Anyone doing local or family history
knows the frustration of finding a town or street name or building
name that just doesn't appear on a current map. This WWW page is
intended to help find out the location and/or new name for those
old/forgotten places in Queensland.
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the old name or use the Find function in your browser (usually
CTRL-F) if that's faster or you are looking for a new name.
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"best efforts" basis. Please read the notes and sources and check
the map link in order to satisfy yourself that this is the
location you are looking for. Where possible, I try to include
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cannot do so for reasons such as copyright.
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find a broken link. Often I can find the new online location or
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at the Internet Archive, please expect that the page you will
reach will probably look at bit messy but it's the best I can
provide for you.
More information about place names: where
they
come from, why they change, and how to track them down or
check my list of online
old
maps of Queensland
Find changed names for:
Old name |
New name
& map link |
Dates,
Notes & Sources |
Balmoral (shire) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Belmont (shire) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Brassall (shire) |
Greater Ipswich |
Amalgamation of the town of Ipswich and surrounding shires into Greater Ipswich in 1916 [source] |
Bundamba (shire) |
Greater Ipswich |
Amalgamation of the town of Ipswich and surrounding shires into Greater Ipswich in 1916 [source] |
Coorparoo (shire) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Durundur (divisional board) |
Esk |
Renamed 1880 [source] |
Enoggera (shire) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Goolman (shire) |
Boonah |
Renamed in 1937 [source] |
Hamilton (town) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Ipswich (shire) |
Moreton Shire |
Renamed in 1916 as part of
the creation of Greater Ipswich [source] |
Ithaca (town) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Kedron (shire) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Lowood (shire) |
Greater Ipswich |
Amalgamation of the town of Ipswich and surrounding shires into Greater Ipswich in 1916 [source] |
Moggill (shire) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Moreton (shire) |
Ipswich City |
Amalgamated into Ipswich City
in 1995 [source] |
Normanby (shire) |
Moreton Shire |
Amalgamation into Moreton
Shire in 1949 [source] |
Purga (shire) |
Greater Ipswich |
Amalgamation of the town of Ipswich and surrounding shires into Greater Ipswich in 1916 [source] |
Sandgate (town) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Sherwood (shire) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
South Brisbane (city) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of
Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and
shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Stephens (shire) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Tarampa (shire) |
Gatton |
Renamed in 1938 [source] |
Taringa (shire) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Tingalpa (shire) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Toombul (shire) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Toowong (divisional board) |
Indooroopilly |
Renamed in 1880 [source] |
Toowong (town) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Walloon (shire) |
Greater Ipswich |
Amalgamation of the town of Ipswich and surrounding shires into Greater Ipswich in 1916 [source] |
Windsor (town) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Wynnum (town) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Yeerongpilly (shire) |
Greater Brisbane |
Amalgamation of the cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane with surrounding towns and shires into Greater Brisbane in 1924 [source] |
Old name |
New name
& map links |
Dates,
Notes & Sources |
Aubigny (electorate) |
Stanley |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Auburn (electorate) |
Dalby |
Changed in 1932 [source] |
Burrum (electorate) |
Wide Bay |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Burrum (electorate) |
Isis |
Changed in 1932 [source] |
Calliope (electorate) |
Port Curtis |
Changed in 1911 [source] |
Chillagoe (electorate) |
Tableland |
Changed in 1932 [source] |
Cooroora (electorate) |
Murrumba |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Cunningham (electorate) |
Lockyer |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Dalrymple (electorate) |
Leichhardt |
Changed in 1948 [source] |
Drayton (electorate) |
Cunningham |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Enoggera (electorate) |
Kelvin Grove |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Fassifern (electorate) |
Oxley |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Gowrie (electorate) |
Toowoomba |
Changed in 1911. [source] |
Lockyer (electorate) |
Rosewood |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Logan (electorate) |
Wynnum |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Milanda (electorate) |
Herbert |
Changed in 1911. [source] |
Mowbray (electorate) |
Bowman |
Changed in 1948 [source] |
Murrumba (electorate) |
Sandgate |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Musgrave (electorate) |
Burrum |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Nunday (electorate) |
Enoggera |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Oxley (electorate) |
Logan |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Oxley (electorate) |
Griffiths |
Changed in 1934 [source][source] |
Pittsworth (electorate) |
Aubigny |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Rosewood (electorate) |
Fassifern |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Rosewood (electorate) |
West Moreton |
Changed in 1932 [source] |
Somerset (electorate) |
Oxley |
Changed in 1948 [source] |
Stanley (electorate) |
Nundah |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Tiaro (electorate) |
Wide Bay |
Changed in 1911. [source] |
Toombul (electorate) |
Hamilton |
Changed in 1932 [source] |
Toowoomba (electorate) |
East Toowoomba |
Changed in 1911. [source] |
Wide Bay (electorate) |
Cooroora |
Changed in 1922 [source] |
Widgee (electorate) |
Cooroora |
Changed in 1911. [source] |
Wilson (electorate) |
Ryan |
Changed in 1948 [source] |
Yandilla (electorate) |
Pittsworth |
Changed in 1911. [source] |
Yeronga (division of Oxley
electorate) |
Oxley |
Changed in 1911. [source] |
Old Name & old map
link |
New Name
and current map link |
Latitude, Longitude |
Dates,
Notes and Sources |
A |
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Aalborg |
Nikenbah |
-25.315573, 152.803584 |
Originally named by Danish settlers after the
town of Aalborn in Denmark. Renamed prior to 1937. [source]
The Aalborg name persists in Aalborg Road and Aalborg
Cemetery. |
Abbotsford Estate, Brisbane |
Taringa |
A suburban subdivision on an 1895 map. It is
bounded to the north by Stanley Terrace, to the east by
Mount Coot-tha Road (now Moorak Street), to the south by
Moggill Road and Waverley Road, and to the west by
Manchester Street and Woodstock Avenue. |
|
Abednego, Thursday Island,
Torres Strait |
Rose
Hill |
-10.57339, 142.22218 |
Renamed in 1991 [source] |
Albion Heights, Brisbane |
Albion/Ascot |
-27.43040, 153.04839 |
The area on the boundary of the present day Albion and Ascot. The "heights" is presumably a reference to Bartley's Hill (-27.43170, 153.05212). [Gregory's 1975 street directory] |
Albion Park, Brisbane |
Albion |
-27.43975, 153.04549 |
An area within the [present day suburb of Albion. Refers to the area near Albion Park racing track. [Gregory's 1975 street directory] |
Alexandra |
Mackay |
-21.138, 149.190 |
The proposed name for the township was
Alexandra and the river was to be Mackay River, but then
they changed the river to be the Pioneer River and the
township to be Mackay. This occured about 1863. [source] |
Alfred, west of Ipswich |
Calvert |
-27.6639, 152.5160 |
Originally known as McKeown, then as Western Creek (1877-1887), then as Alfred (1887-1931), finally renamed Calvert in 1931 [source][source][source] |
Altandi, Brisbane |
Sunnybank |
-27.58272, 153.06367 |
Now in Sunnybank. [source][source]
There is an Altandi railway station and an Altandi Street in
that area. |
Annerley Junction, Brisbane |
Annerley |
-27.510, 153.033 |
Area near the intersection of Ipswich Road and Annerley Road, Annerley |
Armstrong (or Armstrong Estate), Townsville |
Gulliver |
-19.284, 146.778 |
Changed in 1950 [source] |
Ascot, near Aramac |
Clemeshia
(or Clemesha) |
-23.317, 145.233 |
Originally called Ascot after the Ascot Downs pastoral run. Renamed to avoid confusion with the suburb of Ascot in Brisbane [source][source]. There was a Clemeshia railway siding on the now-abandoned Barcaldine-to-Aramac tramway. It was named after Samuel Clemesha who served on the Aramac Shire Council for 15 years (whose surname is consistently spelled that way in BDM records, electoral rolls and newspaper articles) so the reason for the current spelling is unclear. |
Atkinsons Lagoon |
Atkinsons Dam |
-27.427,152.449 |
There was a natural lagoon which was dammed
in 1970 to create Atkinsons Dam. |
Avondale
Estate, Brisbane |
Coorparoo |
-27.4903, 153.0543 | An 1887 estate maps shows
Avondale Estate as the area west of the northern end of
Cavendish Road south to about Riddings Road, bounded on the
west by a small creek; the Coorparoo Railway Station is not
shown as it did not exist at that time. [source] |
Ayrdale
Estate, north of Warwick |
Deuchar & Glengallan |
-28.1176, 151.9789 |
The Ayrdale Estate was sold
in 1910. The land sold was spread across the eastern side of
current Deuchar & western side of current Glengalla. See
here for the Ayrdale
estate map. |
B |
|||
Badgen, near Wellington Point |
Birkdale /
Wellington Point |
-27.492937, 153.229345 |
Area on the boundary of present-day Birkdale
and Wellington Point. The name appears to derive from an
orchard and plant nursery called The Badgens established by
James Pink around 1886.[source]
Badgen railway siding was established on the Cleveland
railway line at Badgen Road in 1916 [source]
(no longer there but can be seen on this 1925
map). Badgen Road still exists. |
Balmoral Park Estate, Brisbane |
Hawthorne
Park area, Hawthorne |
-27.46538, 153.06191 |
Balmoral Park Estate was developed in 1888 [source].
Street names associated with the estate are Dutton Street,
Miles Street and Riding Road; this suggests that the park
being referred to in the name is the present-day Hawthorne
Park and not the present-day Balmoral Park further to the
south. Not to be confused with the Balmoral Park Estate of
the 1920s (see immediately below). |
Balmoral Park Estate, Brisbane |
Moorooka / Annerley / Yeronga / Yeerongpilly | -27.52599, 153.02987 | The area was originally called Balmoral Park
Estate when it was subdivided in 1926 [source].
However, in 1927, the Brisbane City Council renamed the area
Clifton Hill to avoid confusion with the suburb of
Balmoral [source].
A number of war service homes were built in this area. Today
Clifton Hill is mostly within the suburb of Moorooka but
some former Clifton Hill addresses might be within Annerley,
Yeronga or Yeerongpilly (the still existing Clifton Road is
right on the boundaries of these four suburbs). Not to be
confused with the Balmoral Park Estate of the 1880s (see
immediately above). |
Banoon, Brisbane |
Sunnybank |
-27.57608, 153.04641 |
A locality now absorbed into
Sunnybank area. [source][source]
There is a Banoon railway station still. |
Banyan |
Tully |
-17.9330, 145.9234 |
[source] |
Barolin Marine Town |
Burnett
Heads |
-24.7689, 152.4135 |
Originally surveyed as Wallace in the 1870s, it was renamed Barolin Marine in the 1880s, and then Burnett Heads [source][source] |
Beauaraba, near Toowoomba |
Pittsworth |
-27.718, 151.636 | Renamed to avoid confusion
with Buarba near
Gatton [source] |
Bellevue |
Coominya |
-27.392, 152.502 |
The name Bellevue came from a local selection
of the Wivenhoe pastoral station and was the name given to
the railway siding in 1886. But when the town was surveyed
in 1905, it was named Coominya (an Aboriginal word meaning
"view of water" to avoid confusion with the Bellevue
property. [source][source] |
Belmont, Brisbane |
Carindale |
-27.50281, 153.11392 |
A locality name now absorbed
into the suburb of Carindale. |
Bergen, Bergenside |
Bergen |
-27.2597, 151.8860 | It is claimed that Bergen was
renamed Murra Murra and Bergenside was renamed Neuve during
World War 1. [source]
However, Bergen appears on the maps today and Bergenside,
Murra Murra and Neuve don't. There is a Neuve Bergen Road near
Bergen and there is this newspaper
reference that suggests that Bergen may have been
renamed Neuve. |
Bethany, near Logan River |
Bethania |
-27.691, 153.161 |
Named by Lutheran pastor Hellmuth after the
biblical town of Bethany.
[source] |
Bigge's Camp |
Grandchester |
-27.6595, 152.468 |
Renamed around 1860s [source][source]
The story is that Governor Bowen (who studied the classics)
proposed it as a Latin-ised version of the original name. |
Billy's Creek, near Clermont |
Bulliwalla |
[source]
Bulliwalla does not appear on current maps. |
|
Bindha, Brisbane |
Northgate |
-27.3815, 153.0735 |
A locality name now absorbed
into the suburb of Northgate [source][source][source].
There is still a Bindha railway station [source] |
Bismarck |
Maclagan |
-27.0842, 151.637 |
Town renamed in 1916 as part
of the anti-German sentiment of World War 1 [source][source] |
Blumbergville |
Boonah |
-27.9972, 152.6824 |
Renamed about 1888. [source][source][source] |
Bodalla, near Childers |
Apple
Tree Creek |
-25.2248, 152.2356 |
Officially renamed in 1962 [source]
but the name Apple Tree Creek appears to have been in common
use since the 1880s. Indeed, I can find very little evidence
that the name Bodalla was used at all. From this 1889
newspaper article [source],
I presume that it was creek that called Apple Tree and that
the village near the creek was called Bodalla. The old name
is preserved by Bodalla
Street. |
Boggy Creek, Brisbane |
Pinkenba |
-27.3965, 153.1349 |
Boggy Creek was officially renamed Myrtle in 1888 [source] but the name seems to have quickly morphed into Myrtletown by 1928 [source]. Later it was absorbed into the suburb of Pinkenba. [source][source] There is still a creek called Boggy Creek flowing into the Brisbane River in this area. Notwithstanding the shared suburb name, Myrtletown remains a distinct industrial area from the Pinkenba residential area. The Main Myrtletown Road leads from Pinkenba to Myrtletown. |
Boolboonda |
Mount Perry |
-25.1810, 151.6454 | Mt Perry was originally
called Boolboonda, but now Boolboonda is a nearby
town [source] |
Booningba, Gold Coast |
West Burleigh |
-28.112462, 153.441326 | There was a railway station
and a township of this name near the crossing of
Tallebudgera Creek. Renamed 1915 [source][source].
West Burleigh is now a locality name within the suburb of
Burleigh Heads. |
Bowen Bridge, Brisbane |
Herston |
-27.446010, 153.030002 | A locality now absorbed into
the suburb of Herston [source] |
Bowen Park, Brisbane |
Bowen Hills |
-27.44844, 153.02996 | Bowen Park was originally the
area bounded by Bowen Bridge Road, O'Connell Terrace,
Brookes Street and Gregory Terrace. Most of the land now
forms part of the Exhibition Grounds but a small park (still
called Bowen Park) remains in the north-west corner. [source]
There was once a railway station named Bowen Park on the
line between Roma Street and Mayne via the exhibition.
[source: private correspondence] |
Box Flat, near Mount Morgan |
Maranu |
Renamed prior to 1939 [source][source].
Maranu does not appear on current maps, but there are
numerous newspaper references and there was a railway
station there [source] |
|
Bracefield Cape |
Noosa |
-26.3876, 153.0923 | It had been renamed prior to
1892. [source] |
Brandy Gully, near Ipswich |
Lanefield |
-27.81089, 152.71288 | Brandy Gully is an officially named creek
that flows into Western Creek. It seems to have given its
name (historically) to the the area north of the railway
line in present-day Lanefield. |
Breakfast Creek, Brisbane |
Albion
/ Hamilton |
-27.4386, 153.0495 | The area on the northern side
of Breakfast Creek Bridge (over the creek of the same name)
was known as Breakfast Creek. The western part of the area
is now in Albion and the eastern part in Hamilton. It
appears in a 1975 street directory. The name persists
through the Breakfast Creek Hotel. |
Brisbane Valley Junction,
near Ipswich |
Wulkuraka |
-27.6117, 152.7252 | [source]
The name Brisbane Valley Junction was possibly the name of
the railway station as there is a railway junction there. |
Broughton Estate, Brisbane |
Toowong /
Taringa |
-27.48668, 152.97700 |
A suburban subdivision on an 1895
map that was bounded to the south by Stanley
Terrace and to the north by Toowong Creek and included
Clower Street (now Gower Street), Camp Street, Duke Street
and Grosvenor Street (now Bywong Street) all running
north-south and Exmouth Street, Water Street (now part of
Orchard Street), and Market Street running east-west. It
includes a market reserve which is now Westbrook Park. Most
of the estate is within present-day Toowong but the
properities on Stanley Terrace are mostly within present-day
Taringa. |
Brown's Inn, near Warwick |
Inglewood |
-28.417, 151.081 | Renamed prior to 1936 [source] |
Bulimba (north of the river),
Brisbane |
Teneriffe / Newstead |
-27.45185, 153.04785 | For some mysterious reason,
the suburb name Bulimba was once used on both the north and
south side of the river. Eventually its use on the north
side was abandoned and that area is now known as Teneriffe
or Newstead. |
Bulimba East |
Balmoral |
-27.4598, 153.0643 | A locality name now absorbed
into the suburb of Balmoral. |
Bulwer Island, Brisbane River |
Pinkenba |
-27.409722, 153.136389 |
Bulwer Island was once an island in the lower
reaches of the Brisbane River (see this 1889
map). However, the various islands and the silt
pouring from various creeks made navigation by larger ships
very difficult so a major project was undertaken to create a
straighter and deeper (but narrower) river by removing
islands (either by removing them or incorporating into a new
river bank through the use of "training walls") and
redirecting the angle of outflow of various creeks. The
Hamilton area through to Bulwer Island had a number of
training walls constructed which eventually silted up to
form a new riverbank and this process can be seen on this 1925
map where the southern tip has now silted up to
connect it to the mainland and the western side is now the
diverted Boggy Creek rather than the Brisbane River. |
Bundamba Creek, Ipswich |
Blackstone |
-27.6251, 152.7984 | Renamed to avoid confusion
with nearby Bundamba [source] |
Bundanba, Ipswich |
Bundamba |
-27.6090, 152.8117 | Spelling officially changed
in 1932. [source] |
Bunour, Brisbane |
Eagle Farm
/Pinkenba |
-27.428333, 153.097778 |
Listed in a 1975 street directory as
suburb/locality name, it takes its name from the former Bunour
railway station on the Pinkenba railway line. The
station opened in 1949 to provide commuter services for
workers in the surrounding industrial area and closed in
1993.[source] As often happened, the area near the railway
station informally acquired the railway station's name. |
Buranda, Brisbane |
Woollongabba |
-27.49327, 153.04120 |
The locality of Buranda was
absorbed into the suburb of Woolloongabba. [source]
However there is a still a Buranda railway station
and a Buranda Street. |
Burnett Swamp, Brisbane |
Stones
Corner, Greenslopes |
-27.49863, 153.04455 |
Originally known as Burnett Swamp (probably linked to the frequent flooding of Norman Creek at that point). [source] Later it became the suburb of Stones Corner, now a locality officially absorbed into the suburb of Greenslopes [source] but which retained a strong identity through the shopping precinct and hotel, leading to its reinstatement as a suburb in 2017.[source] |
Burnside, near Laidley |
Mulgowie | -27.7290, 152.3646 | Burnside appears to have
acquired the name Mulgowie when the railway station was
built in 1911 [source] |
Burrumba |
Buxton (gone) |
-25.2000, 152.5431 |
Burrumba was a planned town in a bend in the
Isis River that failed to develop. Its street grid can be
seen in this 1920
map. As at 2023 , the land is with the locality of
Buxton and is currently used for grazing. |
Burton, near Toowoomba |
gone |
-27.548, 151.756 |
There was a Burton State School from 1900 to
1944 [source]
and people are listed as living in Burton in the electoral
rolls until about 1949. The area is now regarded as part of
Biddleston. The coordinates for Burton come from this
1975
map. |
C |
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Cabbage-Tree Creek |
Boondall |
-27.33796, 153.05736 | A locality name now absorbed
into the suburb of Boondall. [source] |
Cachen Gate |
Aratula |
-27.9814, 152.5496 | [source] |
Calbar Heights, Brisbane |
Burbank |
-27.531151, 153.165244 |
Land sales occurred in Calbar Heights in
1972-3 [source][source
p128] and the suburb was listed in a 1975 street directory
but is not listed in a 1990 street directory. |
Calliungal |
Mount Morgan |
-23.6434, 150.3891 | Renamed in 1888 [source] |
Campbell's Gully, near
Ipswich |
Walloon |
-27.6048, 152.6660 | Walloon was previously known as Five Mile, Five Mile Waters, Guilfoyles Creek, Campbell’s Gully and Ten Mile Peg. [source] |
Canningtown |
Warwick |
-28.2141, 152.0368 | [source] |
Canterbury, west of Windorah |
Canterbury |
-25.3771, 141.8986 | Although still an official
place name, Canterbury does not appear on many current maps.
It has streets mapped out but there are no sign of any
buildings. [source] |
Capalaba West |
Chandler |
-27.5152, 153.1896 |
Capalaba West was a suburb to the west of
Tingalpa Creek from the suburb of Capalaba. As Capalaba West
was in the City of Brisbane and Capalaba was in the City of
Redland, this caused some confusion. So in 2010, Capalaba
West was officially absorbed into neighbouring Chandler and
now comprises the western part of Chandler.[source][source]
The historic town of Capalaba (originally called Tingalpa in
1863) was on the western side of the creek (-27.51750,
153.1817),[source]
and since the town remains officially gazetted, it too is
now in Chandler, but there is now virtually no remains of
the historic town centre. The town of Tingalpa can be seen
to the west of the creek in this 1893
map. |
Carmilla Creek, Carmilla |
Carmila |
-21.9105, 149.4109 | Proposed to be renamed
Meribah in 1890 [source]
but I can find no evidence that this name change occurred.
However, the spelling appears to have changed over time. |
Carters Gate |
Aratula |
-27.9811, 152.5484 |
The area was known as Carters Gate, until the
railway station was called Aratula. Probably renamed around
1915. [source] |
Castle Creek |
Theodore |
-24.9464, 150.0757 |
Renamed about 1925. [source] |
Charcoal, Charcoal Scrub |
Rossmoya |
-23.0464, 150.4816 | Renamed prior to 1923 [source] |
Chardons Corner, Brisbane |
Annerley |
-27.51853, 153.02940 | A locality around the corner
of Ipswich Road and Cracknell Road now absorbed into
Annerley [source].
A
number
of businesses in the area still use Chardons Corner in their
name. |
Charleston, near Cairns | Forsayth | -18.5875, 143.6040 | Originally Finnigan's Camp, renamed Charleston in 1872, later Forsayth. It may also have been known as New Charleston at some point.[source][source][source] |
Chings Island, 40km NW of
Mackay |
Acacia
Island |
-20.8607, 148.9290 | [source] |
Chirn Park, Gold Coast |
Labrador/Southport |
-27.9554, 153.4005 |
In 1951 the South Coast Town Council decided
to name an area in "north west Southport" after Mr Walter
George Chirn of Turpin Road, whose land was acquired to
build a hall, a tennis court and to beautify the area.[source]
This is presumably the park still called Chirn Park in
Labrador close to the boundary with Southport, as well as
adjacent streets called Chirn Lane and Chirn Crescent. There
are people in the 1969 electoral roll living in Musgrave
Avenue using Chirn Park as a suburb name. Although not an
official place name, he name persists in that area in the
names of a number of businesses. |
City View Estate, Brisbane |
Greenslopes (part of) |
-27.50901, 153.04635 | City View Estate is that part
of Greenslopes on and around Ridge Street. The City View
name was still in use as late as 1931. [source] |
Clapham, Brisbane |
Moorooka |
-27.53539, 153.01309 | A locality absorbed in
Moorooka [source][source].
Clapham Railway Yards are immediately to the west of
Moorooka station so Clapham was most likely in that area.
Map references are approximate |
Clapham Junction, Brisbane |
Banyo |
-27.37868, 153.07487 |
Clapman Junction was a residential
subdivision south of the Banyo Railway Station, created in
1884. [source]
See this map
(North is downwards), noting hat Bishopsgate Road on the
west of the subdivision (shown on the left-hand side of the
map) no longer exists (it ran parallel to Earnshaw Road but
closer to the railway line and is now absorbed into the
industrial estate). The name Clapham Junction reflects the
belief/hope that the North Coast railway line would diverge
around this area, although it eventually diverged at
Northgate railway station. |
Clarence Corner, Brisbane |
area near the intersection of Annerley
Road and Stanley Street |
-27.48572, 153.02922 | A locality named after the
Clarence Hotel that sits on the south-east corner of that
intersection (or vice versa?) |
Clifton Hill, Brisbane |
Moorooka
/ Annerley / Yeronga / Yeerongpilly |
-27.52599, 153.02987 |
The area was originally called Balmoral Park
Estate when it was subdivided in 1926 [source].
However, in 1927, the Brisbane City Council renamed the area
Clifton Hill to avoid confusion with the suburb of
Balmoral [source].
A number of war service homes were built in this area. Today
Clifton Hill is mostly within the suburb of Moorooka but
some former Clifton Hill addresses might be within Annerley,
Yeronga or Yeerongpilly (the still existing Clifton Road is
right on the boundaries of these four suburbs). |
Clinton North, Shire of Calliope | Clinton,
Gladstone Region |
-23.8773, 151.2130 |
On 28 November 1988 it was decided that the
areas known as Clinton North and Clinton South within the
Shire of Calliope would be amalgamated as Clinton and be
placed within the City of Gladstone (now Gladstone Region).
[QSA]
This 1985
map suggests that Clinton North was north of the
Dawson Highway and Clinton South to the south. |
Clinton South, Shire of Calliope |
Clinton, Gladstone Region | -23.8855, 151.2190 |
On 28 November 1988 it was decided that the areas known as Clinton North and Clinton South within the Shire of Calliope would be amalgamated as Clinton and be placed within the City of Gladstone (now Gladstone Region). [QSA] This 1985 map suggests that Clinton North was north of the Dawson Highway and Clinton South to the south. |
Cobb's Camp, near Nambour |
Woombye |
-26.6603, 152.9650 | Originally known as Cobb's
Camp and Middle Camp. Renamed in 1889 [source][source] |
Colmslie, Brisbane |
Morningside |
-27.45314, 153.08502 | The riverside part of the
suburb of Morningside was known as Colmslie [source].
The
Colmslie
name is still in use in the area (street names, parks,
businesses). |
Colledges Crossing, Brisbane / Ipswich | Colleges
Crossing |
-27.55742, 152.80341 | The original name was
Colledges Crossing, apparently after a local family of that
name, but the spelling has been corrupted. The change
appears to have occurred very gradually, as the latest use
of Colledges Crossing in the digitised newspapers is 1942 [source]
but the earliest use of Colleges Crossing is 1894 [source]. |
Cooksland |
Queensland |
The Rev
John Dunmore Lang proposed that the northern part of
the Colony of New South Wales should be an independent
colony called Cooksland [source].
He
also proposed a Colony of Phillipsland in the south. Both
colonies were eventually established but called Queensland [source]
and Victoria, after Queen
Victoria. |
|
Coorindah, north of Gympie |
Theebine |
-25.9541, 152.5346 |
Originally a town called
Coorindah was surveyed in 1886 and was renamed Theebine in
1895. The area also was known as Slaty Creek (the local
creek) and Kilkivan Junction (because of the railway branch
line to Kilkivan left the main line here) [source][source] |
Cooroy West, Sunshine Coast hinterland |
Black
Mountain / Cooroy |
-26.4489, 152.8685 |
Can be seen in this 1942 map. |
Cornhill |
Lowood |
-27.4664, 152.5781 | Originally The Scrub, then Cornhill, then Lowood. [source] |
Cowper's Plains |
Cooper's Plains |
-27.5645, 153.0397 | Named after Dr Cowper, the
spelling of the name has been corrupted over the years. [source][source] |
Craigslea, Brisbane |
Chermside
West |
-27.3837, 153.0165 |
It is unclear if Craigslea was ever an
official name; most likely it was an estate name. The name
persists in the local primary and secondary schools as well
as in various local businesses. |
Cressbrook |
Toogoolawah |
Renamed prior to 1922 [source]
Note that on current maps there is a nearby area called Cressbrook. |
|
Cribb Island |
Brisbane Airport |
Cribb Island was completely
resumed for the expansion of Brisbane Airport at Eagle Farm
in 1981. [source]
[source]
[QSA] |
|
Crocodile, near Mt Morgan |
Bouldercombe |
Renamed prior to 1950 [source] |
|
Cumberland, west of Georgetown |
gone |
-18.2969, 143.3528 |
Cumberland was a gold mining town that
existed about 1880s to 1930s [source][source
see page 29 of the PDF][source].
Today there are still streets visible on the map (if you
zoom in) but there appears nothing still standing apart from
the Cumberland Chimney, the remains of a crushing mill.
Today, Cumberland is the official name of the parish in that
area, but there is no officially-named town any more [source].
I can find a few people listing Cumberland as their address
in the electoral roll as late as 1941 but there is nobody
there in 1949. Note, the township of Cumberland is not to be
confused with Cumberland Mine near Charters Towers. |
Cunningham, near Charters
Towers |
Mingela |
-19.8783, 146.6335 | Although the town was
officially named Cunningham when the allotments were first
sold in 1882 [source],
it appears to have been commonly known as Ravenswood
Junction, being located at the turn-off to Ravenswood. In
1915, Cunningham was renamed Mingela. [source] |
D |
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Davenport |
Nobby |
McDonald Camp was the original name for the area. A railway station was established called Nobby. A township called Davenport was established about 1891 [source]. At some point the town name became Nobby. [source] | |
Deighton Estate, Brisbane |
Highgate Hill |
A residential subdivision now
absorbed into Highgate Hill. [source] |
|
Diecks |
Bowen |
-20.1230, 148.2396 | Diecks was renamed Mookarra on or before
1918. [source]
Today the name Mookarra only exists as the name of a railway
station but it was not unusual for a railway station to have
the same name as the locality that surrounds it. The
locality name for that area is now Bowen, but Diecks /
Mookarra is about 12 km south of the town of Bowen. |
Dingo Creek |
Wondai |
-26.3197, 151.8732 |
Initially named Dingo Creek in 1903 but
quickly acquired the name Wondai [source] |
Dingo Hill |
Gailes |
Renamed in 1925 [source] |
|
Diamantina Crossing |
Birdsville |
||
Dismal Creek, between Emerald
and Barcaldine |
Jericho |
Renamed in or before1897. [source] |
|
Doboy / Doboy Creek / Doughboy |
Murarrie |
A locality name now absorbed
into the suburb of Murarrie [source] |
|
Doomben, Brisbane |
Ascot
/
Eagle
Farm |
The locality of Doomben has
been absorbed into the suburbs of Ascot and Eagle Farm [source][source].
The
Doomben
name is still used by a railway station, a race track and
businesses. |
|
Dorrington, Brisbane |
Ashgrove |
Originally named Oakleigh in about 1942, it was renamed Dorrington in 1947 [source]. It was eventually absorbed into Ashgrove [source][source] | |
Downfall Creek, Brisbane |
Chermside |
Renamed around 1903 after
Governor Herbert
Chermside [source][source].
The
creek itself is still called Downfall Creek. |
|
Dulacca North, Darling Downs |
Bogandilla |
-26.4542, 149.7996 |
Dulacca North Road runs north from town of
Dulacca up to Bogandilla. The former Dulacca North
State School was within present-day Bogandilla. See this 1953
map. |
Dunellan Estate, Brisbane |
Greenslopes |
A residential subdivision now part of Greenslopes. The name Dunellan Estate was still in use in 1913. [source] | |
E |
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Eagle Farm Junction, Brisbane |
Clayfield | Originally Eagle Farm Junction (the turn-off from old Sandgate Road to Eagle Farm), then Eagle Junction, nw absorbed into the suburb of Clayfield [source] | |
Eagle Junction, Brisbane |
Clayfield / Wooloowin |
Originally Eagle Farm Junction (the turn-off from old Sandgate Road to Eagle Farm), then Eagle Junction, now absorbed into the suburbs of Clayfield and Wooloowin [source][source] | |
East Brisbane |
New Farm |
On an 1865 map of Brisbane,
East Brisbane is shown as what is now New Farm. [source] |
|
East Woolloongabba, Brisbane |
East Brisbane |
||
Easton Gray Estate, Brisbane |
Toowong |
-27.48893, 152.98020 |
A suburban subdivision on an 1895
map. The estate was bounded by Stanley Terrace to the
south and to the north by the Easton Gray residence (from
which the estate presumably takes its name and now the
Queensland Academy for Science Mathematics and Technology).
