTER ST C Sydney 26 J 16
LITTLE MACLEAY ST R Darlinghurst 30 Q 1 See Craigend Pl.

LITTLE MACQUARIE R Sydney 28 K 2 See Alberta St.

ST
LITTLE MOUNT ST C Pyrmont 55 D 18
LITTLE NAPIER ST C Paddington 30 N 4
LITTLE NORTON LA D Surry Hills 28 L 4 Ran off Foveaux St between Riley and
Little Norton Sts. Still in directory 1984

LITTLE NORTON ST C Surry Hills 28/66 L5/L4

LITTLE OXFORD ST C Darlinghurst 28 M 2
LITTLE PIER ST C Haymarket 27 G 1 So named because it once connected
to Darling harbour.
LITTLE QUAY ST D Sydney 27 H 2 Now under Entertainment Centre,
Darling Harbour.
LITTLE QUEEN ST C Chippendale 27 F 5 Little Chippendale Pl West until 1909
LITTLE QUEEN ST C Newtown 65 A 8
LITTLE REGENT ST C Chippendale 27 G4 Terminus St until 1905, announcing
proximity to the railway.
LITTLE RILEY ST C Surry Hills 28/66 L3/L4/
L5/L6
LITTLE SELWYN ST C Paddington 30 N 4 Section off Albion St earlier called
Albion La.
LITTLE SMITH ST C Surry Hills 28 L 3 This appears on the 1843 subdivision of
John Samuel Smith's Fosterville Estate
as a 'back entrance'.
LITTLE SPRING ST D Sydney 26 J 16 This name was formerly 'unnamed' in
1864 when it became privatised.

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LITTLE STEWART ST C Paddington 30 R 5

LITTLE SURREY ST C Darlinghurst 30 P 1

LITTLE WEST ST C Darlinghurst 30/66 Q2/Q1
LITTLE WYNDHAM C Alexandria 65 F 10
ST
LITTLE YOUNG ST C Redfern 66 K8
LIVERPOOL LA C Darlinghurst 28 M1
LIVERPOOL ST C Darlinghurst 28/30 L1/Q2
LIVERPOOL ST C Sydney 27/28 H1/J1/ Robert Banks Jenkinson 2nd Earl of
K1 Liverpool, 1770-1828, Secretary for
War and Colonies 1809-12.
LLANKELLY PL C Potts Point 29 Q 19
LOCK LA C Forest Lodge 64 Q4 Privately owned.
LOCOMOTIVE ST C Eveleigh 65 D 10
LODGE ST C Forest Lodge 64 R4 Together with Forest St,
commemorates Andrew Foss's family
residence 'Forest Lodge'.
LODGE ST C Glebe 65 A 4 Together with Forest St,
commemorates Ambrose Foss' family
residence 'Forest Lodge'.
LOFTUS LA C Sydney 24 K 15 Earlier known as Elizabeth La.
LOFTUS ST D Moore Park 479 B 6 Previously located adjacent to Hordern
Pavilion.
LOFTUS ST C Sydney 24 K 15 Castlereagh St North until 1881. The
original naming indicated that an
intended through alignment never
occurred.
Lord Loftus was Governor of NSW,
1879-85.

LOMBARD CL C Glebe 65 A 2
LOMBARD LA C Glebe 65 A 2
LOMBARD PL D Chippendale 27 F 4 Linden La until c.1881. This La ran off
Parramatta St (Broadway) between
Parramatta Pl (Carlton) and Charles St
(Balfour).
Linden is probably a corruption of
London as other streets in the area also
designated areas in Britain.

LOMBARD ST C Glebe 65 A 2
LONGDOWN ST C Newtown 64/65 R8/A8 On Camperdown Estate Subdivision
1844.
LONGS LA C The Rocks 24 J 14 In existence by at least 1820. William
Long was a publican and wharf owner
in Millers Point.
LORD ST R Ultimo 27 E 4 See St Barnabas St.

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LOTTIE LYELL AV C Moore Park 479 C 4 Previously called Commemoration
Avenue. One of a number of streets
commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998.
Fox Studios Australia opened on the
site in 1999.

LOUIS ST C Redfern 65 F 7
LOUISA TCE D Alexandria ? ? In Sands Directory 1880
LOUISE LOVELY LA C Moore Park 479 D 4 One of a number of streets
commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998.
Fox Studios Australia opened on the
site in 1999.

LOVERIDGE ST C Alexandria 75 F 12 Named after Councillor and Mayor

Loveridge. Made after Alexandria Park
was defined after the 1880's.
LOWER AVON ST C Glebe 65 A 1 See Avon St.
LOWER CAMPBELL C Surry Hills 28 L 2 Mostly demolished in the Brisbane St
ST Resumption, 1930's.
LOWER CARRIAGE C Haymarket 65 H 4
LA
LOWER FORT ST C Dawes Point 24/55 J12/H13 This street developed as a path from
the soldiers barracks on Dawes Point to
Fort Phillip (now Observatory Hill).
George St, west of the Harbour Bridge
became part of Lower Fort St in 1963.

LOWER FORT ST C Millers Point 23 H 13 This street developed as a path from

the soldiers barracks on Dawes Point to
Fort Phillip (now Observatory Hill).
George St, west of the Harbour Bridge
became part of Lower Fort St in 1963.

LUCAS LA C Camperdown 64 P6
LUCAS ST C Camperdown 64 P7 Campbell St until 1913.
LUDGATE LA R Chippendale 27 F5 See Blackfriars Pl.
LUDGATE ST D Chippendale 27 F5 This street was created in 1879 but was
resumed almost immediately by the
Education Department for the
Blackfriars School site.

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LYNDHURST ST C Glebe 65 B 2 Named after 'Lyndhurst', built by John
Verge for Dr. James Bowman whose
wife Mary was a daughter of John and
Elizabeth Macarthur. Later became
'Lyndhurst College' among many other
incarnations, including that of a soap
factory.
Earlier extended from (Wentworth) Park
Rd to Glebe Point Rd.
Later the section from Brougham St to
Glebe Point Rd was renamed and
became part of Pyrmont Bridge Rd.

LYNE LA C Alexandria 75 D 11
LYNE ST C Alexandria 75 D 11 Later continued to Alexander St,
absorbing Short St.
LYONS LA C Sydney 28 K1
LYONS RD C Camperdown 64 P5
M 1 MWY C Sydney 277 L 10
M 2 MWY C Sydney 277 K 10
MACARTHUR AV C Moore Park 66 P8
MACARTHUR ST C Ultimo 27/65 E3/F2/ Extended from Wattle to Bay St after
D3 Athlone Place Resumption. Presumably
named for John Macarthur (though he
owned land at the other end of the
peninsula).
MACDONALD ST C Erskineville 75 A 13 Town and street named after the
Macdonald family. On the death of her
husband Hugh, Mary Macdonald
married Matthew Bacon and on his
death in 1825 married Bernard
Rochford in 1828. He inherited Nicholas
Devines Burrin Farm and he and Mary
later subdivided and sold the property.

MACHINERY AV D Moore Park 479 C 6 Now underneath the Coach Drop off
Zone.
MACKENZIE ST R Moore Park 479 D 4 See Chips Raffety Avenue.
MACKEY ST C Surry Hills 28 L 3 Little Gipps St until 1896. The Mackeys
were a long-term Surry Hills family.
Named for Robert Mackey, Alderman
1893-6, 1902-4.
MACLEAN ST C Woolloomooloo 29 P 18
MACLEAY ST C Elizabeth Bay 29 Q 19 Alexander McLeay (1767-1848).
Colonial Secretary 1826-37, botanist,
merchant. He was granted 56 acres
here by Gov. Darling. ADB
MACLEAY ST C Potts Point 29 Q 19 Alexander McLeay (1767-1848).
Colonial Secretary 1826-37, botanist,
merchant. He was granted 56 acres
here by Gov. Darling. ADB
MACQUARIE LA R Surry Hills 28 K 4 See Commonwealth La.

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MACQUARIE PL C Sydney 24 K15 From the Greenway Obelisk in
Macquarie Pl all distances in the colony
of NSW were measured. Also included
part of present Bridge St, (which see).

MACQUARIE ST C Sydney 24/26 L14/L17 Lachlan Macquarie, 1762-1824,

Governor NSW 1810-1822. ADB.
Originally Macquarie St went only from
Hyde Park to the Domain. The
remainder was Macquarie St North.
MACQUARIE ST R Sydney 24/26 L14/L17 Lachlan Macquarie, 1762-1824,
NORTH Governor NSW 1810-1822. ADB.
Originally Macquarie St went only from
Hyde Park to the Domain. The
remainder was Macquarie St North.
MACQUARIE ST R Surry Hills 28 K3-4 See Commonwealth St.
SOUTH
MACQUARIE ST R Sydney 28 K 1 See Commonwealth St.
SOUTH
MADDISON LA C Redfern 66 M9
MADDISON ST C Redfern 66 M9
MADDOX ST C Alexandria 75 C 14
MAGENTA LA C Paddington 30 N4
MAGENTA PL D Paddington 30 N4 Privately owned. Ran off Napier St
between Dowling and Verona Sts.
MAIDEN LA C Surry Hills 28 M 3
MAIDEN LA D Sydney ? ? Originally the traverse of a dam built by
Dickson across Darling Harbour (Cockle
Bay). Dickson had manufactured steam
engines in Maid La, Southwark before
immigrating. Other more romantic
possibilities for the naming are just as
plausible.

MAIN ENTRANCE RD R Glebe 55/65 A20/A1 See Ferry Rd.

MALCOLM LA C Erskineville 75 A 12 Previously called Azella La.

MALCOLM ST C Erskineville 75 A 12 Possibly named after Captain Malcolm's
Estate.
MALCOLM'S LA D Sydney 24 J 15 Between Abercrombie La and Bond St.

MALLETT LA C Camperdown 64 P 7
MALLETT ST C Camperdown 64 N5/P6 Named after Alderman and Mayor of
Camperdown C. S. Mallett. Earlier was
called Parkes St until 1913.
MANDIBLE ST C Alexandria 75 F 14
MANNING LA D Sydney 24 J 15 Private Laneway residue of Manning
Estate.

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MANNING RD C Camperdown 471 G 3 Uni of Sydney. Named after Manning
House, itself named after Sir William
Manning, Chancellor from 1878 to
1895. His influence in persuading the
Senate to accept female students was
critical.

MANNING ST C Potts Point 29 Q 18 John Edye Manning (1783-1879),

lawyer, held land in Rushcutters Bay
and in the business area of town. ADB

MANSFIELD LA C Glebe 64 R 1
MANSFIELD ST C Glebe 64 R 1 Likely to have been named after the
Rev. Ralph Mansfield, who was friend
of George Allen (Toxteth House). He
was prominent in the Wesleyan
Missionary Society, Editor of The
Sydney Gazette and noted for his
sociological analysis of the 1841 and
1846 Census.
His son George Allen Mansfield, who
was an architect and an alderman in the
1880's, married Emma, a daughter of
George Allen.

MANSION LA C Potts Point 29 Q 20

MARGARET LA R Darlinghurst 28 L 1 See Hargrave La.
MARGARET LA C Sydney 25 H 16 Named in 1937. Refigured after new
development in 1978.
MARGARET PL D Sydney 25 H 16 See Margaret St.
MARGARET ST C Redfern 65 F 9 Earlier called Margaret St or Lipscombe
St.
MARGARET ST C Sydney 25 H 16 Between George & York this was called
Wynyard Sq North until 1887. Prior to
the construction of Hickson Rd,
Margaret St extended west of Kent St to
Darling Harbour, as Margaret Pl.

MARIAN ST C Redfern 65 F 8 Earlier had a dogleg on the east now

part of Redfern Railway Station.
MARION ST D Pyrmont 55 D 17 Acquired by Sydney County Council in
1951 to allow construction of extension
to the Pyrmont Power Station.

MARK LA C Sydney 25 H 18 Privately owned.

MARKET ROW C Sydney 25 H 19
MARKET ST C Sydney 25/26 H18/J18 Named by Macquarie in 1810 when he
announced his intention to build new
markets here, fronting George St. (QVB
site).
Market St connected with the City
Council's market wharf on Darling
Harbour.

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MARLBOROUGH LA C Glebe 65 A2
MARLBOROUGH ST C Glebe 65 A2
MARLBOROUGH ST C Surry Hills 66 K7
MARRIOTT ST C Redfern 66 K 10
MARSDEN ST C Camperdown 64 P6 Burton St until 1913.
MARSHALL ST C Paddington 30 N3 Named after Marshall's Brewery which
was close by.
MARSHALL ST C Surry Hills 28 M5
MARSHALL ST R Surry Hills 66 K7 See Goodlet St.
MARTIN LA R Sydney 26 J17 See Angel Pl.
MARTIN PL C Sydney 26 J 17 Between George and Pitt Sts this
replaced a narrower Moore St,
sometimes colloquially called Post
Office St until 1921.
Brodsky also mentions Foxlow Pl, now
under the southern edge of Martin Pl.
The widening of Moore St began in
1892, but the extension of Martin Pl
through to Macquarie St was not
completed until 1935. Sir James Martin,
(1820-86, Chief Justice, politician. ADB

MARTIN PLZ C Sydney 56 K 17

MARTIN RD C Centennial Park 76 Q 11 One of the eight original streets.

MARTIN ST D Moore Park 479 C6 Was off Suttor Avenue (Bent Avenue).
MARTIN ST C Paddington 66 R6
MARY ANN ST R Surry Hills 30 N5 See Hutchinson Pl.
MARY ANN ST C Ultimo 27 E3 Ann St until 1875. Possibly originally
intended to commemorate Surgeon
Harris' mother Ann.
The name Mary Ann 'fits' with other
Ultimo streets named for descendents
of George Harris who inherited part of
Ultimo from Surgeon Harris.

MARY LA C Surry Hills 28 K 4

MARY PL C Surry Hills 28 M 4 Renamed Mary Pl after 1984. Edward
Flood (1805-1888) was a builder and a
landowner in Surry Hills. He was a
foundation member of the City Council
and Mayor in 1849. ADB.
MARY ST C Glebe 54 R 19 Named after Mary Chisholm, nee Mary
Bowman. She was the wife of James
Chisholm, a private in the NSW Corps
who was a very successful early settler.

MARY ST D Pyrmont 55 C 17 See Bremner St.

