Can't find a George St, Short St, William St, Mary St or John St somewhere in Brisbane? Well, read on ... (but note the printout was a bit faded in places so this transcription is my best guess of the revised names) From the Brisbane Courier Mail, Fri 21 Oct 1938: 100 New Names for Brisbane Streets More than 100 street names, which will be new in Brisbane, will be used, if the City Council next Tuesday adopts a works committee proposal to reduce duplicated street names. The Town Clerk (Mr Travill) and the general manager of the works, water and sewerage committee (Mr Nelson) still have several hundred more names to review. Efforts of Messrs Travill and Nelson to remove duplications of George, Short, William, Mary and John streets have resulted: George Street, city, will not be changed, but 23 other George Streets have had their names changed as follows: Gordenaux, Lockhart, Pearson, Allenby, Northey, Hailsham, Lister, Inskip and Somervell (Empire leaders), Darling, Lasgar, Duff, Rawson, Elmsie, Stopford and Lennox (Australian public men), Adsett and Agars (Australia pioneers) and from the Aboriginal list: Camboor (meaning pandanus), Carbeen (Moreton Bay ash) and Bambil (mistletoe). Short Street, city, as been retained but other changes are Bl??b and Bromley (English towns), Asabo?, Aspinall, Axford, Dennison, Backhouse, Bagot, Bedford, Bamford, Banfield and Bannister (Australian public men), Scaddan, Borden, Probyn, and Laurier (Empire leaders), Bodalla (several waters), Belar (forest oak), Darreen (acacia), Binda (deep water), Bingara (a creek), Birkal (small), Allwood, Ainslie and Atkins (Australian pioneers). Twenty-two John streets have been renamed: Rotherham and Berwick (English towns), Brownlee, Highams?, Batman, Knox, Bonython, Beeby, Evatt, Henchman, Bromilow (Australian public men), Allardyce and Rodwell (Empire leaders), Bowler, Bousefield, Broadhurst, and Cadell (Australian pioneers), Dibar (south), Adina (good), Barwon (great wide river), and Karthina (water). William Street, city, will remain but other names have been changed to Kinross and Abingdon (British towns), Wade, Gillies, Ashford, Somers, Fulier, Stonehaven, Higgs, and Fizroy (Australian public men), Bannerman, Plumer, Dew, Amery, and Willingdon (Empire leaders), Akala (a tree), Akonna (pandanus), Algoori (Moreton Bay ash), Alutha (fern), Ambool (bloodwood), Amega (tree), and Balcha (tree), and Dampier, Bass, Mort, Cunningham, and Usher (Australian pioneers). Mary Street, city, will retain its name, but other streets will be named: Daventry (English town), Barwell, Beaumont, Chubb, Brierley, Latham, and Windeyer (Australian public men), Newdegate, Strathmore, Chancellor and Merewether (Empire leaders), Beard, Beck, Bingham and Blythe (Australian pioneers), and Burral (morning), Biran (sloping), Battunga (large tree), Berrima (to the sourth), Palall (a creek), and Baltana (running water).

Hi Kerry, I think that changing names of streets and roads is tantamount to council vandalism. How will we ever retain our heritage if this sort of thing is allowed to go on? There are roads and streets in England that retain the names given by the Romans, and here we are changing them willy-nilly after only a hundred or so years. There was an instance in Adelaide where the councillors changed the name of a street named after a family who last all three sons in the second world war, to that of a councillor. All he ever did was spend public money! Regards Ron Hume Victor Harbor South Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Raymond" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 1:47 PM Subject: [AQ-BRISBANE] changed names for streets in Brisbane in 1938 > Can't find a George St, Short St, William St, Mary St or John St somewhere > in Brisbane? Well, read on ... (but note the printout was a bit faded in > places so this transcription is my best guess of the revised names) > > >From the Brisbane Courier Mail, Fri 21 Oct 1938: > > 100 New Names for Brisbane Streets > > More than 100 street names, which will be new in Brisbane, will be used, if > the City Council next Tuesday adopts a works committee proposal to reduce > duplicated street names. The Town Clerk (Mr Travill) and the general manager > of the works, water and sewerage committee (Mr Nelson) still have several > hundred more names to review. > > Efforts of Messrs Travill and Nelson to remove duplications of George, > Short, William, Mary and John streets have resulted: > > George Street, city, will not be changed, but 23 other George Streets have > had their names changed as follows: Gordenaux, Lockhart, Pearson, Allenby, > Northey, Hailsham, Lister, Inskip and Somervell (Empire leaders), Darling, > Lasgar, Duff, Rawson, Elmsie, Stopford and Lennox (Australian public men), > Adsett and Agars (Australia pioneers) and from the Aboriginal list: Camboor > (meaning pandanus), Carbeen (Moreton Bay ash) and Bambil (mistletoe). > > Short Street, city, as been retained but other changes are Bl??b and Bromley > (English towns), Asabo?, Aspinall, Axford, Dennison, Backhouse, Bagot, > Bedford, Bamford, Banfield and Bannister (Australian public men), Scaddan, > Borden, Probyn, and Laurier (Empire leaders), Bodalla (several waters), > Belar (forest oak), Darreen (acacia), Binda (deep water), Bingara (a creek), > Birkal (small), Allwood, Ainslie and Atkins (Australian pioneers). > > Twenty-two John streets have been renamed: Rotherham and Berwick (English > towns), Brownlee, Highams?, Batman, Knox, Bonython, Beeby, Evatt, Henchman, > Bromilow (Australian public men), Allardyce and Rodwell (Empire leaders), > Bowler, Bousefield, Broadhurst, and Cadell (Australian pioneers), Dibar > (south), Adina (good), Barwon (great wide river), and Karthina (water). > > William Street, city, will remain but other names have been changed to > Kinross and Abingdon (British towns), Wade, Gillies, Ashford, Somers, > Fulier, Stonehaven, Higgs, and Fizroy (Australian public men), Bannerman, > Plumer, Dew, Amery, and Willingdon (Empire leaders), Akala (a tree), Akonna > (pandanus), Algoori (Moreton Bay ash), Alutha (fern), Ambool (bloodwood), > Amega (tree), and Balcha (tree), and Dampier, Bass, Mort, Cunningham, and > Usher (Australian pioneers). > > Mary Street, city, will retain its name, but other streets will be named: > Daventry (English town), Barwell, Beaumont, Chubb, Brierley, Latham, and > Windeyer (Australian public men), Newdegate, Strathmore, Chancellor and > Merewether (Empire leaders), Beard, Beck, Bingham and Blythe (Australian > pioneers), and Burral (morning), Biran (sloping), Battunga (large tree), > Berrima (to the sourth), Palall (a creek), and Baltana (running water). > > > ==== AUS-QLD-BRISBANE Mailing List ==== > Toowoomba Dead Persons Society > www.audps.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >