History of Suburbs

Place Names

 

Amersham

Cardiff

 

Anderson's Hill

Belmont

 

Arcadia Vale : 'ideal rustic paradise'

Arcadia Vale

 

Argenton: 'Argent is French for silver and ton short for town'

Argenton

 

Awaba Park

Booragul

 

Awaba Park Estate

Marmong Point

 

Awaba Park Estate

Teralba

 

Badge

Dora Creek

 

Bailey's Lagoon ( c.1878)

Morisset Park

 

Balcolyn : amalgam of the Scottish prefix Bal and the name Colyn

Balcolyn

 

Barnsley : Town in the coalmining district of Yorkshire, England

Barnsley

 

Barryowen

Pulbah Island

 

Belmont Farm

Belmont

 

Belmont: possibly from Belmont in the Shetland Islands

Belmont

 

Bennetts Green

Windale

 

'Big Hill' (also known as 'Billy Goat Hill')

Teralba

 

Big Redhead

Redhead

 

Black Adams Flat

Swansea

 

Black Neds Bay

Swansea

 

Blackalls colliery

Fassifern

 

Blackalls Park: Tom Blackall, a Newcastle Dentist

Blackalls Park

 

Blackfellow's Track

Nords Wharf

 

Black's Colliery (1886-)

Cockle Creek

 

Blacksmiths: Blacksmiths Shop that used to be situated on the channel

Blacksmiths

 

Bluff, The

Morisset Park

 

Bonnells Bay: Bonnell Family

Bonnells Bay

 

Boolaroo Estate

Boolaroo

 

Boolaroo Township

Boolaroo

 

Borehole Colliery

Cockle Creek

 

Boyce's Point

Fennell Bay

 

Bramcote

Barnsley

 

Brightwaters Estate (Brightwaters No. 1)

Brightwaters

 

Brightwaters No. 2

Brightwaters

 

Brooks Estate

Arcadia Vale

 

Brush Creek (Edgeworth)

Speers Point

 

Brush Creek (Edgeworth)

West Wallsend

 

Bulba

Pulbah Island

 

Bulgonia

Brightwaters

 

Burwood Estate

Kahibah

 

Buttaba Hills

Arcadia Vale

 

Camley Estate (c.1937)

Pelican Flat

 

Cardiff Point

Belmont

 

Cardiff: after Cardiff in Wales

Cardiff

 

Charles' Pit

Charlestown

 

Coalbrook

Cardiff

 

Cocked Hat Creek

Edgeworth

 

Cockle (or Sandy) Creek

Barnsley

 

Coon Island

Swansea

 

Coorumbung

Cooranbong

 

Corumbong

Cooranbong

 

Cowper, Village of (1875-)

Catherine Hill Bay

 

Croudace Street, Edgeworth

Edgeworth

 

Deega property

Killingworth

 

Depot

Blacksmiths

 

Dorah

Dora Creek

 

Doree Private Village (subdivision) (1891-)

Dora Creek

 

Dorri Brook

Dora Creek

 

Ebenezer Estate

Fennell Bay

 

Edden Park

Pulbah Island

 

Estelville

Holmesville

 

Evelien

Cardiff

 

Five Islands

Boolaroo

 

Five Islands

Teralba

 

Flaggy Creek

Barnsley

 

Flaggy Creek

Kahibah

 

Fletcher Street, Edgeworth

Edgeworth

 

Floraville: 'Latin word for flower'

Floraville

 

Fresh Water Creek

Teralba

 

Freshwater Creek

Redhead

 

Galgabba Point

Swansea

 

Garden Suburb: 'from the garden city movement'

Garden Suburb

 

Gateshead: 'county of Durham, near Newcastle-on-Tyne'

Gateshead

 

Glen Mitchell

Teralba

 

Glendale: 'valley between hills'

Glendale

 

Glenrock

Whitebridge

 

Glenrock Lagoon

Kahibah

 

Golden Mile

West Wallsend

 

Gorrick's Point

Sunshine

 

Gravel Pits

Teralba

 

Green Point

Valentine

 

Gully Line

Charlestown

 

Gully Pit, The

Charlestown

 

Halton (Thomas H.) Park

Valentine

 

Hampton

Argenton

 

Hampton Estate (c.1841)

Argenton

 

Hansons Bay

Sunshine

 

Hansons Bluff

Sunshine

 

Hartley Point

Valentine

 

Hawkins Masonic Village (1972-)

Edgeworth

 

Highgate

Barnsley

 

Hillsborough: After Dr. John James Hill of Lambton

Hillsborough

 

Hole, The

Wyee

 

Holy Flat

Holmesville

 

Jonestown

Cardiff

 

Kahibah

Blacksmiths

 

Kendall Grange ( c.1878)

Morisset Park

 

Killingworth in England and one in Connecticut, U.S.A.