It is bounded to the west by Grosvenor Street (now Bywong
Street) and to the east by Miskin Street (not named on the
1895 map). It includes 3 sections of Mossman Street (two of
which have been renamed Dampier Street and Howitt Street),
Hunter Street, and Palmer Streets. The eastern end of
Stanley Street is now Keltie Street. |
Edinglassie |
Brisbane |
[source] |
|
Edwardstown, Edwardston |
Maytown |
-16.03992,
144.30130 |
Renamed in 1874 [source][source][source].
|
Ekibin, Brisbane |
Annerley / Tarragindi |
Absorbed into the suburbs. of
Annerley and Tarragindi [source][source] |
|
Elkana, near Albert River |
Alberton |
-27.703, 153.257 |
Elkana, meaning "God has created and
blessed", was the name given by early German settlers. It
was renamed after the river. [source][source] |
Elston, Gold Coast |
Surfers
Paradise |
-28.001819, 153.428641 |
Originally called Umbigumbi.
In 1889, a postal receiving office was opened and called
Elston (after Elston in Nottinghamshire, England which was
the home town of the postmaster's wife). In 1917 there was a
land sale conducted by Arthur Blackstone called the Surfers
Paradise Estate, possibly named by a surveyor Thor Jensen.
Although the land sale was not a success, James Cavill liked
the name and successfully lobbied to change the name from
Elston to Surfers Paradise in 1933. [source][source] |
Emu Creek, between Toowoomba
and Warwick |
Greenmount |
Renamed in about 1880 [source] |
|
Englesburg |
Kalbar |
Originally known as Fassifern Scrub, then Englesburg after its first inhabitant and renamed to Kalbar in World War 1 due to anti-German sentiment [source] | |
Etheridge |
Georgetown |
-18.2919, 143.5480 |
Renamed about 1871 after Howard St George,
Gold Commissioner on the Etheridge field [source] |
F |
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Fahley (Zahley?) |
Kilbirnie |
Fahley claimed to be renamed
Kilbirnie due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1 [source].
However, it appears the town was originally called Zahley
and the name was Lebanese [source] |
|
Farris, near Rockhampton |
Gracemere |
[source] |
|
Fassifern Scrub |
Kalbar |
Originally known as Fassifern
Scrub, then Englesburg after its first inhabitant and
renamed to Kalbar in World War 1 due to anti-German
sentiment [source] |
|
Fingal |
Murphys
Creek |
-27.4602, 152.0527 |
[source][source][source] |
Finnigan's Camp, near Cairns |
Forsayth |
Originally Finnigan's Camp, renamed Charleston in 1872, later Forsayth. It may also have been known as New Charleston at some point.[source][source][source] | |
First Plain, near Ipswich |
Marburg |
-27.565951, 152.595268 |
Marburg was known by a succession of names
over the years: First Plain, Sally Owens’ Plains, Rosewood
Scrub, Frederick, Marburg, Townshend and then Marburg
(again). [Ipswich
City Council] |
Five Mile, Five Mile Waters
(west of Ipswich) |
Walloon |
-27.6042, 152.6647 |
Walloon was previously known
as Five Mile, Five Mile Waters, Guilfoyles Creek, Campbell's
Gully and Ten Mile Peg. [source] |
Five Mile (north of Toowoomba) |
Cabarlah |
-27.4280, 151.9916 |
|
Fort Cooper, south-west of
Mackay |
Nebo |
Originally Fort Cooper (the
name of a nearby mountain) but often called Nebo (the name
of a nearby creek). Officially changed to Nebo in 1923 [source][source] |
|
Frederick |
Marburg |
-27.565951, 152.595268 |
Marburg was known by a succession of names over the years: First Plain, Sally Owens’ Plains, Rosewood Scrub, Frederick, Marburg, Townshend and then Marburg (again). [Ipswich City Council] |
Frenchman's Creek,
Rockhampton |
Frenchville |
Renamed prior to 1925 [source] |
|
Frenchton |
Minden |
In 1916, the name of the
school was changed from Minden to Frenchton, presumably due
to anti-German sentiment in World War 1. [source]
However, the name Minden was restored in 1930. [source] |
|
Friezland, SW of Cloncurry | Kuridala | -21.3656, 139.9868 | Also known as Gulatten and Hampden, became Kuridala in 1916 [source][source] |
Frog's Hollow, Brisbane |
area around lower part of
Albert Street |
The lower ground between
George St, Elizabeth Street, Albert Street and Alice Street
was prone to flooding and known as Frog's Hollow. [source]
[source] |
|
Fruitgrove, Brisbane |
Runcorn |
Absorbed into Runcorn [source][source] |
|
G |
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Gainsford |
Bulburra |
Renamed in 1874 [source].
However,
there is no Bulburra on current maps and there is a Gainsford. |
|
Gallanani |
Esk |
-27.2404, 152.4221 |
In 1878, the Queensland Government was
selling town and suburban lots in the town of Gallanani in
the parish of Esk. However, Esk appears to have been
preferred by many and it appears as an alternative name on
this 1906
map. In 1913, the town's name was officially changed
to Esk. [source] |
Galloway's Hill, Brisbane |
Hawthorne |
Originally known as Norman's
Hill, renamed Galloway's Hill in 1865. Later absorbed into
Hawthorne [source][source][source] |
|
Garfield Estate, Upper Paddington, Brisbane |
Paddington | -27.458928, 152.990079 | "Garfield" was the home built by Sir Arthur Rutledge in 1888 on Wettenhall's Hill, naming it after US President Garfield. He sold it in 1904 to W.R. Black, who sold it in 1908 to Sir Arthur Morgan, who renamed it "Clinton" (his wife's maiden name). At some time after Morgan's death in 1917, the house itself was sold to R.J. Archibald and the surrounding was sold off as Garfield Estate in 1924. See this 1924 map of the Garfield Estate showing the location of the house and the estate (bounded by Tooth Avenue to the north, Perrott Street to the east, La Trobe Terrace to the south. and MacGregor Terrace to the west). R.J. Archibald renamed the house "Brynderwyn" (because his mother was Welsh). [source] In 1939, the house was sold for removal so a modern property could be built by the Archibald family; it was bought to be dismantled and the timbers reused to build a seaside home at Tugun. [source] |
Gehrkevale |
Mount Mort |
-27.8266, 152.4188 | Gehrkevale was renamed Mount
Mort due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1. [source] |
Geraldton |
Innisfail |
-17.5246, 146.0320 | Renamed in 1910 to avoid
confusion with Geraldton in Western Australia. [source][source] |
German Bridge, Brisbane |
Holland Park |
Apparently renamed "Barter
Bridge" in 1916 due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1
[source]
but the "German Bridge" continued to be used well into the
1950s and there is no sign of any use of "Barter Bridge".
Today this locality has been absorbed into Holland Park. [source] |
|
German Gardens, Townsville |
Belgian Gardens |
Renamed in 1915 presumably
due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1. [source] |
|
German Station, Brisbane |
Nundah |
The area was originally known
as German Station because it was settled by German
missionaries. However, the parish name was Nundah and the
Divisional Board was called Nundah, and around the 1880s and
1890s, there was a gradual renaming from German Station to
Nundah. For example, the railway station was renamed in
1882, the post office in 1888, and the school in 1896. [source] |
|
Glenlyon
Gardens Estate, Brisbane |
Ashgrove |
Comparison of circa 1924 map
with current map [source] |
|
Glenora
Park Estate, Brisbane |
Kedron / Wavell Heights |
Comparison of 1925 map with
current map. [source] |
|
Goomeribong |
Goomeri |
[source] |
|
Gormoran, north of Toowoomba |
Douglas |
Renamed prior to 1950 [source] |
|
Gomorow, north of Toowoomba |
Goombungee |
Renamed in 1890. [source] |
|
Gowrie |
Charleville |
-26.402, 146.244 | Renamed in 1868 [source]
There is a nearby area to the north known as Gowrie Station. |
Gowrie Flat, Darling Downs |
Djuan |
-27.17452, 151.92390 |
The name persists in the Gowrie
Flat Uniting Church. Gowrie Creek flows behind the
church and is presumably the origin of the name. |
Gowrie Scrub, near Toowoomba |
Glencoe |
-27.4625, 151.8672 |
[source] |
Gramzow | Carbrook |
-27.6777, 153.2370 | Renamed in 1916 due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1. [source][source] |
Grange Heights, Brisbane |
Alderley /
Grange |
-27.4225, 153.0099 |
Refers to the more elevated land in the west
of Grange, extending into Alderley. It was the name of a
real estate subdivision in 1925 described as "handy to the
Alderley and Newmarket stations". [source]
It appears from then on used like a suburb name in the
newspapers and also in the 1949 and 1959 electoral rolls.
Specific streets associated with Grange Heights include:
Gracemere, Munro, Newton & Southerden. |
Grassdale (Estate), Brisbane |
Gumdale |
Grassdale appears in a 1948
street directory as a suburb / district and confirmed by [source][source].
There is still a Grassdale Road in the area. |
|
Green Bank (Greenbank)
Estate, Brisbane |
Nundah |
-27.4048, 153.0551 |
Green Bank (Greenbank) Estate
was sold in 1884. It was between Kedron Brook and Buckland
Road around Hamson Terrace and Toombul Terrace.[advertising][estate
map] |
Green Camp, Brisbane |
Wakerley
/ Manly |
-27.4828, 153.1660 |
The locality in the vicinity of the still existing Green Camp Road. [source] It can be seen on this 1972 map. It appears the area was also known as The Springs, [source] but this is shown further west near Hargreaves Road on the 1972 map. |
Green Hills, Brisbane |
Upper Roma Street area | ||
Greenview (near Brisbane) |
Albany
Creek |
-27.3533, 152.9687 |
A locality now within Albany
Creek [source][source].
The name is preserved through Greenview Park. Map reference
is approximate. Not to be confused with Greenview
7km west of Wondai. |
Groveley / Grovely, Brisbane |
Mitchelton
/ Keperra |
-27.4000, 152.9656 |
The locality of Groveley /
Grovely (both spellings were used) was absorbed into the
suburbs of Mitchelton and Keperra [source][source][source].
The
name
Grovely is still in use by a railway station, a school, and
businesses. |
Guilfoyles Creek, near
Ipswich |
Walloon |
Walloon was previously known as Five Mile, Five Mile Waters, Guilfoyles Creek, Campbell's Gully and Ten Mile Peg. [source] | |
Gulatten, SW of Concurry |
Kuridala | -21.3656, 139.9868 | Also known as Friezland and Hampton, then as Kuridala from 1916 [source][source] |
H |
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Hamilton, near Caboolture |
Dayboro |
-27.197, 152.823 |
In 1875 it was called Hamilton after the local postmaster Hugh Hamilton. In 1892 it was called Terror's Creek after a famous Arab stallion from the district, but that became confusing with Torrens Creek and it was renamed Dayboro in 1919 after an early settler called William Henry Day [source][source][source][source][source] |
Hamilton, west of Mackay |
Mirani |
-21.1597, 148.8645 |
Renamed in 1885 to avoid confusion with
Hamilton in Brisbane. [source] |
Hampden, SW of Cloncurry |
Kuridala | -21.3656, 139.9868 | Also known as Gulatten and Friezland, then as Kuridala from 1916 [source][source] |
Happy Valley, Brisbane |
Stafford |
-27.4092, 153.0077 |
Stafford was originally called Happy Valley
but was renamed in the 1880s. [source]
The Queensland Place Names entry suggests the change was in
1885-6. The first use in the electoral rolls that I could
find was in 1889. |
Hapsburg |
Kowbi |
-25.1808, 152.2325 |
Renamed due to anti-German
sentiment in World War 1. [source]
While Kowbi is still an official neighbourhood name [source],
neither appear on current maps, although a Hapsburg road
exists leading to what appears to be the defunct Kowbi
railway station (the outline of the station is visible on a
close-up of the map). |
Harley, Central Queensland |
Ogmore |
-22.6208, 149.6588 |
Formerly Harley, also the railway station
name, changed 20 January 1933 to Ogmore, to avoid confusion
with Hartley in NSW. Ogmore is the name of a town and river
in Glamorganshire, Wales, in a coal mining area. [source] |
Harrisborough |
Fernvale |
-27.4553, 152.6514 |
Renamed prior to 1936 to
avoid confusion with other Harris place names [source] |
Hartsville |
Mossman |
-16.4603, 145.3736 |
Mossman was originally known
as Hartsville, then as Thooleer, and then as Mossman River.
