Hi Tracey! If the town was established in the 1870's the local council or the local historical society will have some knowledge of the how & why of the street naming. When my town was established as a soldier settlement after the 1st WW they named all the streets alphabetically using names of rivers for the avenues and plants for the streets. Other towns often used prominent citizens or significant people as you suggested. The numeric naming was based on the American style. More recently its usually the prerogative of the sub-divider in conjunction with the local council what names are given to streets. I do know that one local road is called Queen's Road as it was made especially for the visit of the Queen in the 1950's. Happy researching! Chris. On 28 January 2011 14:28, Tracey Ives <traceyives@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > > Question about the names of streets in a town. Does anyone know how they > do > them? > > > > Example - Tarcowie - apart from first, second and third street there is > Andrews Street, Clark Terrace, Maurice Terrace, Wells Terrace, High and > Cross St. > > > > Maurice Terrace I assume is named after Price Maurice a significant person > in the area back when they planned the town in 1873. > > Wells Terrace, I thought it could be after explorer and surveyor Lawrance > Allen Wells, even though he wasn't really in the area. > > High and Cross St - I think they are self explanatory > > But its > > Clark and Andrews terrace I can't find where it might have come from. > > > > Is there anywhere that I can look > > > > Regards > > > > Tracey > > > > Advertising on AUS-SAGEN is forbidden by Rootsweb Rules. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-SAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >