Hello Wendy, Thanks for the mention of the fishing book by me - actually, it was written by my husband Gene....they were mostly my photos though. This matter of the naming of the present Maidens Brush Road - a very old name by the way - comes up periodically, and I don't think that anyone has been able to say categorically how it devolved. However, there is a tree named Maiden's Blush (Sloanea australis) which is found in brush forests from Bateman's Bay on the south coast of NSW northwards. It is also called the Blush Alder. It is pinkish (thus the popular name for it) and light in weight, and is suitable for indoor joinery and cabinet work - I am quoting here from "The Trees of New South Wales" by R.H. Anderson. We know that there were sawyers living in the area of this road which comes within the boundary of Wyoming, but which eventually becomes a fire trail running through to Toomeys Road at Mount Elliot. Maidens Brush Road crosses Wingello Creek at the location of Henry Kendall Retirement Village which is set in quite thickly timbered countryside. I don't think it is unreasonable to suggest that the name may have come about because of the plentitude of Maiden's Blush trees in the brush country. The forest expert, botanist J.H. Maiden (born 1859) was working in the district in the early 1900s studying the trees, but as "the Maiden's Brush" term was used in the middle 1850s - you say it is on some of your birth records for this period - that would rule out the location being named after him. Perhaps someone knows the truth of the name's origin, but I think that the above is the most likely. By the way, an apostrophe here or there is meaningless with old names, which differ from record to record. Street names have generally dropped the apostrophe now, I notice. It's a good idea to have a reliable local map of the district to refer to - I couldn't live without my Gregory's! Regards, Gwen