Dear Listers Can SKS tell me how Wollongongs Keira Street got its name ? Many thanks Bye MargM Beautiful Central Coast of NSW

Hi Keeiraville Mt Keira and Keira Street all have the same origin KEIRAVILLE Mr Frank Osborne can be reached thru the local history centre ....his folks held origional land grants and he is a wealth of info on history of the Gong Christene in the Gong Parish of Wollongong County of Camden Keiraville is on part of the 2000 acre grant originally promised to James Stares Spearing by Governor Brisbane in 1825. It was known as Paulsgrove. In 1835 the property was sold to Colonel John Thomas Leahy who changed the name to Mount Keira Estate. The grant was finally issued in 1841 to Robert and Charles Campbell. Keiraville seems to have been founded as a village about 1880. The Illawarra Mercury of 15 June 1886 refers to Keiraville as "one of the new localities that have sprung into existence of late years". The names "Village of Keira" and "Keira Village" also seem to have been used. A notice from the Land Titles Office dated 17 June 1890 refers to it as the "Village of Keira". Keira is an aboriginal name for which three meanings have been given: large lagoon; high mountain; wild turkey. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MargM" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:54 PM Subject: Keira St ? > Dear Listers > > Can SKS tell me how Wollongongs Keira Street got > its name ? > > Many thanks > > Bye > > > MargM > Beautiful Central Coast of NSW > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

MargM As Kevin and Christene have mentioned Keira Street is named after the mountain that stands as the backdrop to Wollongong. When Major Mitchell surveyed and laid out the township of Wollongong he had four streets running north to south and three east to west. Three of the streets in the N - S direction were named for the mountains in the vicinity that made up the Illawarra Range. The nearest to the mountains was Keirs Street then came Kembla Street and then Corrimal Street, the fourth was named harbour Street for the obvious reason. The three streets in the E - W aspect were named Crown (the main street), Market and Smith. The first two are again obvious choices and the third named for Throsby Smith who was the pioneer of Wollongong and the land that was used for Smith Street was owned by him as part of his farm. Hope this helps Neville Bellambi NSW MargM wrote: > > Dear Listers > > Can SKS tell me how Wollongongs Keira Street got > its name ? > > Many thanks > > Bye > > MargM > Beautiful Central Coast of NSW > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237