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MARY ST C Surry Hills 28 K3/K4 Part of the original Fosterville Estate
subdivision of 1843. Later extended
south beyond Albion St.
MARY ST D Waterloo 65 G 10 Ran between Alice (Phillip) St and
Buckland (Wellington) St until after
1965. West St now on similar
alignment.
MASON ST C Camperdown 64 P5 Wilson St until 1913.
MASSEY ST D Moore Park 479 C6 Was off Suttor Avenue (Bent Avenue).
MATTERSON LA C Redfern 66 L8 Privately owned.
MATTHEW ST D Pyrmont 27 G2 Within UTS site, between Quay St and
Darling Dr, previously markets. Named
for Matthew Harris?
MAURIE FIELDS ST C Moore Park 479 E 4 One of a number of streets
commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998.
Fox Studios Australia opened on the
site in 1999.

MAXWELL LA C Glebe 64 Q 1
MAXWELL RD C Glebe 64 P 1 Also called Maxwell St.
MAY ST D Ultimo 65 E 4 On 1880's map. Removed during
Athlone Place Resumption 1906.
Previously known as May's Pl. Thomas
May had a slaughter house here.

MAY'S PL R Ultimo 65 E 4 See May St.

MAZE CR C Darlington 65 C 7 Uni of Sydney. Wilson Harold Maze
(known as Harold) was University
Registrar from 1950 until 1955. A
building at International House is also
named after him.
Maze Crescent is made up from
renaming the whole of Alma St and part
of Darlington Rd. Alma St was named
after a battle in the Crimean War.

MAZE LA C Chippendale 65 D 6 Robert Maze, alderman 1872-79.

MCALISTER LA C Chippendale 65 F 6 Know as Abercrombie La until 1952.
Named for a local Chippendale
postman.
MCCARTHY PL C Woolloomooloo 26 M 20
MCCAULEY LA C Alexandria 75 F 12
MCCAULEY ST C Alexandria 75 F 13 Named after Mayor McCauley.
MCCONVILLE LA C Beaconsfield 75 G 16 Named in 1953.

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MCCREDIE ST D Pyrmont 55 C17 Part of Alfred St [called Albert in cross
reference] (Harvey to Bowman) and
renamed in 1875 after the numerous
McCredie brothers who lived there and
worked as builders and quarrymasters
from the 1860's.
The street closed in the 1950's and
subsumed within the CSR.

MCDONALD LA C Potts Point 29 Q 17

MCDONALD LA D Darlington 472 N 5 University of Sydney. An early Laneway
now at the rear of the Seymour Centre.

MCDONALD ST C Potts Point 29 Q 17

MCELHONE PL C Surry Hills 28 M 5
MCELHONE ST C Woolloomooloo 29 P18/P20 Duke St. until 1922. Probably named for
John McElhone, Alderman 1878-82 and
MLA. ADB. Various McElhones have
represented the area.

MCELHONE STRS C Potts Point 29 Q 18 Probably named for John McElhone,

Alderman 1878-82 and MLA. ADB.
Various McElhones have represented
the area.
MCEVOY ST C Alexandria 75 D12/13
MCEVOY ST C Waterloo 75/76 G12/J12 Originally ran between Botany Rd to
Morehead St, Waterloo.
Later extended to Bourke St in the west
and to Euston St Alexandria in the east.

MCKEE ST C Ultimo 27 E3
MCLACHLAN AV C Darlinghurst 30 R2
MCLACHLAN WY C Darlinghurst 30 R1
MCPHERSON LA C Zetland 76 J14
MEAGHER ST C Chippendale 65 F6 Banks St until 1905. Richard D.
Meagher (1866-1931), solicitor,
alderman, MLA, Lord Mayor 1916-17.
Meagher championed the cause of
Council housing, with the first ones built
in 1914 abutting Meagher St.

MECHANIC ST C Newtown 64 Q 9 On Camperdown Estate Subdivision

1844.
MENTMORE AV C Rosebery 75 G 20 Named after Mentmore Towers, the
family home of Hannah Rothschild, wife
of Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery
and daughter of Baron Mayer de
Rothschild.
MENZIES ARC C Sydney 25/56 H16/J16
MERINO BVD R Haymarket 27/65 F2/F1 See Darling Dr.

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MERRIMAN ST C Millers Point 23/55 G13/ Crown Rd until 1875. Residences
G12 remain on only the east side, with the
west side hewn down for wharves in the
1960's and 70's.
James Merriman (1816-1883)
shipowner and Millers Point publican.
Mayor 1873. ADB

MERTON ST C Zetland 75/76 H14/J14

METCALFE ARC C The Rocks 24 J 12
MID CITY CENTRE C Sydney 26 J 18
ARC
MIDDLE SOLDIERS R Sydney 23/25 H15/ See Clarence St.
ROW H16/H18
MIDDLE ST R Chippendale 65 F6 See Dale Av.
MIDDLESEX LA R The Rocks 23 H 14 See Essex St.
MILES ST C Surry Hills 66 L 6 In part demolished for Devonshire St
Housing Scheme, and within Ward
Park, 1950's.
MILFORD ST C Chippendale 27 F4 See Balfour St
MILK LA D Surry Hills 28 L 2 Removed in the Brisbane St
Resumption. 1920's.
MILK ST D Surry Hills 28 L 3 Removed in the Brisbane St
Resumption. 1920's.
MILL LA C The Rocks 24 J 13 Kendall's La until 1905, then Playfair La
until 1976. It 'goes with' Kendall La,
(new alignment) and commemorates
Lawrence Kendall's steam flour mill.

MILL ST R Haymarket 27 G 2 See Brewery La.

MILL ST R Haymarket 27 H 2 See Little Hay St.
MILL ST C Pyrmont 55 D 16 Named for the site of John Macarthur's
original Pyrmont windmill, c.1807.
Realigned after 1984.

MILL ST R Woolloomooloo 29 P 18 See Nesbitt St.

MILLER LA C Pyrmont 55 C 18 Northern section from Bayview Street
privately owned. Named in 1911, and
on a new alignment in 1922, after the
railway cutting dissected it.
Originally ran from Miller St to Gipps La.

MILLER ST R Glebe 65 A 1 Named for George Miller who had an

estate off The Glebe Rd before 1840.
See Taylor St.
MILLER ST C Pyrmont 55 C 18
MILLERS RD D Millers Point 23 G 12 Curved from Kent St to Moores Rd
(Dalgety Rd). Demolished by Sydney
Harbour Trust in the early 20th C.
Earlier known as Millers Point Rd. See
Wentworth St for more detail.
MILSON LA C The Rocks 24 J 15

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MILTON TCE D Camperdown 64 P 5 Appears on the Milton subdivision plan
of 1843. It was the name given to a
small section of The Great Western
Highway between Church St and
Parkes (Mallett) St.
MILTONS LA D Sydney 27 H 2 Privately owned.
MINOGUE CRS C Forest Lodge 64 P2/Q3 Named after Daniel Minogue in 1964.
He was M.H.R. for West Sydney from
1949 to 1969. Previously called
Crescent St, Crescent St North,
Crescent La and Tramway Reserve.
MISSENDEN RD C Camperdown 64 Q 6 It has been suggested that it was
named after the road joining the villages
of Great and Little Missenden in
Buckinghamshire.
It was on Camperdown Estate
Subdivision 1844.

MISSENDEN RD C Newtown 64 R 8 It has been suggested that it was

named after the road joining the villages
of Great and Little Missenden in
Buckinghamshire.
It was on Camperdown Estate
Subdivision 1844.

MISSION STRS C The Rocks 24 J 14

MITCHELL LA C Alexandria 75 D 12
MITCHELL LA EAST C Glebe 65 C3
MITCHELL LA WEST C Glebe 65 C3

MITCHELL PL C Eveleigh 65 E 10
MITCHELL RD C Alexandria 75 B14-E11 Possibly named after Joseph Mitchell.
He was MLA for the area 1881-85 and
1888-89.
MITCHELL RD C Erskineville 75 B 14 Possibly named after Joseph Mitchell.
He was MLA for the area 1881-85 and
1888-89.
MITCHELL ST C Centennial Park 67 B 7 One of the eight original streets.

MITCHELL ST C Glebe 65 B 4 Listed in 1859. The top section was

early known as Harden St, after Jane
Harden, wife of Frederic Barker, Bishop
of Sydney.
MITCHELL WY C Eveleigh 65 E9
MONKS LA C Alexandria 75 B 11
MONT CLAIR LA C Darlinghurst 30 N2
MOON ST R Redfern 65 E9 See Cornwallis St.
MOON ST D Waterloo 65 G 10 Was located off George St.

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MOORE PARK RD C Centennial Park 67 A 6 Street named for Sydney Alderman
Charles Moore who helped establish
the city's legal title to Sydney Common.
In 1867 Moore Park was named in his
honour.

MOORE PARK RD C Moore Park 66/67 N5-R6/ Suburb and street named for Sydney
A6 Alderman Charles Moore who helped
establish the city's legal title to Sydney
Common.
In 1867 the area was renamed in his
honour.

MOORE PARK RD C Paddington 30/66 N5/P5 Earlier called Park Rd.

MOORE ST R Sydney 26 J 17 See Martin PL.
MOORE STRS C Sydney 24 L 14
MOORES LA C Alexandria 75 F 12
MOORES LA R Millers Point 23 G 13 See Rodens La.
MOORES RD R Millers Point 23 G 12 See Dalgety Rd.
MOORGATE LA C Chippendale 27 E5
MOORGATE ST C Chippendale 27 E5
MOREHEAD ST C Redfern 66 K9
MOREHEAD ST C Waterloo 76 J 11
MORLEY AV C Rosebery 75/76 G18/J19 Named after John Morley,Viscount
Morley of Blackburn (1838-1923). Chief
Secretary for Ireland in 1885. Secretary
for India from 1905 to 1910. Journalist,
author and statesman.
MORRIS GV C Zetland 76 K 14 Named after the British motor car. Part
of British Leyland subdivision.
MORRIS LA D Surry Hills 28 L 4 Disappeared in Brisbane St
Resumption, c.1912
MORRISSEY RD C Erskineville 74 R 12 Pleasant St until 1952.
MORT LA C Surry Hills 66 M 7
MORT ST C Surry Hills 66 M 7 See Angel Pl. Thomas Sutcliffe Mort
(1816-78), arrived 1838. auctioneer,
woolbroker, Sydney Railway Company,
Morts Dry Dock (1855), cheesemaker,
refrigeration. Associations with Balmain,
Darling Point. ADB

MORTS PASSAGE R Sydney 26 J17 Jones St until 1875. Thomas Sutcliffe

Mort (1816-78), arrived 1838.
auctioneer, woolbroker, Sydney
Railway Company, Morts Dry Dock
(1855), cheesemaker, refrigeration.
Associations with Balmain, Darling
Point. ADB

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MORTS ST D Sydney 24 K 15 See Goldsborough La. Thomas Sutcliffe
Mort (1816-78), arrived 1838.
auctioneer, woolbroker, Sydney
Railway Company, Morts Dry Dock
(1855), cheesemaker, refrigeration.
Associations with Balmain, Darling
Point. ADB

MOUNT ST C Pyrmont 55 C 17 So named because of its elevation.

MOUNT ST C Redfern 66 M8
MOUNT ST WLK C Pyrmont 55 C 17 A new St.
MOUNTAIN LA C Ultimo 27 E3
MOUNTAIN ST C Ultimo 27 E3 Built in 1906, on the line of Athlone Pl,
resumed. Named for Adrien Mountain,
city surveyor 1879-86.
MOUROOT ST R Rushcutters Bay 29 R 20 See Clement St.

MRS MACQUARIE'S C Sydney 29 N 16 Named in 1950, it leads to Mrs

RD Macquarie's 'Chair', a seat carved out of
the sandstone used by Elizabeth
Macquarie, the wife of Governor
Lachlan Macquarie.
Often referred to as Lady Macquarie's
Rd. see Elizabeth St.

MT VERNON LA C Glebe 65 A 4
MT VERNON ST C Glebe 65 A 4 Possibly named after Admiral Edward
Vernon 1684-1757. Part of the
Bishopthorpe subdivision from 1856.
MULGRAVE ST R Sydney 26 K16 See Phillip St.
MULLINS ST C Sydney 25 H 19 Broughton La until 1905.
MUNN ST C Millers Point 23 G 13 Once a curved St around Millers Point.
It was cut down for container terminals
in the 1960's, leaving a few houses
which now stand within the Munn St
Reserve.
James Munn, a Millers Point
shipbuilder, operated a floating dock
here by the 1820's.

MUNNI ST C Erskineville 74 R 12
MUNNI ST C Newtown 74 Q 12
MURRAY ST C Pyrmont 25 E18/E19 Named for Anna Maria Bunn nee
Murray. See Bunn St.
MURRAY ST C Sydney 25 E 19
MURRAY ST C Waterloo 76 L 12
MYRTLE LA C Chippendale 65 D 5 See Paints La.

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MYRTLE ST C Chippendale 27/65 E5/D6 The oldest section, from Blackwattle
Creek (approx. Pine St) to Abercrombie
existed as Wattle St from 1838 to 1875.
Myrtle St (Pine to City Rd) is one of a
group of 'botanical' Sts on the site of
Shepherd's Nursery (see Shepherd St).

NAPIER ST C Paddington 30 N 4
NAPOLEON ST C Sydney 25/55 G16/ This street existed at least by 1865 but
G15 was on a different alignment.
NAVIN LA D Zetland 75 H 16 See Chester La.
NAVINS LA C Zetland 75/76 H14/J13 A new lane.
NEILD AV C Darlinghurst 66/67 R2/A2
NELSON LA C Waterloo 65 H 10
NELSON ST R Newtown 65 A 8 On Camperdown Estate Subdivision
1844. See Queen St.
NESBITT ST C Woolloomooloo 29 P 18 Mill St until 1905. Thomas H. Nesbitt
was Town Clerk of Sydney, 1902-24.
ADB
NEW GEORGE ST R The Rocks 24 J 13 See Playfair St.
NEW JONES ST D Pyrmont 55 C 17 When part of Jones St was sold to CSR
in 1906, a 'New Jones St' was created
at the western boundary of their
property.
Council sold this to CSR in 1930,
blocking the last public access to
Johnston's Bay.

NEW ST D Pyrmont 55 C 17 One of several streets in this vicinity

purchased from the Council by CSR,
early 1980's.
NEW ST R Sydney 28 J 1 See Dungate La.
NEWCOMBE ST C Paddington 67 A 6
NEWMAN LA C Newtown 74 Q 11 Named following the Gowrie Estate
subdivision of 1878.
NEWMAN ST C Newtown 74 Q 11 Named after Charles Alfred Newman,
school master, Council auditor and local
Registrar of Births, Marriages and
Deaths.
NEWS DIRECT RD C Alexandria 75 C 19
NEWTON LA C Alexandria 75 C 11
NEWTON LA C Sydney 25/55 G17/H17 Named in 1912. Sold by Council to
private developers in 1985.
NEWTON ST C Alexandria 75 C 11 Described as New-ton on Henderson's
Camelia Grove Estate sub-division
1897.

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NEWTOWN RD R Chippendale 65 C 7 See City/Cooks River Rd.
Named after John Webster's New Town
Store by 1832.
Known before the 1880's as Newtown
Rd.
Changed to City Rd between George St
West (Broadway) and Cleveland St.
Renamed Newtown Rd in 1903.
Changed back to City Rd in 1923.

NEWTOWN RD R Newtown 65 B7/D5 See City Rd/Cooks River Rd.

Named after John Webster's New Town
Store by 1832.
Known before the 1880's as Newtown
Rd.
Changed to City Rd between George St
West (Broadway) and Cleveland St.
Renamed Newtown Rd in 1903.
Changed back to City Rd in 1923.

NICHOLS ST C Surry Hills 28/66 M4/M5 Convict Isaac Nichols was an early
landowner in Surry Hills, and Sydney's
first postmaster, 1809.
NICHOLSON ST C Woolloomooloo 29 N 18 Sir Charles Nicholson, medical doctor,
MLC, Vice-Chancellor of Sydney
University. ADB
NICKSON LA C Surry Hills 66 M7
NICKSON ST C Surry Hills 66 L7
NIMROD ST C Darlinghurst 30 P1 Darling St to 1909.
NITHSDALE LA C Sydney 28 K1/K2
NITHSDALE ST C Sydney 28/66 K2/K1 Took its name from Nithsdale house,
fronting Liverpool St.
NOBBS LA C Surry Hills 66 M 7
NOBBS ST C Surry Hills 66 M 6 Joseph Nobbs was an early landholder
in Surry Hills.
NORFOLK ST C Newtown 74 Q 11 Originally called King St and later
renamed Norfolk St.
Later became a dogleg to Cooks River
Rd subhuming the original George St in
the 1880's.
The section of Norfolk Rd from King St
to Whitehorse St renamed Whitehorse
St in 1958.

NORMAN ST C Darlinghurst 28 L1
NORTHCOTE LA C Glebe 54 Q 19
NORTHCOTE RD C Glebe 54 Q 19
NORTON ST C Glebe 65 B3
NORTON ST C Surry Hills 28 L5 James Norton (1795-1862), solicitor,
businessman, pamphleteer. ADB
NURSES WK C The Rocks 24 J 14 An extension of Harrington La. Named
by rocks Authority in 1979.

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OAK LA C Potts Point 29/56 Q17/
Q16
OATLEY LA R Woolloomooloo 29 N 20 See Egan Place.
OATLEY RD C Paddington 30 R 5
OATLEY ST R Paddington 30 P 5 See Josephson St.
O'BRIENS LA C Darlinghurst 28 M 1
O'CONNELL ST C Newtown 64 R 8 Named after Sir Maurice O'Connell,
who was the second husband of Mary
Putland, Governor Bligh's daughter. He
later came into possession of William
Bligh's Camperdown Estate. The street
is on Camperdown Estate Subdivision
1844.

O'CONNELL ST C Sydney 26/56 K16/J16 Named by Macquarie in 1810. Earlier

called South Row or South St. Sir
Maurice Charles O'Connell, (1768-
1848), arrived in NSW in 1809.
Commander of the forces until 1847.
ADB

O'CONNOR LA C Alexandria 75 G 15 Named in 1953 after the Right Hon.

T.P. O'Connor, Parliamentarian and
Editor.
O'CONNOR LA C Beaconsfield 75 G 15 Named in 1953 after the Right Hon T.
P. O'Connor, Parliamentarian and
Editor.
O'CONNOR ST C Chippendale 27 E 5 Built as Coopers Row in 1845, renamed
Little Abercrombie St in 1875, and
O'Connor St in 1881.
It was briefly known as Robey's Row in
the 1850's after the CSR bought out
Robert Cooper, but reverted to Coopers
Row after a falling out between the
CSR and James Robey, one of its early
directors.
He was sacked when he attempted to
set up a rival sugar company.

O'DEA AV C Waterloo 76 J-L13 Named in 1950.

O'DEA AV C Zetland 76 J-L13 Named in 1950.
OGDEN LA C Redfern 66 K9
OLD NEWTOWN RD R Darlington 472 K9 Uni of Sydney. Ran from Golden Grove
St to Raglan St. Later became part of
Darlington Rd.
OLIVIA LA C Surry Hills 66 M 7
O'LOUGHLIN ST C Surry Hills 28/66 J5/J4 Known as Terry St until renaming in
1919. It ran next to the brewery
originally built by convict millionaire
Samuel Terry.
OMNIBUS LA C Ultimo 27 F2/G3 Privately owned. The location of one of
Sydney's largest omnibus companies,
and later tramsheds.

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ONSLOW AV C Elizabeth Bay 29 R 18 Arthur Pooley Onslow of the East India
Company married Rosa, daughter of
Alexander McLeay. The street is within
McLeay's land grant.
ONSLOW PL C Elizabeth Bay 29 R 18 Arthur Pooley Onslow of the East India
Company married Rosa, daughter of
Alexander McLeay. The street is within
McLeay's land grant.
O'RIORDAN ST C Alexandria 75 D20/F16 Named after Mayor O'Riordan.
O'RIORDAN ST C Beaconsfield 75 F 16 Named after Mayor O'Riordan.
ORPHAN SCHOOL C Camperdown 471 C 3 Uni of Sydney. Orphan School Creek
CREEK LA runs through the University grounds
and under Parramatta Rd.
The Orphan School was granted the
whole of Grose Farm and other land in
the vicinity in 1803.
It held Grose Farm until the 1820s
when it moved to Bathurst.

ORWELL LA C Potts Point 29 Q 19

ORWELL ST C Potts Point 29 Q 19 Justice John Stephens house 'Orwell'
was built on his land grant there,
c.1829. (Site of Metro Picture Theatre).

O'SULLIVAN ST D Surry Hills 66 L 6 Goodlet St (part) until 1905.

Demolished in Devonshire St
Remodelling immediately after WW11.
E. W. O'Sullivan, 1846-1910, was
Minister for Public Works and a local
alderman in Surry Hills.

OSWALD LA C Darlinghurst 30 R 1
OTTO ST D Surry Hills 28 K 5 Originally a continuation of Butt St.
Within Devonshire St Housing Area,
1950's.
OUTRAM ST C Chippendale 27 G 5 Junction St until 1875. Originally
Outtrim St, it was named after Daniel
Outtrim, Chief Engineer at nearby
Tooth's Brewery (now Carlton Brewery).
Perhaps he was assisted in getting a St
named after himself by being the son-
in-law of Benjamin Palmer, Mayor of
Sydney.

OWEN LA C Ultimo 27 E 4 A new lane after the Athlone St

Resumption, 1906. Now a private Rd.
OWEN ST C Ultimo 27 E 4 A new street. Prior to resumptions,
there was an Owen St but it was further
north of Smail St. Now public open
space.
OXFORD SQ C Darlinghurst 28 L 2 Burton St, between Oxford St and Riley
St, named Oxford Sq in 1887.

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OXFORD SQ C Surry Hills 28 L 2 Burton St, between Oxford St and Riley
St, named Oxford Sq in 1887.
OXFORD SQ C Surry Hills 28 L 2
ARCADE
OXFORD ST C Darlinghurst 28/30 L1/N3 Earlier South Head Rd. Oxford St was
widened progressively after 1916.
OXFORD ST C Paddington 30 N 3 Earlier South Head Rd. Oxford St was
widened progressively after 1916.
OXFORD ST C Surry Hills 28/30 L1/N3 Earlier South Head Rd. Oxford St was
widened progressively after 1916.
OXLEY LA C Centennial Park 76 Q 11 A new lane named after 1925. Not on
earlier maps.
OXLEY ST R Centennial Park 76 Q 11 This street was the section of Martin Rd
and Robertson Rd which ran parallel to
Anzac Parade. It is one of the eight
original streets.
OXLEY ST C Glebe 54 R 19 Named after the early explorer John
Oxley.
PAINTS LA C Chippendale 27/65 E5/D5 Until 1926 the short portion of this right
angled lane was known as Myrtle La.

PALACE ST D Moore Park 479 E 7 Ran parallel to Suttor Avenue.

PALINGS LA D Sydney 26 J 16 Private Lane. Palings was for many
years a musical instrument firm.
PALMER LA C Darlinghurst 30 N 1
PALMER ST C Darlinghurst 26/28 M20/M2 John Palmer, (1760-1833),
commissary, arrived in the colony in
1788. Granted 100 acres at Palmers
Cove, (Woolloomooloo) and 200 acres
in Surry Hills in 1794. Built
Woolloomooloo Farm. ADB

PALMER ST C Woolloomooloo 26/29 M20/ John Palmer, (1760-1833),

N20 commissary, arrived in the colony in
1788. Granted 100 acres at Palmers
Cove, (Woolloomooloo) and 200 acres
in Surry Hills in 1794. Built
Woolloomooloo Farm. ADB

PALMERSTON AV C Glebe 65 A2
PALMERSTON RD C Glebe 65 A1
PARADISE ROW R Chippendale 17 F5 See Smithers St.
PARBURY LA C Dawes Point 24 J 12
PARBURY LA C Ultimo 27 E2
PARK AV C Glebe 54/64 Q20/Q1 Originally Toxteth Avenue. Was the
entrance to the cricket ground at
Toxteth Park.
PARK LA R Darlinghurst 28 L1 See College La.
PARK LA C Erskineville 75 B 11
PARK LA C Glebe 65 C2
PARK LA C Newtown 65 A9
PARK LA C Waterloo 65 H 10

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PARK RD C Alexandria 75 E 11 Named after it's proximity to Alexandria
Park.
PARK RD R Glebe 64 R 1 See Allen St.
PARK RD R Glebe 65 C 1 See Wentworth Park Rd.
PARK RD R Moore Park 66/67 N5-R6/ See Moore Park Rd.
A6
PARK RD R Paddington 30/66 N5/P5 See Moore Park Rd.
PARK RD NORTH C Moore Park 479 B 5
PARK RD SOUTH C Moore Park 479 C 6
PARK ST C Erskineville 75 B 11
PARK ST C Sydney 26 J 19 Named in 1810 by Macquarie. Then it
extended only to Hyde Park. By 1831, it
had crossed the Park to College St.
Its continuation (William St) was not
built until a few years later.

PARKER LA C Haymarket 27 H 3
PARKER ST C Haymarket 27 H 3 H. W. Parker was Premier of NSW,
1856-7.
PARKERS LA C Erskineville 74 R 13
PARKES ST R Camperdown 64 P 6-7 See Mallett St.
PARKHAM LA C Surry Hills 66 M7
PARKHAM PL C Surry Hills 66 M7
PARKHAM ST C Surry Hills 66 M7
PARRAMATTA OLD R Forest Lodge 64/65 R5/A4 See Arundel St.
RD
PARRAMATTA PL R Chippendale 27 F 5 See Carlton St.
PARRAMATTA RD C Camperdown 64/65 N6/R5/
A5
PARRAMATTA RD C Forest Lodge 64/65 R5/A5 Also called Great Western Highway.
PARRAMATTA RD C Glebe 65 A 5 Also called Great Western Highway.
PARRAMATTA ST D Chippendale 27 E4/F4 Lies outside the original tollgate, part of
the road to Parramatta.
Called Parramatta St until 1877, then
George St West. Broadway from Harris
to Bay Sts and was formally named in
1934, following resumptions and road
widening.
Colloquially the term Broadway was in
use before this date. In its early stage
as Parramatta St it ran closer to Darling
Harbour (Cockle Bay), following present
day Thomas St, and was re-aligned
again in the 1820's.

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PARRAMATTA ST R Ultimo 27 E4/F4 Lies outside the original tollgate, part of
the road to Parramatta.
Called Parramatta St until 1877, then
George St West. Broadway from Harris
to Bay Sts and was formally named in
1934, following resumptions and road
widening.
Colloquially the term Broadway was in
use before this date. In its early stage
as Parramatta St it ran closer to Darling
Harbour (Cockle Bay), following present
day Thomas St, and was re-aligned
again in the 1820's.

PATERNOSTER C Pyrmont 55 D 18 In the 19th C. known as Paternoster St.

ROW
PATERSON ST R Moore Park 479 D3 See Bert Bailey St.
PATTERSON LA C Surry Hills 28 M3
PAUL ST R Rosebery 75 G 20 See Dunning Av.
PAUL ST R Zetland 75 H 15 See Dunning Av.
PAWLEY ST C Surry Hills 66 M7 Essentially removed by the extension of
Devonshire St to Bourke St, 1916.
William Pawley owned an early tannery
in Bourke St.
PEARL ST D Surry Hills 66 K 6 College St until 1875. Demolished in
Devonshire St Housing Scheme 1950's.

PEER ST R Darlinghurst 29 Q 20 See Earl Pl.

PELICAN LA D Surry Hills 28 L 2 Edward St until 1875. Green's La, at
right angles to Pelican La was also
sometimes called Pelican La (see
Graham St).
Disappeared in Robin Hood La
resumptions, 1920's.

PELICAN ST C Surry Hills 28 L 2 Likely to be named after the Pelican

Hotel, in the street since 1865.
PEMBROKE PL D Potts Point 56 R 18 Privately owned.
PEMBROKE ST C Surry Hills 66 J 7
PENDRILL ST C Glebe 54 Q 20 Originally Pendrill Lane. The Rev. John
Pendrill was a Church of England
minister and schoolmaster.
PENFOLD PL C Sydney 26 J 17 Private Lane , named by owner W. C.
Penfold & Co. Stationers. In use since
1950's.
PENNYS LA C Potts Point 29 Q 20
PERICLES TCE D Alexandria ? ? In Sands Directory 1880
PERRY ST C Surry Hills 66 J 7

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PETER FINCH AV C Moore Park 479 B 6 Earlier called Century Square. One of a
number of streets commemorating
famous Australian actors following the
closure of the Sydney Showground in
1998.
Fox Studios Australia opened on the
site in 1999.

PHELPS LA C Surry Hills 66 M 6

PHELPS ST C Surry Hills 28/66 M5/M6 Thomas Phelps appeared as a major
Surry Hills landlord in the first city
assessment of 1845.
PHILLIP LA R Darlinghurst 28 M 2 See Arnold La.
PHILLIP LA C Sydney 24/26 L15/L16
PHILLIP ST D Eveleigh 65 E 10 Street truncated by Australian
Technology Park. See Phillips St
Alexandria.
PHILLIP ST C Glebe 65 C 2 Named after Governor Phillip.
PHILLIP ST R Moore Park 479 F 4 See Enid Bennett St.
PHILLIP ST C Redfern 65/66 G9/F9/ Currently runs between Cope St. and
J10 Bourke St. In 1880's only named Phillip
St between Castlereagh St to Young St.
At that time called Boundary St
between Castlereagh St to Pitt St and
Alice St between Pitt to George Sts.

PHILLIP ST C Sydney 24/26 K15/ Name by Macquarie in 1810. Earlier

/56 K16/ know as Back Row, Back Row East or
K17/L15 Mulgrave St. It was extended from Bent
St to the Quay after Old Government
House was vacated in 1845.
Extension between Chifley Sq and Bent
St also named Phillip St in 1964. Arthur
Phillip (1738-1814), Admiral, first
Governor of NSW. ADB

PHILLIP ST C Waterloo 65/66 G9/L10 Currently runs between Cope St. and
Bourke St. In 1880's only named Phillip
St between Castlereagh St to Young St.
At that time called Boundary St
between Castlereagh St to Pitt St and
Alice St between Pitt to George Sts.

PHILLIPS ST C Alexandria 75 E 11 Street truncated by Australian

Technology Park.
PHYSICS RD C Camperdown 471 G 5 Uni of Sydney
PICCADILLY ARC C Sydney 56 J 19 Privately owned.
PICKUP LA D Eveleigh 65 E 10 Now subhumed into Australian
Technology Park.

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PICKUP ST D Eveleigh 65 E 10 Now subhumed into Australian
Technology Park.
PIER ST C Haymarket 65 G 1
PIER ST C Sydney 27 G 1 So named because it once connected
to Darling Harbour.
PINE LA C Chippendale 65 D6
PINE LA C Newtown 65 A 10
PINE PL C Chippendale 65 E6
PINE ST C Chippendale 27/65 E5/E6 One of a group of 'botanical ' streets on
the site of Shepherd's Darling Nursery.
(See Shepherd St).
PINE ST C Newtown 65 A 9 Named after Felix Wilson's residence
called 'The Pines' which had a large
number of Norfolk Island Pines around
it.
PIRRAMA RD C Pyrmont 55 C16/D17 A new street.

PITT ROW R Sydney 24/26 J15/J16 See Pitt St Sydney.

PITT ST C Haymarket 27/28 H4/J2/J3

PITT ST C Redfern 65 H 9 Named in 1842 Redfern Estate

Subdivision sale.
PITT ST C Sydney 24/26 J15/ One of the earliest named streets, it
/28/5 J17/ was at first known as Pitt Row, and is
6/66 J19/ usually assumed to commemorate
J20/J2/ William Pitt, British Prime Minister.
J16/J20 Bertie argued that this was unlikely,
preferring the explanation that the street
terminated close to the tanks or pits
excavated in the Tank Stream 1791-2.
Pitt St's extension from Hunter to the
quay was not completed until 1853. Pitt
St Sydney now terminates at Railway
Sq. Pitt St Redfern commences at
Cleveland St. and continues through to
Waterloo. This appears to be a very
early continuation of the original street.

PITT ST C Waterloo 65/75 H This appears to be a very early

10/H11/ continuation of the original Pitt St
H12 Sydney.
PITT ST MALL C Sydney 56 J 18 Pitt St, between Market and King Sts
renamed The Mall in 1981.
PLAYFAIR AV C Moore Park 479 C 7 Now part of Centennial Parklands
Equestrian Centre.
PLAYFAIR LA R The Rocks 24 J 13 See Mill La.

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PLAYFAIR ST C The Rocks 24 J 13 Little Gloucester St and New George St
renamed Playfair St in 1885. In 1923, it
became an extension of Harrington St,
reverting to the name of Playfair St in
1953. Thomas Playfair, carcass
butcher, ships provedore, was
Alderman 1875-93, Mayor 1885, MLA.
ADB.

PLEASANT AV C Erskineville 74 R 13
PLEASANT ST R Erskineville 74 R 12 See Morrissey Rd.
PLEASANT ST R Redfern 65 F9 See Gibbons St.
PLUNKETT ST C Woolloomooloo 29 N 18 John Plunkett (1802-69), Solicitor
General. One of several streets named
for legal men in this area.
POATE LA C Centennial Park 67 A 7 Recently extended.

POATE RD C Centennial Park 67 A 7

POATE RD C Moore Park 67 A 7 Early street before 1925, recently

extended.
POETS CNR C Redfern 66 K 9
POINT ST C Pyrmont 55 C 16 Leads to Pyrmont Point, originally
called Macarthur Point.
POPLAR ST C Surry Hills 28 L 2 Little Brisbane St until 1897. Extended
to Pelican St in 1933 after the
resumption of Robin Hood La.
PORTMAN LA C Zetland 75 H 14
PORTMAN ST C Zetland 75 H14/J15
POTTER ST C Waterloo 76 L 11
POTTERY ST D Surry Hills 28 K5 Disappeared in Devonshire St Housing
Scheme, 1950's. Named for Goodlet
and Smiths pottery.
POTTINGER ST C Dawes Point 23 H 12 Originally a steep street down to ferry
wharf. It took a major sweep to the east
in 1922, becoming virtually a different
road.
POTTS LA D Sydney 25 H 20 Ran parallel to, and south of Bathurst
St, between Sussex and Kent Sts,
c.1870.
POWELL ST C Waterloo 76 J 12 Named after Mayor W. A. Powell.
POWER AV C Alexandria 75 E 12
PREMIER LA C Darlinghurst 29 N 20
PRESIDENTS AV R Moore Park 479 B5 See John Hargreaves Avenue
PRIMROSE AV C Rosebery 75/76 H20/J19 Named after Archibald Phillip Primrose,
5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929). He
was Prime Minister of England 1894-
1895.
PRINCE ALBERT RD C Sydney 26 L 18 Albert Rd until 1905

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PRINCE(S) ST R The Rocks 23 H13 Variously Prince/Princes, renamed by
Macquarie in 1810. As the most
important street in the area, it was
named for the Prince of Wales.
Previously Windmill Row 'between
Charlotte Sq and government stone
windmill northerly to Dawes Point'.
Removed for construction of the
Harbour Bridge. Now beneath the
Bradfield Hwy.

PRINCES HWY C Camperdown 65 B 7 Part of City Rd renamed between

Cleveland St and Carillon Avenue in
1931.
PRINCES HWY C Chippendale 65 B7 See City Rd.
PRINCES HWY C Darlington 65 B7 See City Rd.
PRINCES HWY C Newtown 74 P12 See King St.
PRINCESS AV C Rosebery 75 G 17
PRING ST C Woolloomooloo 29 P 18
PROBERT ST C Newtown 64 N9 Regent St until 1913.
PROGRESS RD C Alexandria 65 C 10
PROGRESS RD C Eveleigh 65 C 10
PROSPECT ST C Erskineville 74 R 12
PROSPECT ST C Newtown 64 Q9 Named after Prospect House and
Prospect Cottage, two early Newtown
residences. On Camperdown Estate
Subdivision 1844.
PROSPECT ST C Surry Hills 28 M5
PROVIDENCE LA C Darlinghurst 28 M2
PROVIDENCE PL D Darlinghurst 28 M2
PRUDENTIAL ARC C Sydney 26 K 17
PUMPHOUSE LA D Sydney ? ? From 1891, the Sydney and Suburban
Hydraulic Power Company pumped
water from Darling Harbour to power
lifts in city buildings.
PURKIS LA D Camperdown 64 P 5 Named in 1923.
PURKIS ST C Camperdown 64 P 5
PURVES ST C Glebe 65 A 3 Named after Purves's Bakery on the
north side of the St.
He was the first here to introduce
mechanisation to bread making.
It was the border of Bishopthorpe Sub
div 1871.

PYRMONT BRIDGE C Camperdown 64 N 6 In 1857 the Pyrmont Bridge Company

RD constructed a causeway and bridge
across Blackwattle Swamp linking
Glebe to the City.
It later subhumed the part of Lyndhurst
St between Glebe Point Rd and
Brougham St.

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PYRMONT BRIDGE C Glebe 55/65 C20/C1 In 1857 the Pyrmont Bridge Company
RD constructed a causeway and bridge
across Blackwattle Swamp linking
Glebe to the City.
It later subhumed the part of Lyndhurst
St between Glebe Point Rd and
Brougham St.

PYRMONT BRIDGE C Pyrmont 25/55 E18/D19 Connected to the bridge, built in 1858.
RD
PYRMONT ST C Pyrmont 25/55 E19/D17

PYRMONT ST C Sydney 25 E 19
PYRMONT ST C Ultimo 25/27 E19/F1
QUARRY LA C Glebe 65 A1
QUARRY LA C Ultimo 27 E1 See also Burlinson Pl.
QUARRY MASTER C Pyrmont 55 B 18 A new street.
DR
QUARRY ST C Glebe 65 A 1
QUARRY ST C Ultimo 27/65 E1/D1 The earliest quarries on the Pyrmont
Peninsula were located here in the
1840's.
QUAY ST C Haymarket 27 G 2 Originally, Darling Harbour wharves
were at the end of this street.
QUEEN ST C Beaconsfield 75 F 17
QUEEN ST C Chippendale 27 F5 Chippendale Pl East until 1909.
QUEEN ST C Glebe 65 D3 On Strangers Map 1861.
QUEEN ST R Newtown 74 Q 11 Originally the part of the current
Whitehorse St between Gibbes St and
Newman St in the 1880's.
Renamed when Whitehorse St was
moved for the third time.
Not to be confused with Queen St
between Carillon Avenue and Wilson
St.

QUEEN ST C Newtown 65 A 8 Called Nelson St between Newtown

[City] Rd and Bligh St [Carillon Avenue]
prior to the 1880's.
QUEEN ST C Rosebery 75 G 18 Named after Queen Victoria.
QUEEN ST R Sydney 24 K14 See Barton St
QUEEN ST R The Rocks 24 J 14 See Harrington La.
QUEENS AV C Rushcutters Bay 57 A 20 Privately owned.

QUEENS CRT C Sydney 24 J 15 Probably named to reflect the previous

naming of Dalley St as Queens Pl.
However, the relationship no longer
holds. (See Dalley St).
QUEENS LA C Beaconsfield 75 F 17
QUEENS PL R Sydney 24 J15 See Dalley St.

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QUEENS SQ C Sydney 26 K 18 Named in 1897. Previously known as St
James Sq of Chancery Sq, due to
proximity of St James Church and the
law courts. (Chancery La in London
houses law courts).
QUIGLEY'S PL D Haymarket 28 J 2 Next to Durand's Alley, this formed part
of one of the infamous 'rookeries' of the
late 19th century.
RAE PL C Woolloomooloo 29 P 19 Princess Pl to 1905. John Rae was
Town Clerk, 1843-53, Sec. for Public
Works and a minor water colourist who
painted scenes of many Sydney streets,
especially in the 1840's.
RAGLAN LA D Darlington 65 C 7
RAGLAN LA C Waterloo 65 H 10
RAGLAN ST C Darlington 65 D 8 Named after Lord Raglan, Commander-
in-Chief during the Crimean War in
1854. The street originally ran between
Abercrombie St and Alma St (Maze
Crescent). With University expansion,
all that remains is an exit for Lander St
to Abercrombie St.

RAGLAN ST C Waterloo 65 G 10 Earlier ran between Elizabeth St

Redfern and Phillip St Alexandria. The
section between Botany Rd and Phillip
St later renamed a continuation of
Henderson Rd.

RAILWAY LA C Newtown 74 Q 11
RAILWAY PDE C Erskineville 75 A 11 Renamed section of Erskineville Rd to
Henderson Rd.
RAILWAY SQ C Haymarket 27/65 H4/G4 Named in 1928 after remodeling of this
area.
RAILWAY ST C Glebe 65 B 1 The railway line was constructed during
WW1 to feed shipping outlets at Darling
Harbour.
RAINFORD ST C Surry Hills 66 L 6 Surry St until 1875, later Little Arthur St.

RALPH ST C Alexandria 75 F19,20 Named after three times Mayor James

Ralph.
He opened the first large butchering
establishment in the district.
RANDLE LA C Newtown 65 A 9
RANDLE LA C Surry Hills 28 J 5 Created at the time of building of
Central Station. Named in 1908.
RANDLE ST C Newtown 65 A 9 Named after William Randle, a railway
man given the contract to build the
railway from Sydney to Ashfield.

RANDLE ST C Surry Hills 28 J 5

RANDWICK RD R Moore Park 66 N6-P10 See Anzac Pde.

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RAPER LA C Newtown 64 Q 8
RAPER ST C Newtown 64 Q 8 The Rapers were early settlers who
owned a large property, commonly
called 'Raper's Paddock'. Edward
Raper was MLA for Newtown.
RAPER ST C Surry Hills 66 M 6 Edward Raper owned houses in Surry
Hills in the first city assessment of
1846.
RAPHAEL PL D Sydney 24 K 15 Named c.1880 for Joseph Raphael,
Alderman in 1860's and 1870's. ADB
RAPHAEL ST R Sydney 24 K 15 See Farrar Pl.
RAWSON LA C Haymarket 27 H 3 Named in 1908.
RAWSON PL C Haymarket 27 H 3
RAWSON ST D Sydney ? ? Keig St until 1907. Sir Henry Rawson,
Governor of NSW, 1902-09.
RAY LA C Erskineville 75 A 11 Privately owned.
REDFERN LA C Redfern 66 J 8
REDFERN ST C Redfern 65/66 G8/J8 Named after Dr. William Redfern who
was given a land grant in the area by
Gov. Macquarie in 1817. The street
originally went from Rosehill St to
Young St. Section from Rosehill St now
called Lawson Square.

REEVE ST C Waterloo 75 H 11
REFINERY DR C Pyrmont 55 B 17 A new street.
REGAL ARC C Sydney 27 H1
REGENT LA C Paddington 67 A6
REGENT PL C Redfern 65 F8
REGENT ST C Chippendale 65 F6/G6 At the mid 19th C. the line of present
day Regent St followed Botany Rd,
George St South and Botany St. From
then on until 1871, it was Botany Rd, a
term which persisted unofficially for
several more decades.

REGENT ST R Newtown 64 N9 See Probert St.

REGENT ST C Paddington 66 R6
REGENT ST C Redfern 65 F9/G7
REGIMENTAL CR C Camperdown 471 E3 Uni of Sydney. The University regiment
began as the University Volunteer Rifle
corps in 1900, changing its name to
Sydney University Scouts in 1903 and
in 1911 to a militia battalion. Only in
1927 did it become the Sydney
University Regiment.

REGIMENTAL SQ C Sydney 26 J 17 Section of Wynyard St between George

St and Wynyard La closed to traffic and
named Regimental Sq in 1977.

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REIBY PL C Sydney 24 K 15 Reiby La until 1920. Mary Reiby, (1777-
1855), convict, businesswoman,
shipowner. ADB
REID AV C Woolloomooloo 29 P 19 Fitzroy Av until 1905. Governor Fitzroy
1846-55. George Reid, NSW Premier,
1894-99. ADB
RENNIE ST C Redfern 66 M8
RENNY LA C Paddington 30 R5
RENNY ST C Paddington 30 R5
RENWICK LA C Alexandria 75 C 11
RENWICK ST C Alexandria 75 C11/D11

RENWICK ST C Redfern 65 G7/G9 Named after George Renwick, a

pioneer settler in the district or his son,
Sir Arthur Renwick. Called Bulanaming
St until 1923.
RESERVE ST C Alexandria 75 F 16 Adjacent to McConville Reserve
RESERVE ST C Beaconsfield 75 F 16 Adjacent to McConville Reserve
RESERVOIR LA C Surry Hills 28 L3
RESERVOIR ST C Surry Hills 28 K3 Gipps St until 1896. This was an
original street of the Fosterville
Subdivision in 1843. It got its name
from the Crown St Reservoir on the
corner.
Renamed to combat the 'ill repute'
attached to Gipps St.

RETREAT ST C Alexandria 75 G 12
REUSS ST C Glebe 65 A 3 Named after F. H. Reuss who was a
prominent architect and surveyor in
Glebe in the 1860's and 1870's. Border
of Bishopthorpe Sub div 1871.
REYNOLDS LA R The Rocks 24 J 14 See Harrington La.
RICE LA D Surry Hills 28 K 1 Removed with Wexford St Resumption
1906.
RICHARD JOHNSON C Sydney 26 K 16
SQ
RICHARDS AV C Surry Hills 28 M 5 Beaufort Av from 1899 until 1905.
Richard Richards was City Surveyor
1887-1901 and in 1905 was an
Alderman. Later Lord Mayor.
RICHARDS LA C Surry Hills 28 M 5 Beaufort La until 1905.
RICHMOND ST D Surry Hills 28 K 3 Shine St until 1913. William Shine was
a local publican.
RICKETTS AV C Glebe 54 R 20 Privately owned. Named for the
architect Michael Golden's daughter
Mary, who married John Ricketts in
1876.
RIDGE LA C Surry Hills 66 M7
RIDGE PL C Surry Hills 66 M7
RIDGE ST C Surry Hills 66 M7 Samuel St until 1895.
RILEY LA R Woolloomooloo 26 M 19 See Busby La.

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RILEY PL R Darlinghurst 28 M 3 See Arnold Pl.
RILEY ST C Darlinghurst 28 M 1
RILEY ST C Surry Hills 28 L3/L5 Edward Riley bought up tracts of Surry
Hills after 1814. After he suicided in
1825 the estate was tied up in legal
wrangles and it was not subdivided until
1844, when many new streets were
added to Surry Hills.

RILEY ST C Woolloomooloo 26 M 20
RIPON WY C Rosebery 76 K 19 Named after George Frederick Samuel
Robinson Ripon (1827-1909) 1st
Marquess of Ripon, British statesman
and colonial administrator, son of the
1st Earl of Ripon. Viceroy of India 1880,
First Lord of the Admiralty 1886,
Colonial Secretary 1892-95 and Lord
Privy Seal 1905-8.

ROBERT TUDAWALI C Moore Park 479 E 4 One of a number of streets

PL commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998. Fox
Studios Australia opened on the site in
1999.

ROBERTSON RD C Centennial Park 66/76 R10/Q11 One of the eight original streets.

ROBERTSON RD C Moore Park 66/76 R10/Q11 One of the eight original streets.

ROBERTSON ST R Haymarket 28 J 2 See Cunningham St.

ROBERTSON ST R Sydney 28 J 2 See Cunningham St.
ROBEY ST R Newtown 64 R 9 Named after Mr. Robey, a resident of
Linthorpe House. He was a manager
and part owner of the first sugar works
in Sydney. See Brown St.
ROBEY'S ROW R Chippendale 27 E 5 See O'Connor St.
ROBIN HOOD LA D Surry Hills 28 L 2 Poplar St terminated in Robin Hood La
west of Pelican St. Disappeared in the
Robin Hood La Resumption, completed
in 1924.
ROBIN HOOD LA D Sydney 26 J 16 See Dean's Pl.
ROBINSON ST C Woolloomooloo 26 M 20
ROCHESTER ST C Camperdown 64 Q 7 Thomas St until 1924.

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ROCHFORD ST C Erskineville 74 Q14/R12 Named after Bernard Rochford, who
was left Nicholas Devine's Burrin Farm
grant on Devines death. This led to later
court challenges. Rochford sold the
land on which the Rev. George Erskine
built a house which he called Erskine
Villa.
The street was previously in 3 sections.
From Erskineville Rd to Munni St called
Toogood St, from Munni to McDonald
St called Campbell St, from McDonald
St to King St Newtown called Rochford
St.

ROCK LA C Glebe 64 Q 2
ROCKWALL CRST C Potts Point 29 Q 18 Rockwall was the residence of John
Busby (1765-1857) designer of
Sydney's first water supply. Built in
1835.
ROCKWALL LA C Potts Point 29 Q 18 North La until 1905.
ROCKWALL PL C Potts Point 29 Q 18 South La until 1905.
RODENS LA C Millers Point 23 G 13 Moore's La until 1906.
ROSE LA C Darlington 65 D7 There were two Rose Lanes. This is
small lane between Boundary St and
Shepherd St
ROSE LA D Darlington 65 D 7 This Rose La is a small lane which ran
off Calder St (now disappeared). Now
under the Seymour Centre.
ROSE RD R Surry Hills 28 L 3 See Goodchap St.
ROSE ST C Chippendale 27/65 E5/D6 One of a group of 'botanical' streets on
the site of Shepherd's Nursery (see
Shepherd St)
ROSE ST C Darlington 65 C 8 It originally crossed Cleveland St from
Chippendale and finished at Golden
Grove St Darlington.
It now terminates at Cleveland St, and
by the 1980's was a tiny piece
remaining off Codrington St in the
University grounds.

ROSE ST C Newtown 64 R 8
ROSE TCE C Paddington 30 N 3 Privately owned. The heritage listed
group of terraces were built prior to
1875 by Edward French, bootmaker
turned speculative builder.
ROSEBANK ST C Darlinghurst 29 P 20 Rosebank' was the name of the house
built here in the 1830's by James
Laidley, deputy commissary-general.
ADB
ROSEBANK ST C Glebe 65 A 2 Near the site of 'Rosebank'.

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ROSEBERY AV C Rosebery 76 J18-20 Named after Archibald Philip Primrose,
5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929). He
was Prime Minister of England from
1894-1895.
ROSEBUD LA C Paddington 30 P4
ROSEHILL ST C Redfern 65 F9
ROSELLA LA C Darlinghurst 26/28 M20/M1
ROSLYN GDNS C Elizabeth Bay 56/57 R19/A19 Built c.1865 after subdivision of Thomas
Barker's Estate and then called
Rushcutters Bay Rd. Barker's property
here was called Roslyn Hall. Barker
was a miller and manufacturer.

ROSLYN GDNS C Rushcutters Bay 56/57 R19/A19

ROSLYN LA C Elizabeth Bay 29 R 20

ROSLYN ST C Potts Point 29 Q 20
ROSLYN ST C Rushcutters Bay 29/56 Q20/
Q19
ROSS ST C Forest Lodge 64 Q3/R4
ROSS ST C Glebe 64 Q3/R3
ROTHSCHILD AV C Rosebery 75/76 H20/J17 This was the maiden name of the Earl
of Rosebery's wife, Hannah de
Rothschild, daughter of Baron Mayer de
Rothschild.
ROWE ST C Sydney 26 J 17 Originally ran between Pitt and
Castlereagh. Called Brougham Pl until
1875. There was a Brougham Hotel on
Pitt St corner.
Thomas Rowel, 1829-1899, an
architect, designed the Jewish
Synagogue, Sydney Hospital. Alderman
1872-76. ADB

ROWENA PL C Potts Point 29 P 19

ROWLEY LA C Eveleigh 65 C 10
ROWLEY ST C Eveleigh 65 C 10
ROYAL ARC C Sydney 26 J 19 Privately owned.
ROYSTON ST D Darlinghurst 30 Q1 Cut through Craigend Estate in the
1920's.
RUGBY PL C Sydney 24 J 15 Previously Crane Place.
RUMPH LA R Newtown 65 B 8 See Forbes Pl. Named after Mrs. Annie
Rumpf who was a well known political
figure and property owner.
She was the proprietress of the 'Mount
Eagle' Tin Plate and Galvanised Iron
Works.

RUSSELL PL C Camperdown 471 G 2 Uni of Sydney. Probably named after

Sir Peter Nicol Russell, head of one of
Australia's great foundries. He endowed
the Engineering Department in 1896.

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RUTLAND ST C Surry Hills 28 J5
RYAN LA C Forest Lodge 64 P4 Earlier Ryan St.
RYDER ST C Surry Hills 28 M3
SALISBURY LA C Rosebery 75 G 18 Named after Robert Arthur Talbot
Gascoyne Cecil Salisbury, (1830-1903)
3rd Marquis of Salisbury also titled Lord
Robert Cecil and Lord Cranborne.
Prime Minister 1885, 1895-1902.
Macquarie St until 1913.

SALISBURY RD C Camperdown 64 Q 7 Previously called University St between

Missenden Rd to Australia St.

SAMUEL ST C Surry Hills 28 L 3 Part of the Fosterville Estate

Subdivision, 1843. It is next door to
Smith St. John Samuel Smith owned
the estate.
SAMUEL ST R Surry Hills 66 M 7 See Ridge St.
SANDS ST C Sydney 25 H 20 Washington St until 1925. John Sands,
printer, is surely the most deserving of a
street name.
Sands' Sydney Street Directories were
published 1857-1935.
SANDWELL ST C Surry Hills 28/30 M5/N5
SARAH ANN ST R Surry Hills 66 J 6 See Dawson St.
SAUNDERS LA D Pyrmont 55 C 17 privately owned. From Harris to Mount
St. Saunders original 'Clifton Villa' and
grounds here were sold to CSR in
1916. Saunders La purchased in
1982/3.
SAUNDERS ST C Pyrmont 55 B 18 Hill St progressively renamed Saunders
St 1928/1938. Charles Saunders and
his son Robert were Pyrmont
quarrymasters.
SCHIMEL ST R Waterloo 65 H 10 Named after an early developer. See
Lenton St.
SCHLINKERS LA R Ultimo 27 F1 See Bullecourt La.
SCIENCE RD C Camperdown 471 F2 Uni of Sydney
SCOTCH ROW D Millers Point 23 G 13 See Clyde St.
SCOTT ST C Pyrmont 55 C 17 Young St until 1905.
SCOUT PL C Sydney 24 K 14
SEALE LA C Darlinghurst 28 L1
SEALE ST C Darlinghurst 28 L1
SEAMER ST C Forest Lodge 65 A4 Named after John Henry Seamer,
Mayor of Glebe in 1878.
SEE RD D Moore Park 479 C 7 Ran off Park Rd. Now underneath Multi
Level Car Park.
SELWYN ST C Paddington 30 N 5
SEPTIMUS ST C Erskineville 74 R 11
SERGEANT R Sydney 24/26 J12-15/ See George St.
MAJOR'S ROW. J16-20

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SESQUICENTENARY C Sydney 25 H 17 Previously Barrack St, from George to
SQ York. Closed to traffic. Named to
commemorate 150 years of City
government in 1992.
SEYMOUR PL C Paddington 30 N 5 Earlier called Seymour St.
SHAFTESBURY R Glebe 55 D 4 See Garden Avenue.
GARDENS
SHAKESPEARE PL C Sydney 26 L 16
SHEAS LA C Surry Hills 28 M 5
SHEEHY ST C Glebe 55 A 20 R and S. Sheehy bought land for their
marine contracting business. Earlier
called Garran Avenue. Named between
1888 and 1899. Also called Sheehy
Avenue.
SHELLEY ST (1) C Sydney 25 G 16 Originally a lane off Erskineville St
northerly almost opposite original Lime
St.
SHELLEY ST (2) C Sydney 25 G16-17 A new street subhuming original Day St
now extending from King St almost to
Margaret St, between Sussex St and
Lime St.
SHEPHERD LA C Chippendale 27 E 5
SHEPHERD LA C Darlington 65 D6/E7
SHEPHERD ST C Chippendale 27/65 E5/E6 Thomas Shepherd's 28 1/2 acre grant
of land in 1827, was not formalised until
1835, the year he died leaving his
widow and eldest son to run his Darling
Nursery. The grant required him to
establish 'a nursery and fruit garden'.
This is commemorated in the named of
the streets around Shepherd St - Rose,
Myrtle, Ivy, Vine and Pine Sts.

SHEPHERD ST C Darlington 65 D7/D8 Thomas Shepherd's 22 acre grant of

land in 1827, was not formalised until
1835, the year he died. The grant
required him to establish 'a nursery and
fruit garden' which was known as
Darling Nursery. This is commemorated
in the named of the streets around
Shepherd St - Rose St, Myrtle St etc.

SHERBROOKE ST C Darlinghurst 28 M2
SHINE ST R Surry Hills 28 K3 See Richmond St.
SHIRLEY ST C Alexandria 75 F 19 Named after Alderman J. Shirley.
SHIRLEY ST D Moore Park 479 C6 Now underneath the Coach Drop off
Area.
SHORT PL C Surry Hills 28 M4
SHORT ST R Erskineville 75 A 13 See Goddard St.
SHORT ST R Erskineville 74 R 13 Privately owned. See Amy La.
SHORT ST C Forest Lodge 64 R4

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SHORT ST C Paddington 66 N4
SHORT ST C Redfern 65 G7
SHORT ST C Surry Hills 28/30 M3/N3
SHORT ST C Waterloo 76 J 13
SHORT ST D Alexandria 75 D 11 Later absorbed by the extension of
Lyne St.
SHORTER LA C Darlinghurst 30 N 1 Named after Mrs E. Shorter who
petitioned the Council about naming the
lane at the back of her house in 1875.

SIMMONS LA D Sydney 28 J 2 Privately owned.

SIMS ST C Surry Hills 30 N 3
SIR JOHN YOUNG C Sydney 56 M 19 Sir John Young was the Governor of
CR NSW 1861-67. See also Sylvia Chase
Sq.
SIR JOHN YOUNG C Woolloomooloo 56 M 19
CR
SKYGARDEN C Sydney 56 J 18
SLIP ST (1) D Sydney 25 G 17 From Lime to Union (later Day) Sts.
Original locations of these streets partly
obliterated by the Western Distributor.
See Cuthbert St.
SLIP ST (2) C Sydney 25 G 17 Slip St is now a service road off Sussex
St.
SMAIL LA C Ultimo 27 E 4
SMAIL ST C Ultimo 27 E 4 Built after the Athlone St Resumptions,
1906 on a similar alignment to Johnston
St. Smail was a City engineer.