Killingworth

 

Kinnard Estate subdivision

Kotara South

 

Kirkdale

Arcadia Vale

 

Kuringbong

Cooranbong

 

'Lake Macquarie' railway station

Fassifern

 

Lewers Estate

Belmont

 

Little Lake ( c.1878)

Morisset Park

 

Lochend

Speers Point

 

Lorne

Fassifern

 

Lorne (subdivision)

Fennell Bay

 

Lymington

Cardiff

 

Lymington

Warners Bay

 

Manering Creek

Dora Creek

 

Mannering Creek

Wyee

 

Marksville

Belmont

 

Mawson

Caves Beach

 

Middle Camp (c.1910)

Catherine Hill Bay

 

Millers Wharf (c.1876)

Cockle Creek

 

Mine Camp (c.1890)

Catherine Hill Bay

 

Mirraview

Mirrabooka

 

Monkey Town

Teralba

 

Moreton Bay Gardens

Charlestown

 

Morisset Park - See Morisset.

Morisset Park

 

Morisset township (1887-)

Morisset

 

Morisset: Morisset, James Thomas (Lieut-colonel, Commandant of Newcastle) ( c.1818)

Morisset

 

Mosey's Beach

Nords Wharf

 

Muddy Lake

Dora Creek

 

Narrows

Wangi Wangi

 

Nekinda

Dora Creek

 

Nellinda

Dora Creek

 

Newport

Dora Creek

 

Newstan (1950-)

Fassifern

 

Old House Road

Tingira Heights

 

Oldstan

Fassifern

 

Osborn Estate

Arcadia Vale

 

Parbury Estate

Caves Beach

 

Pelican Flat: 'after the many pelicans which used to be seen there'

Pelican Flat

 

Plains Beach

Caves Beach

 

Plains, The

Caves Beach

 

Plains, The

Caves Beach

 

Point Wollstonecroft was called 'Little Wangi'

Wangi Wangi

 

Quigley Estate

Booragul

 

Quigley Estate

Teralba

 

Ramsgate

Wyee

 

Raspberry Gully

Charlestown

 

Rathmines: 'after the Hely Family's home-town near Dublin, Ireland'

Rathmines

 

Redhead: 'derived from the reddish coloration of the headland'

Redhead

 

Reids Mistake

Swansea

 

Reid's Mistake

Coal Point

 

Saltwater Creek

Rathmines

 

Sandy (or Burke's) Creek

Barnsley

 

Scrubby Creek

Mount Hutton

 

Scrubby Creek

Windale

 

Shaggy Point

Belmont

 

Shingle Splitters Point

Balcolyn

 

Snake Creek

Tingira Heights

 

South Beach

Nords Wharf

 

South Pacific colliery c.1926

Fassifern

 

South Waratah

Charlestown

 

Speers Point: 'named after William Speer'

Speers Point

 

Spoon Rocks

Caves Beach

 

Stoney Creek

Blackalls Park

 

Stoney Pinch (ridge)

Hillsborough

 

Styles Point

Rathmines

 

Sugar Bay

Brightwaters

 

Sunderland

Blackalls Park

 

Sunshine Estate

Sunshine

 

Sunshine Extended

Sunshine

 

Surprise Town

Windale

 

Surprise Township

Windale

 

Swansea: changed from Pelican Flat to Swansea (1887)

Swansea

 

Teralba: 'place where edible bush grows'

Teralba

 

Teralba: Tirelbah 'three white things'

Teralba

 

Teralba: Trialba

Barnsley

 

Terzeny Park

Blackalls Park

 

Thomas H. Halton Park

Valentine

 

Thriftdale Estate

Mount Hutton

 

Tickhole Tunnel

Cardiff

 

Tingira Heights: 'open sea'

Tingira Heights

 

Tingira: name of a sailing ship

Tingira Heights

 

Tingira: name of an aboriginal tribe

Tingira Heights

 

Toronto: In honour of Edward Hanlan, world champion sculler, who came from Toronto in Canada

Toronto

 

Turnbull Street, Edgeworth

Edgeworth

 

Ulinga (Cardiff South Post Office)

Cardiff

 

Valentine Estate

Valentine

 

Village of Scarborough

Bonnells Bay

 

Violet Town

Tingira Heights

 

Violet Township

Tingira Heights

 

Wangi Wangi: water, night owl or dark green tree

Wangi Wangi

 

Warners Bay: named after Jonathan Warner

Warners Bay

 

West Wallsend Extended

Killingworth

 

West Wallsend: after Wallsend on the River Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom

West Wallsend

 

Whitebridge: said to have received this name when the bridge over the Belmont railway line was painted white

Whitebridge

 

Windale: named after an early settler Vere James Winn

Windale

 

Winding Creek

Cardiff

 

Wonde Wonde

Wangi Wangi

 

Woods Point ( c.1878)

Morisset Park

 

Wyee Creek

Wyee

 

'Wyee' railway station (1887-8)

Fassifern

 

Wyee: 'place of bushfires'

Wyee

 

Wyee: 'Whyee' in early days

Wyee

 

Yarrawonga Park

Balcolyn

 

Young Wallsend

Edgeworth

 

Young Wallsend subdivision

Edgeworth