SMARTS LA D Woolloomooloo 29 P 18 Also known as Brown's La. Ran

between Brougham and McElhone Sts.

SMITH LA C Newtown 74 P 11 Named after James Francis Smith who

was elected to Parliament in 1885 and
again in 1901.
SMITH ST R Camperdown 64 P 6 See Hampshire St.
SMITH ST R Camperdown 64 Q 5 See Larkin St.
SMITH ST C Surry Hills 28 L 3 John Samuel Smith subdivided the
Fosterville Estate including Smith St, in
1834.
SMITH ST R Ultimo 27 E 4 See St. Barnabas St.
SMITH ST D Waterloo 75 H 11 Located off George St to Reeve St.
Disappeared after 1965.
SMITHERS LA R Surry Hills 28 L 2 See Garrett La.
SMITHERS ST C Chippendale 27 F 5 Paradise Row until c.1870. This row of
houses, owned by Thomas Broughton,
slum landlord and Mayor, 1846 was
notoriously bad.
SMITHS LA C Erskineville 74 R 13

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SNOWY BAKER ST C Moore Park 479 D 3 Earlier was a short section of Foley St.
One of a number of streets
commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998.
Fox Studios Australia opened on the
site in 1999.

SOLANDER ST D Millers Point 23 G 13 See Wentworth St.

SOLDIERS MIDDLE R Sydney 23 H 15 See Clarence St.
ROW
SOMERSET PL D Chippendale 65 E 6 Off Wattle (Myrtle), near Abercrombie
St, mid 19th C.
SOPHIA LA C Surry Hills 28 L5
SOPHIA ST C Surry Hills 28 K4
SOUDAN LA C Newtown 64/65 R9/A9 Named in memory of the Soudan war.
SOUTH DOWLING C Moore Park 66/76 N7/ Earlier called Dowling St.
ST M10/
SOUTH DOWLING C Paddington 30 M12
N4 Earlier called Dowling St.
ST
SOUTH DOWLING C Redfern 66 M 10 Earlier called Dowling St.
ST
SOUTH DOWLING C Surry Hills 30/66 N4/N7 Sir James Dowling. See Dowling St.
ST Woolloomooloo.
SOUTH DOWLING C Waterloo 76 M12 Earlier called Dowling St.
ST
SOUTH HEAD RD R Darlinghurst 28/30 L1/N3 See Oxford St.
SOUTH HEAD RD R Surry Hills 28/30 L1/N3-4 See Oxford St.
SOUTH ROW R Sydney 26 K 16 See O'Connell St.
SOUTHERN CROSS C Rosebery 76 L 19 An extension of Dowling St cut through
DR to Wentworth Ave Eastlakes after 1965.

SPARKES LA C Camperdown 64 Q 5
SPARKES ST C Camperdown 64 Q 5 Junction St until 1913. Named after
Alderman and Mayor George H.
Sparkes who gave 26 years service to
the borough.
SPENCER LA C Alexandria 65 F 10
SPRING ROW R Sydney 26 K 16 See Bligh St, Bent and George Sts.
SPRING ST C Sydney 24/26 J15/J16 Called Spring Row (not the Spring Row
in the entry above) until 1810. Spring
St, including present day Gresham St
until c. 1865.
According to Bertie, a very early
configuration of Spring St was in the
shape of a crescent encompassing
present day Spring St, part of Bent St
and Bligh St.

SPRINGFIELD AV C Potts Point 29 Q 19 Attorney-General A. M. Baxter built

'Springfield' on a land grant here in the
1830's.
SPRINGFIELD LA C Potts Point 29 Q 19

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SPRINGFIELD MALL C Potts Point 29 Q 19
SPRUSON ST D Camperdown 64 P 7 Was between Church St and
Missenden Rd.
ST. ANDREWS PL D Sydney 25 H 20 See Clarence St.
ST. BARNABAS ST C Ultimo 27 E 4 Smith St until 1905, when formerly
named Lord St but after the Athlone
Place resumption called St Barnabas
St.
ST. JAMES ARC C Sydney 26 K 18
ST. JAMES AV C Glebe 64 R 3 Near St James' Roman Catholic
Church.
ST. JAMES CTRE C Sydney 56 K 18
ST. JAMES LA C Glebe 65 A 3
ST. JAMES RD C Sydney 26 K 18 For St James Church, 1819-24. Francis
Greenway, architect.
ST. JOHN ST C Newtown 74 Q 12
ST. JOHNS RD C Glebe 64/65 R4/A4 Named after St John's Church of
England. Originally ran from Junction St
Forest Lodge to Glebe Point Rd.
Later continued to Park Rd (now
Wentworth Park Rd) taking in Denman
St. Boundary of Bishopthorpe
subdivision 1871.

ST. KILDA LA C Woolloomooloo 29 N 19

ST. MARYS RD C Sydney 26 L 18 St Marys Cathedral, 1821 (burnt down):
rebuilt 1868.
ST. MARYS ST D Camperdown ? ? In Sands Directory 1869/80
ST. NEOT AV C Potts Point 29 Q 17
ST. PAULS PL C Chippendale 65 G 6
ST. PAULS PL C Surry Hills 65 G 6 Intersection named for nearby Anglican
Church (now Greek Orthodox) in 1924.

ST. PAULS RD R Camperdown 64/65 Q8/R8 Originally named after Gov. Bligh. On
Camperdown Estate subdivision 1844.
Renamed St. Paul's Rd in 1913 and
renamed Carillon Av when Sydney
University installed its memorial carillon
in the 1920's.

ST. PAULS RD R Newtown 64/66 Q8/R9 Originally named after Gov. Bligh. On
Camperdown Estate subdivision 1844.
Renamed St. Paul's Rd in 1913 and
renamed Carillon Av when Sydney
University installed its memorial carillon
in the 1920's.

ST. PETERS LA C Darlinghurst 29 N 20

ST. PETERS LA C Redfern 65 G 9
ST. PETERS ST C Darlinghurst 29 N 20 Named for St Peters Anglican Church.

ST. PETERS ST D Darlinghurst ? ? Ann St until 1875.

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STABLES LA C Darlinghurst 28 L1/M1
STANLEY ST C Darlinghurst 26/28 L20/L1 Edward Stanley, Secretary of State for
War and Colonies, 1841-45. Later
Prime Minister. ADB
STANLEY ST C Redfern 66 M 8 Named after Patrick Stanley, councillor
between 1871-1907 and several times
Mayor.
STATION PL C Eveleigh 65 C 10
STEAM MILL ST D Sydney 27 G 1 Named for Barker's mill. The street ran
off Barker St, (which see).
STEEL LA C Surry Hills 66 K 6
STEEL ST C Surry Hills 28/66 L5/K6 Alexander Steel owned a row of houses
in Riley St in the first city assessment of
1845.
STEPHEN ST R Camperdown 64 P 6 See Briggs St.
STEPHEN ST C Newtown 64 R 8 Named after the first St Stephen's
Church.
STEPHEN ST D Surry Hills 28 K 1 Removed in the Wexford St
Resumption 1906.
STEPHEN ST C Woolloomooloo 29 P 19 Justice John Stephen (1771-1833). One
of several streets in Woolloomooloo
named for legal men.
STERLING CCT C Camperdown 64 P 4 A new street on site of Camperdown
Children's hospital.
STEWART PL C Paddington 67 A 6
STEWART ST C Glebe 54 R 19
STEWART ST C Paddington 30/67 R5/A6 Earlier ran between continuously
between Oatley Rd and Gordon St.
STIRLING ST C Glebe 65 D3 Listed in 1859. Sometimes spelt
Sterling.
STIRLING ST C Redfern 65 G7 Earlier spelt Sterling St.
STOKES AV C Alexandria 75 E 13 Named after Alderman E. J. Stokes,
Councillor.
STRAND ARC C Sydney 26 J 18 Privately owned.
STRATHMORE LA C Glebe 54/55 R20/A20 Commemorates Strathmore, a three
storied mansion built by Alexander
McArthur in 1857 on 5 acres.
He was married to William Boyce's
daughter Maria.
STREAM ST R Chippendale 27 E5/E6 See Buckland St.
STREAM ST C Darlinghurst 26 M 20 This follows the line of a freshwater
stream which discharged into
Woolloomooloo Bay.
STUART ST D Camperdown ? ?
STURT ST C Darlinghurst 30 N 3
SUEZ CANAL C The Rocks 24 J 13 A colloquial name in the 19th C. now
official.
SUGAR HOUSE LA D Chippendale 27 E 5 See Knox La.
SUMMIT ARC C Sydney 27 H 1

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SURGEONS CT C The Rocks 24 J 14 Named by the Sydney Cove Authority
because of the proximity to the first
hospital.
SURREY LA C Darlinghurst 30 Q1
SURREY LA D The Rocks 24 J 13 See Little Essex St.
SURREY LA C Waterloo 65 H 10 Originally spelt Surry.
SURREY ST C Darlinghurst 30 P1
SURREY ST C Waterloo 65 H10 Originally spelt Surry.
SURRY ST R Surry Hills 66 L6 See Rainford St.
SUSAN ST C Camperdown 64 Q7
SUSAN ST C Newtown 64 R8
SUSSEX LA C Sydney 25 G 16
SUSSEX ST C Haymarket 25/27 H19/H1
SUSSEX ST C Millers Point 23 G 15
SUSSEX ST C Sydney 25/27 H19/H1
SUTHERLAND LA C Chippendale 27 F5 Called Brisbane L until 1905. Was
within Cooper's Brisbane Distillery, est
1825 on land granted by Governor
Brisbane.
SUTHERLAND ST C Chippendale 65 F 5
SUTTON LA C Darlinghurst 29/30 N20/N1
SUTTOR AV C Moore Park 479 D 7 Small section only remaining. Earlier
ran from Cook Rd to Presidents Avenue
(John Hargreaves Avenue). This
section now renamed Bent Avenue.

SUTTOR ST C Alexandria 75 D 12 Northern end off Renwick St later called

Dadley St.
SUTTOR ST C Woolloomooloo 26 M 20 Hill's La until 1905.
SWAN ST D Sydney 28 J 1 Ran off George St, between Liverpool
and Goulburn Sts (World Square site).

SWANSON LA C Erskineville 75 A 12
SWANSON ST C Erskineville 75 A 12 Named after Mayor Swanson.
SYDNEY ARC C Sydney 26 J 18
SYDNEY GTE C Waterloo 76 K 12
SYDNEY HARBOUR C Sydney 24 K 11
BRIDGE
SYDNEY HARBOUR C Sydney 24 L 11
TUNNEL
SYDNEY LA C Erskineville 75 A 11 Earlier Equity La.
SYDNEY PARK RD C Alexandria 75 A 15
SYDNEY PARK RD C Erskineville 75 A 15
SYDNEY PIZ C Woolloomooloo 29 P 19
SYDNEY PL D Glebe 65 A3 Off Purves St 1890's.
SYDNEY PL R Haymarket 28 J2 See Cunningham St.
SYDNEY PLZ C Haymarket 28 J2
SYDNEY SQ C Sydney 25 H 20
SYDNEY ST C Erskineville 75 B 11

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SYLVIA CHASE SQ C Sydney 26 M 19 When the Council attempted to alter Sir
John Young Cres to Sylvia Chase Dr in
1952, after 'a well-known resident and
benefactress of this district', it was met
with resistance from the Department of
Lands which argued that the Governor
Young was more deserving.
The Royal Australian Historical Society
suggested that a way out of the
impasse which developed was to name
the intersection after Chase, 'a lady
who has done much for both soldiers
and boys'. Named in 1953.

SYSTRUM ST C Ultimo 27 F2 Privately owned.

TAGGARTS LA C Surry Hills 28 M3
TALBOT PL C Woolloomooloo 29 N 20 Previously Burraphore St.
TALFOURD LA C Glebe 65 A2 Listed in 1859. Earlier called Talford La.

TALFOURD ST C Glebe 65 A2 Listed in 1859.

TAMBUA ST C Pyrmont 55 B 17
TANGARA ST C Eveleigh 65 D 10
TANK STREAM ARC C Sydney 26 J 17
TANK STREAM WAY C Sydney 24 J 15 Part of Hamilton St until 1981. Tank
Stream so called because of holding
tanks sunk into this original watercourse
draining into Sydney Cove.

TARPEIAN WAY C Sydney 24 L 13

TATES PL D Surry Hills 28 L2 See Upton Pl.
TAYLOR LA C Glebe 65 A1 Privately owned.
TAYLOR SQ C Darlinghurst 28/30 M3/N2 Created after the widening of Oxford St,
commenced in 1916. Allen Taylor, Lord
Mayor, 1905-6, 1909-12, was the
guiding force behind many street
widenings and resumptions.
He was a timber merchant and amateur
town planner. ADB

TAYLOR SQ C Surry Hills 28/30 M3/N2 Created after the widening of Oxford St,
commenced in 1916. Allen Taylor, Lord
Mayor, 1905-6, 1909-12, was the
guiding force behind many street
widenings and resumptions.
He was a timber merchant and amateur
town planner. ADB

TAYLOR ST C Darlinghurst 30 N 3

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TAYLOR ST C Glebe 55/65 A20/A1 Named after Sir Allen Taylor who
owned a timber yard in the locality. He
was twice Lord Mayor of Sydney. This
street has become longer with time.
Initially a renaming of the northern end
of Darling St, it was later extended by
renaming Miller St through to Forsyth
St.

TAYLOR ST C Surry Hills 30 N3

TAYLOR ST C Waterloo 76 L 12
TECHNOLOGY LA C Camperdown 471 G3 Uni of Sydney
TEGGS LA C Chippendale 65 F6 Until 1897, Teggs Row. This name
commemorates a row of wooden
houses which were so jerry built that
they stood less than 30 years before
being demolished in 1882.
TELOPEA LA C Redfern 66 L 9
TELOPEA ST C Redfern 66 K 9 Named to commemorate the site of
John Baptists garden.
TERMINUS ST R Chippendale 27 G 4 See Little Regent St.
TERRY LA R Sydney 26 J17 See Angel Pl.
TERRY ST C Surry Hills 28 J 4 Samuel Terry purchased Surry Hills
land in 1814 and built his Albion
Brewery there in 1824
TEWKESBURY AV C Darlinghurst 30 P 1 Privately owned.
THE CRESCENT C Annandale 64 N 1
THE FINGER WHARF C Woolloomooloo 29 P 17
APARTMENTS
ACCESS WY

THE MALL C Sydney 26 J 18 Pitt St, between Market and King Sts
renamed The Mall in 1981. Referred to
as the Pitt St Mall.
THE ROCKS SQ C The Rocks 24 J 13
THE STABLES LA C Darlinghurst 28 L1
THOMAS LA C Darlington 65 E7
THOMAS LA C Haymarket 27 G3
THOMAS ST D Camperdown 64 P7 Ran between Church St and Missenden
Rd.
THOMAS ST C Darlington 65 E 7 Named after Thomas Shepherd.
THOMAS ST C Haymarket 27/65 G3/H3/
H2
THOMAS ST C Newtown 74 Q 11 Originally located between George St
and Newman St in the 1880's. This
section now part of Whitehorse St.
THOMAS ST D Sydney 27 G 1 Ran from Barker's Wharf, east of Barker
St (which see).

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THOMAS ST C Ultimo 27 F 4 Aligns with Thomas St (Sydney).
Probably named for a Harris
descendant, son of William.
Alternatively, Elliot Thomas & Co. were
carcass butchers on the corner of
Thomas and Harris Sts, c.1900.

THOMSON LA C Darlinghurst 30 N1
THOMSON PL C Darlinghurst 30 N1
THOMSON ST C Darlinghurst 30 N2
THORNTON LA D Millers Point 23 G 13 See Harts La.
THORNTON ST D Millers Point 23 G 13 See Hart St.
THURLOW LA C Redfern 66 M9
THURLOW ST C Redfern 66 M9
TILFORD ST C Zetland 76 J 14
TOM HAYDON ST C Moore Park 479 E6 One of a number of streets
commemorating famous Australian
actors following the closure of the
Sydney Showground in 1998.
Fox Studios Australia opened on the
site in 1999.

TOM UREN PL C Woolloomooloo 29 N 19

TOOGOOD LA C Erskineville 74 R 11
TOOGOOD ST R Erskineville 74 Q14/R12 Named after William Toogood, an early
owner of Erskine Villa. See Rochford
St.
TOSH LA C Zetland 75 H 15
TOWN HALL SQ C Sydney 25 H 20
TOWNS PL C Millers Point 23 G 12 Robert Towns (1794-1873) ship owner,
wharf owner in Millers Point. Involved in
whaling.
TOXTETH AV R Glebe 54/64 Q20/Q1 See Park Avenue.
TOXTETH LA C Glebe 64 Q 2 Originally in two parts, Glen La to Bell
St, Mansfield La (later St) to Church La.
Latter section renamed Toxteth La as
an extension of Church La.

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TOXTETH RD C Glebe 64 Q 2 Commemorates 'Toxteth House' on the
Toxteth Estate, for many years the
family residence of the Allen family.
A great friend of George Allen's father
Richard, was Sir Robert Wigram. On
the death of Georges father Richard he
was a great help to George's mother
and siblings.
Toxteth Park was named after Sir
Robert Wigram's seat near Liverpool.
This is the source of the name of
George Wigram Allen, Georges son,
and the name Wigram Rd.
Parts of the 95 acre estate were
subdivided from 1886 onwards. The
house later became St. Scolastica's
College.

TRACEY LA C Chippendale 65 D 6
TREFLE RD D Moore Park 479 B 6 Previously located adjacent to Royal
Hall of Industries.
TREVILYAN AV C Rosebery 76 K 20
TRINITY AV C Dawes Point 23 H 13 Called Upper Fort St until 1899. Holy
Trinity Church, known as Garrison
Church because the military stationed
at Dawes Point used it, is nearby.

TUDOR PL C Surry Hills 66 L 6

TUDOR ST C Surry Hills 66 L 6
TURNER LA C Woolloomooloo 26/29 M19/
N19
TURNER ST C Redfern 65 G 8
TURTLE LA C Erskineville 74 R 12 Named after members of the old
established Newtown Turtle family.
They were William Turtle, Ernest Turtle
and Charles Henry Turtle who was an
alderman and mayor of Newtown.

TUSCULUM LA C Potts Point 29 Q 18

TUSCULUM ST C Potts Point 29 Q 18 A. B. Spark, merchant, had John Verge
design his mansion 'Tusculum' in the
1830's
TWEEDMOUTH AV C Rosebery 317 G 1 Named after Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd
Baron Tweedmouth (1849-1909). He
was a British Liberal statesman, Lord
Privy Seal 1894-95 and First Lord of the
Admiralty 1905-08.
ULSTER ST C Paddington 67 B 6
ULTIMO RD C Haymarket 27 G3/H3
ULTIMO RD C Sydney 65 G 3

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ULTIMO RD C Ultimo 27 G 3 Led to Ultimo House. In 1908, this
street incorporated a remnant of Engine
St (which see).
ULTIMO ST R Ultimo 27 E 3 See Kelly St.
UNDERWOOD LA C Sydney 24 J 15 Privately owned.
UNDERWOOD ST C Sydney 24 J 15 James and Joseph Underwood
(brothers) owned property fronting
George St in this area. Traders and
shippers. ADB
UNION LA C Erskineville 74 R 13 Privately owned from Knight La to
Rochford St.
UNION LA C Newtown 74 Q 12 Named following the Gowrie Estate
subdivision of 1878.
UNION LA C Pyrmont 25 E 18 Part of Harwood La until 1944.
UNION SQ C Pyrmont 55 D 18
UNION ST R Chippendale 27 G4 See Dwyer St.
UNION ST C Erskineville 74 Q13/R12 Named after the old Union Inn which
had stood nearby.
UNION ST C Newtown 74 Q 13 Named after the old Union Inn which
had stood nearby.
UNION ST C Pyrmont 25 E18
UNION ST R Sydney 55 H 20 See Day St.
UNION ST R Sydney 26/28 J20/J1 See Central St.
UNION ST R The Rocks 24 J 13 See Atherden St.
UNION ST C Waterloo 65 H 10
UNIVERSITY AV C Camperdown 472 L2 Uni of Sydney
UNIVERSITY PL C Camperdown 472 K2 Uni of Sydney.
UNIVERSITY PL D Chippendale 65 D5 See Chandler Av
UNIVERSITY ST R Camperdown 64 Q7 See Salisbury Rd.
UNWIN ST D Millers Point 23 G 13 From Argyle St to Darling Harbour.
Developed post 1845, and demolished
by the Sydney Harbour Trust in the
early 20th C.
See Wentworth St for more detail. F. W.
Unwin bought property in Millers Point
in the 1830's.

UPPER BROUGHAM R Darlinghurst 30 P 2 See Hardie St.

ST
UPPER CARRIAGE C Haymarket 27 H 4
LA
UPPER DOWLING R Darlinghurst 30 N 2 See Darley St.
ST
UPPER FIG ST C Pyrmont 25/65 E20/E1
UPPER FIG ST C Ultimo 25/65 E20/E1
UPPER FORT ST R Dawes Point 23 H 14 See Trinity Av.
UPPER FORT ST C Millers Point 23 H 14 Fort Phillip, subsequently Observatory
Hill.
UPPER RD C Forest Lodge 64 P 3 Earlier Upper St.
UPPER WILLIAM ST R Darlinghurst 29/30 Q20/Q1 See Kings Cross Rd.
UPTON PL D Surry Hills 28 L 2 Earlier Tates Pl, then Little Hill St.
Renamed Upton Pl in 1905.

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UPTON ST D Surry Hills 28 L 2 Hill St until 1875. George Hill, publican
and Mayor of Sydney built 'Durham
Hall' (still standing) in nearby Albion St.

UTHER ST C Surry Hills 28 K 5

VALENTINE ST C Haymarket 27 H 3 Valentine's La or Valentine La until
1897.
VAUGHAN PL C Redfern 66 M 8
VERONA ST C Paddington 30 P 4 Originally ran between Oxford St and
Napier St.
VESCEY ST C Waterloo 65 H 10 Named after Robert Vescey, an early
leaseholder and developer in the area
and Mayor in 1879.
VICTORIA ARC D Sydney 26 K 17 Privately owned.
VICTORIA LA C Beaconsfield 75 F 17
VICTORIA LA R Sydney 27 H1 See Eagar La.
VICTORIA PDE C Zetland 76 K 15 Part of British Leyland subdivision.
VICTORIA PL R Sydney 27 H1 See Douglass La.
VICTORIA RD C Glebe 54/64 Q20/P1 Named after Queen Victoria.
VICTORIA ST C Beaconsfield 75 G 17 Named after Queen Victoria.
VICTORIA ST C Darlinghurst 29/30 P20/
N3/P2
VICTORIA ST C Erskineville 74/75 R12/A13

VICTORIA ST C Newtown 64 Q 9 Named after Queen Victoria. On

Camperdown Estate Subdivision 1844
as being a rename of earlier Brick St.
VICTORIA ST C Potts Point 29/56 Q19/
P20/Q18
VICTORIA ST C Redfern 66 K 8 Originally was a dogleg which went
between Cooper St and Walker St. Now
located between Cooper and Arthur St.

VICTORIA ST R Rosebery 75 G 17 Named after Queen Victoria. See

Cressy St.
VICTORIA ST R Sydney 27 H1 See Douglass St.
VICTORIA ST D Sydney 27 H3 See Engine St.
VICTORIA TCE R Millers Point 23 G 12 See Dalgety Tce.
VINE GV C Darlington 65 E6
VINE LA C Darlington 65 E6/F7
VINE ST C Darlington 65 E6 Thomas Shepherd's 22 acre grant of
land in this area required him to
establish 'a nursery and fruit garden'.
This is commemorated in the named of
the streets around Shepherd St - Rose
St, Myrtle St etc.

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VINE ST C Redfern 65 F 7 Thomas Shepherd's 22 acre grant of
land in this area required him to
establish 'a nursery and fruit garden'.
This is commemorated in the named of
the streets around Shepherd St - Rose
St, Myrtle St etc.

VIOLET ST C Surry Hills 66 M 6

VULCAN ST D Alexandria 74 R 17 Now part of Sydney Park.
WADE PL D Surry Hills 28 L 4 Site now covered by Surry Hills
substation.
WAINE ST C Surry Hills 28 L 2 Edward La until 1895. Shortened in the
Brisbane St resumption. Probably
named for Edward Riley
WALKER ST C Redfern 66 J 9 Originally called Walker St, then
renamed Hanover St until the first world
war when it was renamed Walker St.

WALKER ST C Waterloo 66 J 10 Originally called Walker St, then

renamed Hanover St until the first world
war when it was renamed Walker St.

WALLACE TCE D Alexandria ? ? In Sands Directory 1880.

WALSH AV C Glebe 64 R 2 Previously Hereford La. Renamed
Hereford Place in 1951.
Renamed Walsh Avenue 1952 after
William Walsh, Mayor of Glebe from
1926 to 1928.
WALTER ST C Paddington 30 R5
WARATAH ST C Rushcutters Bay 29/30 R19/ Formerly Roslyn Rd.
/57/6 R1/
7 A19/A1
WARD AV C Darlinghurst 30 Q 1
WARD AV C Potts Point 29 Q20/R20

WARD AV C Rushcutters Bay 66 Q 1

WARREN BALL AV C Newtown 65 A 9 Named after Warren Ball in 1933. He

was a Newtown businessman and
philanthropist. Earlier called L'Avenue.

WASHINGTON LA D Sydney 25 H 20 Parallel to and North of Washington St.

WASHINGTON PL D Sydney 25 H 20 James St until 1905. This part of James

St from Bathurst to Washington St has
since disappeared.

WASHINGTON ST D Sydney 25 H 20 This street ran from Sussex St to

Darling Harbour, just north of Bathurst
sty.
WASSALL LA C Alexandria 75 E 11 Named after W. H. Wassell, Mayor and
Alderman.

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WAST OCEAN ARC C Haymarket 27 H 2
WATCHFUL HARRYS C Waterloo 76 M 11
SQ
WATER ST R Glebe 65 D 2 This street would have been close to
Blackwattle Bay before the reclamation
which made Wentworth Park.
Originally ran between Cowper and Bay
Sts. Later became an extension of
Wentworth St.

WATERLOO PL R Chippendale 27 F4 See Balfour St.

WATERLOO RD R Alexandria 75 B 15 The Battle of Waterloo, 1815.
Previously the southern end of Mitchell
Rd along the brickyards, now Sydney
Park Rd.
WATERLOO ST C Surry Hills 28 K5/L4 The Battle of Waterloo, 1815. Names of
military men are also in this area.
WATKIN LA C Newtown 64 R 9
WATKIN ST C Newtown 64 R9/R10 Named after John Wesley Watkin,
auctioneer and manager of the Sydney
Freehold land and Building Society.
From Wilson to Rowley [now Copeland]
earlier called Hill St.

WATSON RD C Millers Point 23 H 13

WATSON ST C Paddington 67 B6
WATTLE CRST C Pyrmont 55 D 20
WATTLE LA C Ultimo 27 E3
WATTLE PL C Ultimo 27 E4 A new street created after Athlone
Place resumptions, 1906.
WATTLE ST R Chippendale 27/65 E5/D5/ See Myrtle St.
E6
WATTLE ST C Glebe 65 D1-4
WATTLE ST C Pyrmont 55 D 20 Darling St until 1875, named for
Governor Darling. Wattle because of its
proximity to Blackwattle Creek.
WATTLE ST C Ultimo 65 D1-4
WAYS TCE C Pyrmont 55 D 16 Officially the name of the Pyrmont
Municipal Dwellings, Pyrmont, 1925,
but also used for the roadway fronting
the buildings. Currently in declining use.

WELL CTYD C The Rocks 24 J 13

WELLINGTON LA C Waterloo 66/76 J10/J11
WELLINGTON PL R Darlinghurst 30 N2 See Darley Pl.
WELLINGTON ST C Chippendale 27 F5 Named for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke
of Wellington (1769-1852, of Battle of
Waterloo fame.

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WELLINGTON ST C Waterloo 75/76 G11/J11 Named for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke
of Wellington. Originally ran between
Morehead and Pitt Sts. Later extended
over western end of Buckland St to
Botany Rd.
WELLS ST C Redfern 65 G8
WELLS ST WEST R Redfern 65 E/F 8 See Lawson St and Lawson Sq.
WEMYSS LA C Surry Hills 28 L2
WEMYSS ST D Surry Hills 28 K2 Obliterated by the new Wentworth Av in
the Wexford St Resumption Area.
WENTWORTH AV C Surry Hills 28 K 2 A new street created after the Wexford
St Resumptions 1906-08. Probably
named for William Wentworth, explorer
and father of the NSW constitution.
ADB
WENTWORTH AV C Sydney 28 K 2 A new street created after the Wexford
St Resumptions 1906-08. Probably
named for William Wentworth, explorer
and father of the NSW constitution.
ADB
WENTWORTH PARK C Glebe 65 C 1 Earlier Park Rd.
RD
WENTWORTH PL R Sydney 25 H 19 See Druitt Pl.
WENTWORTH ST C Glebe 65 C 2 Originally ran from Denman (St Johns
Rd) to Cowper St. Later extended to
Bay St, taking up Water St.
WENTWORTH ST D Millers Point 23 G 13 From Millers Rd (D) to Darling Harbour.
In 1905 it was officially renamed
Solander St, but the name was
probably never used.
This street was sufficiently inhabited to
be recognised in the 1st City
Assessment of 1845 while several of its
neighbouring streets were not.
It was one of five streets in Millers Point
which were demolished in the early
20th C. to make way for wharves in
Hickson Rd and High St.
The streets which were removed
followed the natural contours down to
the water and the cutting down of the
cliffs to form the low level Hickson Rd
resulted in their original level being in
part suspended in the air.

WENTWORTH ST R Sydney 23 H 15 See Lang St.

WEST AV C Darlinghurst 30 Q 2 These three Wests commemorate
Thomas West who built a mill on the
nearby La Crozia Creek (now Boundary
St).

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WEST LA C Darlinghurst 30/66 P2/Q2 These three Wests commemorate
Thomas West who built a mill on the
nearby La Crozia Creek (now Boundary
St).
WEST LNK C Eveleigh 65 D 10
WEST ST C Darlinghurst 30 P2,3 These three Wests commemorate
Thomas West who built a mill on the
nearby La Crozia Creek (now Boundary
St).
WEST ST C Waterloo 75 H 11
WESTEND LA C Ultimo 65 D 3 A new lane constructed after Athlone
Place Resumption, 1906. At that time,
this area formed the western extremity
of the City of Sydney.
WESTERN AV C Camperdown 471 F 3 Uni of Sydney
WESTERN C Millers Point 23 H 15 Channels traffic westward off the
DISTRIBUTOR Harbour Bridge.
WESTERN C Pyrmont 25 E 20 Channels traffic westward off the
DISTRIBUTOR Harbour Bridge.
WESTERN C Sydney 25 F Channels traffic westward off the
DISTRIBUTOR 20/H16 Harbour Bridge.
WESTMORELAND C Glebe 65 A 3
LA
WESTMORELAND C Glebe 65 A 3 Part of the Bishopthorpe subdivision
ST from 1856. One of two streets named
after places in the Lake District.
The Bishop of Sydney, Frederic Barkers
first wife Jane Harden, was born in the
Lake District.

WETHERED ST C Darlinghurst 30 P 2
WEXFORD ST D Surry Hills 28 K 2 At first called Market La because it went
towards the hay and corn markets, later
Maiden La. Named Wexford St in 1875.
Removed by the Wexford St
Resumption, 1906-08. Wentworth
Avenue is on a similar alignment.

WHARF HOUSE C The Rocks 24 J 13

STPS
WHARF RD R Millers Point 23 G 12 See Dalgety Rd.
WHATELEY LA C Newtown 64 Q 10
WHATELEY ST C Newtown 64 Q 10 Named after Charles Whately, Mayor of
Newtown and alderman for 18 years.

WHEAT RD C Moore Park 479 C 7 Earlier was a continuation of

Clydesdale Rd to the Gondola Building.

WHEAT RD C Sydney 25 G18/19 A new road adjacent to Cockle Bay

Wharf. Part of Western Distributor

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WHEAT RD D Sydney 27 G 3 Originally off Ultimo Rd. Now contained
within Darling Drive. So named
because of Darling Harbour Goods
Yards.
WHEELER LA D Surry Hills 66 K 6 Privately owned.
WHITEHORSE ST C Newtown 74 P12/Q11 Originally located between St. Georges
Hall and Newtown Public School in the
early 1880's.
Shortly afterwards renamed George St.
The name Whitehorse St then used to
rename Queen and Thomas Sts
between Norfolk St and Newman St.
In 1958 the section of Norfolk St off
King St renamed Whitehorse St.

WHITES LA C Darlinghurst 30 P 2
WHITLAM SQ C Darlinghurst 28 L 1 Named in 1983 for Edward Gough
Whitlam, (1916-), Prime Minister, 1972-
5.
WHITLAM SQ C Surry Hills 28 L 1 Named in 1983 for Edward Gough
Whitlam, (1916-), Prime Minister, 1972-
5.
WHITLAM SQ C Sydney 28 L 1 Named in 1983 for Edward Gough
Whitlam, (1916-), Prime Minister, 1972-
5.
WHITTELL ST C Surry Hills 66 M 6 John Whittell was a Surry Hills
shopkeeper in the 1840's.
WHYLE'S PL D Chippendale 27 F 5 See Wiles Pl.
WIGRAM LA C Glebe 64 Q 3 Originally called Hereford La on 1880's
map.
WIGRAM LA WEST C Forest Lodge 64 P 3
WIGRAM RD C Forest Lodge 64 P 3 Named after Sir George Wigram Allen,
eldest son of George Allen of 'Toxteth
House'.
He was the first Mayor of Glebe on its
incorporation, and was elected for 18
consecutive terms. See also Toxteth
Rd.

WIGRAM RD C Glebe 64 Q 2 Named after Sir George Wigram Allen,

eldest son of George Allen of 'Toxteth
House'.
He was the first Mayor of Glebe on its
incorporation, and was elected for 18
consecutive terms. See also Toxteth
Rd.

WILES PL D Chippendale 27 F 5 Off George St West (Broadway)

between Carlton and Abercrombie Sts.
Around the 1870's, it appeared
variously as Wiles, Whyle's or Wise's
Pl.

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WILEY ST C Chippendale 65 E 6 A street created in 1914 following
Chippendale resumptions (see following
diagram pre 1914 and post 1914)

WILLIAM HENRY LA D Ultimo 27 F 2 William La until 1919.

WILLIAM HENRY ST C Glebe 65 D 2
WILLIAM HENRY ST C Ultimo 27/65 E2/D2 William St until 1875.
WILLIAM LA C Alexandria 75 F 17
WILLIAM LA C Redfern 65 F8/F9
WILLIAM LA R Ultimo 27 F 2 See William Henry La.
WILLIAM LA C Woolloomooloo 29 N 20
WILLIAM ST C Alexandria 75 F 17
WILLIAM ST C Beaconsfield 75 F 17 Possibly named after King William 1V of
England.
WILLIAM ST C Darlinghurst 26/29 L20/N20 Named for King William 1V and
gazetted in 1834.
WILLIAM ST C Redfern 65 H8
WILLIAM ST C Woolloomooloo 26/29 L20/N20 Named for King William 1V and
gazetted in 1834.
WILLIAMS LA C Paddington 30 N5 Originally ran between Seymour St. and
Napier St. The section between Albion
St. and Napier St. was renamed Little
Dowling St.
WILMOT ST C Sydney 26 J 20 James Gordon Wilmot (1783-1831),
convict, arrived 1810. The street cuts
through the site of his Talbot Inn.
WILSHIRE ST C Surry Hills 66 L 7 James Wilshire (1809-160), tanner and
manufacturer, was Mayor of Sydney
1843-44.
WILSON LA C Darlington 65 C 9 Named after Felix Wilson of 'The Pines'
who had acquired much of Nicholas
Divine's Grant. Section between Golden
Grove St and Codrington St earlier
called Augusta La.

WILSON LA C Newtown 65 A 9 Named after Felix Wilson of 'The Pines'

who had acquired much of Nicholas
Divine's Grant. Section between Golden
Grove St and Codrington St earlier
called Augusta La.

WILSON ST R Camperdown 64 P 5 See Mason St.

WILSON ST C Darlington 65 C 9 Named after Felix Wilson of 'The Pines'
who had acquired much of Nicholas
Divine's Grant. Wilson St originally
ended at Erskineville Rd Newtown.

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WILSON ST C Eveleigh 65 C 9 Named after Felix Wilson of 'The Pines'
who had acquired much of Nicholas
Divine's Grant. Wilson St originally
ended at Erskineville Rd Newtown.

WILSON ST C Newtown 65 B 9 Named after Felix Wilson of 'The Pines'

who had acquired much of Nicholas
Divine's Grant. Wilson St originally
ended at Erskineville Rd.
WILSON ST C Woolloomooloo 29 N 18
WILTON LA D Surry Hills 66 K 7 Removed for Devonshire St Housing
Scheme 1950's.
WILTON PL D Surry Hills 66 K 7 Hart's La until 1905. Resumed by State
Government for Devonshire St Housing
Scheme.
WILTON PL R Surry Hills 66 K 7 See Clisdell St.
WILTON ST C Surry Hills 66 K 7 Originally ran between Cleveland Street
to Devonshire St. Section between
Belvoir St to Devonshire St removed for
Devonshire St Housing Scheme, 1950's

WINDIER ST C Woolloomooloo 29 P 19 Harris St until 1905.

WINDMILL ROW R The Rocks 23 H 13 See Prince St. One of the first streets in
The Rocks, it ran to three windmills
operated by Jack Leighton on the Point
from about 1815.
WINDMILL ST C Millers Point 23 G 13 One of the first streets in Millers Point, it
ran to three windmills operated by Jack
Leighton on the Point from about 1815.

WINDMILL STPS C Millers Point 23 G 12 Named after three windmills operated

by Jack Leighton on the Point from
about 1815.
WISDOM LA C Darlinghurst 29 N 20 Bourke La until 1905.
WISE'S PL D Chippendale 27 F5 See Wiles Pl.
WITHERS LA C Surry Hills 28 L5
WITHERS PL C Surry Hills 28 L5
WOLSLEY LA D Darlington 471 M8 Uni of Sydney. Ran between Raglan St
and Calder Rd.
WOLSELEY GV C Zetland 76 K 13 Named after the British motor car. Part
of British Leyland subdivision.
WOMERAH AV C Darlinghurst 30 Q 1 A location for corroborees (gatherings
of aborigines). A womerah is a throwing
stick which increases the range of a
spear.
WOMERAH LA C Darlinghurst 30 Q1
WOOD ST C Forest Lodge 64 P4 Earlier spelt Wood's St.
WOODBURN ST C Redfern 65 F7
WOODLEY ST C St. Peters 74 R 18
WOODS LA C Darlinghurst 28 M1

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WOODS RD R Glebe 64 P2-4 Named after John Wood who by 1845
had a residence on the northern side
towards Glebe called Glenwood. See
Hereford St.
WOOLLEY LA C Glebe 64 R 2 First named in 1952.
WOOLLEY ST C Glebe 64/65 R2/A2 Thomas Woolley was a wealthy
ironmonger and early resident of Glebe.
He was a later owner of 'Hereford
House' and also owned considerable
land in the Forest Lodge area.
In his later years he returned to live in
the U.K.

WOOLLOOMOOLOO R Woolloomooloo 29 N 19 See Cathedral La.

LA
WOOLLOOMOOLOO R Darlinghurst 30 N 30 See Darlinghurst Rd.
PL
WOOLLOOMOOLOO R Woolloomooloo 26/29 m19/ See Cathedral St.
ST N19
WOOLLOOMOOLOO C Sydney 26 M 19
WLK
WRIGHT LA C Surry Hills 28 K 3 The lane was present from about
c.1920
WYLDE ST C Potts Point 29 Q 16 Sir John Wylde (1781-1859) lawyer,
Judge-Advocate, granted land on Potts
Point in 1822. ADB
WYNDHAM LA C Alexandria 75 F 11
WYNDHAM ST C Alexandria 75 F-11/14
WYNYARD ARC C Sydney 25 H 16
WYNYARD LA C Sydney 26 J 17
WYNYARD SQ EAST R Sydney 25/55 H17/H16 See Carrington St. Named after Edward
Buckley Wynyard.
WYNYARD SQ R Sydney 25/55 H17/H16 See Margaret St. Named after Edward
NORTH Buckley Wynyard.
WYNYARD SQ R Sydney 25/55 H17/H16 See Wynyard St. Named after Edward
SOUTH Buckley Wynyard.
WYNYARD ST C Sydney 25 H 17 Wynyard Sq South until 1887. Wynyard
St (and Margaret St) were laid out in the
1850's after the removal of the military
barracks in 1848. Edward Buckley
Wynyard, commander of the NSW
troops, 1848-53. ADB See also
Regimental Sq.

YARALLA LA C Newtown 65 A9
YARALLA ST C Newtown 64/65 R9/A9
YARNOLD ST R Redfern 65 F7 See Everleigh St.
YEENDS PL D Chippendale 27 F4 See Greeves (Grieves) La.
YEENDS PL D Chippendale 27 F4/F5 Privately owned. Yeend's Pl also
appears on late 19th C. maps parallel to
the east of present day Douglass St.

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YORK LA C Glebe 64 R 3 On early maps York La was called York
St. Originally it did not extend as far as
Hegarty St but was extended to join it
later.
YORK PL D Sydney 28 J 1 Privately owned.
YORK LA C Sydney 25 H16/H17

YORK ST C Glebe 64 R 3 In the 1960's the section off Ross St

was called Elm Place. There was a
family called York. They were Charles
York, and his sons Charles, Thomas
and James.
They owned the land between York St,
York La and Pyrmont Bridge Rd. On
early maps the section of York St off
Hegarty St was called York La.

YORK ST C Sydney 23/25 H15/ Named by Macquarie in 1810. Earlier

H16/H18 known between Barrack St and the
burial ground (Town Hall Site) as
Barrack Row.
A small portion, between Jamison and
Grosvenor known briefly as Church St.
When the Barracks were removed, York
St was extended through to Charlotte Pl
(Grosvenor St).

YORK ST NORTH R The Rocks 23/24 H15/J13 See Cumberland St.

YOUNG LA C Redfern 66 K9
YOUNG ST R Pyrmont 55 C 17 See Scott St.
YOUNG ST C Redfern 66 K 10
YOUNG ST R Surry Hills 28 K5 See Hercules St.
YOUNG ST C Sydney 24 K 15 Elizabeth St North until 1883, indication
that a through alignment had been
intended. Young was the 'in' name in
the eighties, with two John Youngs as
aldermen, one of them Mayor in 1886.
As a major contractor who built several
of the public buildings in this area, the
street may be named for him, but given
the numerous governors' names
attached to streets nearby, it was
probably named for Sir John Young,
Governor of NSW 1861-67.
Loftus St next door was named at the
same time.

YOUNG ST C Waterloo 66/76 K10/

J12/K11
YUKON PIKE WY C Woolloomooloo 26 M 19
YURONG LA C Darlinghurst 26 M 20

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YURONG PKW C Sydney 26 M 19
YURONG ST C Darlinghurst 26/28 L20/L1
ZAMIA ST C Redfern 66 K 9 Named to commemorate the site of
John Baptists garden.

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