[source
(archive)][source
(archive)][archive] |
Hessenberg / Hessenburg |
Ingoldsby |
-27.7367, 152.2664 |
In 1916, the name of the
school was changed from Hessenburg to Ingoldsby, presumably
as part of anti-German sentiment in World War 1. [source] |
Hidden Vale (Hiddenvale) via Ipswich |
Grandchester |
-27.7152, 152.4698 |
The district historically known as Hidden Vale (or Hiddenvale) is within the locality of present day locality of Grandchester, about 6km south of the town of Grandchester, where Hiddenvale Road has its junction with the Grandchester Mount Mort Road. The name persists in the road name, St Anne's Hidden Vale (Anglican church) [source], Spicers Hidden Vale (a rural resort) [source] and the Hidden Vale Wildlife Centre (jointly operated by the resort and the University of Queensland) [source]. |
Highland
estate, Brisbane |
Taringa |
-27.4928, 152.9844 |
Comparison of a 1929 map with
current map [source] |
Hill End, Brisbane |
West
End / Highgate Hill |
-27.4875, 153.0006 |
The south-western part of the
suburb of West End (beside the river) was once the locality
of Hill End [source][source].
The
name Hill End is in use for a street and businesses. |
Hillside, Brisbane Valley |
Coolana |
-27.5153, 152.5511 | According to the Queensland Place Names
database entry for Coolana, it was formerly known as
Hillside and changed to Coolana in 1945. However, the change
appears to have occurred much earlier. The 1913 electoral
roll shows people registered in Hillside and nobody
registered in Coolana, but the 1922 electoral roll show only
a handful of people registered in Hillside and many people
registered in Coolana, so the name change would appear to
have occurred between those dates. I found this 1918
Commonwealth gazette entry lists the name change, so
it probably occurred not long before 1918. Note there were
other places called Hillside in Queensland in those
electoral rolls, so not everywhere called Hillside is now
called Coolana. |
Home Creek, via Wondai |
Cushnie |
-26.3660, 151.7704 |
Home Creek appears on this 1943
map. It is used as place of residence in the electoral
rolls from at least 1906 to 1969. |
Hopetown |
Kilcoy |
-26.9431, 152.5653 |
Renamed in 1842 [source] |
Hubner |
Crestmead |
-27.6855, 153.0940 |
The district was unofficially known as Hubner
after local settlers John and George Hubner. However, when
the Beaudesert Shire Council proposed to formalise the name
in 1987, it was instead decided to call the area Creastmead,
the name of a local housing estate. [source] |
Humpybong |
Redcliffe area |
[source] |
|
Hungry Flats / Hungary Flats,
Ipswich |
Brassall |
-27.5964, 152.7397 |
Renamed [source] |
I |
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Indooroopilly (part of), Brisbane |
St Lucia |
-27.4977, 153.0036 | Formerly known as Indooroopilly, Toowong and Toowong South, the name St Lucia was first used by William Alexander Wilson in 1882 when he purchased a sugar mill and from William Dart (on Mill Road) and renamed it The St Lucia Sugar Plantation [source: Articles of Association St Lucia Riverside Land and Investment Co Ltd, Queensland State Archives]. In 1883 Wilson and Dart offered an adjoing farm for sale as residential alllotements and named it "St Lucia Estate" [source]. The plantation was subdivided in 1885 and was also known as the St Lucia estate [source]. Only the peninsula area was originally known as St Lucia; it was not until 1975 that the current suburb of St Lucia was created [source: Peter Brown, St Lucia History Group]. |
Inkerman |
Home
Hill |
-19.6605, 147.4141 |
The area was originally known as Inkerman because of the Inkerman Downs cattle station there, but when the town allotments were offered for sale in December 1912, the township was called Home Hill [source] but also referered to as Holme Hill. The Queensland Government claim the name Home Hill was chosen because it was the location of the Battle of Inkerman in the Crimean War in 1854. [source] There is also a claim that it refers to Colonel Home who fought in Crimean War. [source] For more information on Home Hill in the Battle of Inkerman, please read this Wikipedia article. |
Innis Island |
Coochiemudlo
Island |
-27.5692, 153.3311 |
Known as Innis Island from 1825 to 1850. [source]
Note that you will also find the name spelled in a number of
different ways, e.g. "Coochy" rather than "Coochie", "Mudlo"
may appear as a separate word, the "Island" word is dropped
etc. However, they all appear to refer to the same place. |
Ipswich Agricultural Reserve |
Harrisville |
-27.8108, 152.6675 | Renamed [source] |
Ironside, Brisbane |
St Lucia (one part of) St Lucia (another part of) |
-27.49424, 153.00015 -27.50011, 152.99655 |
Ironside Estate was subdivided for housing in 1885 [source] by William Alexander Wilson and comprised land between Carmody Road and north to the Brisbane River (in the area of the current Guyatt Park). Ironside was the maiden name of Wilson's wife. Although not located within the Ironside Estate, the nearby state school was renamed Ironside State School in 1905 (and is still known by that name today). In 1922 land around the school was developed for housing under the name St Lucia Heights Estate [source], but due to the school's name, it was this area that became commonly known as Ironside. A 1917 map shows the Ironside name located around the Swann Road area, while the original Ironside Estate area is shown under the name St Lucia. Wherever it precisely was located, Ironside was absorbed into the suburb of St Lucia in the 1975 Place Names Act [source: Peter Brown, St Lucia History Group]. |
Ironstone Mountain |
Mount Morgan |
-23.6434, 150.3886 | [source] |
Island Point |
Port Douglas |
-16.48395, 145.46606 | Originally Island Point, then
Salisbury, thenin 1877 Port Douglas [source][source] |
Ithaca, Brisbane |
Red Hill / Ashgrove |
-27.4522, 152.9978 |
Absorbed into the suburbs of
Red Hill and Ashgrove [source][source] |
Ivyvale, Sunshine Coast hinterland |
north-west
part of Ridgewood |
-26.4438,152.8376 |
Can be seen on this 1942
map. |
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Jackson's Estate, Brisbane |
Brisbane Airport |
-27.3569, 153.1283 |
A part of Cribb Island, fully
resumed for expansion of Brisbane Airport at Eagle Farm in
1981. [source] |
Jay Park, Brisbane |
Indooroopilly |
-27.5122, 152.9623 |
Absorbed into the suburb of
Indooroopilly [source].
It
was
in the area of Jerrang, Jainba and Jilba Streets. |
Jebropilly |
Amberley |
-27.6304, 152.6646 |
Renamed [source].
However,
Jeebropilly is still
an adjacent area. |
Josey's Lagoon |
Swanbank |
-27.6598, 152.7839 |
Originally Logan Lagoon, then Josey's Lagoon, then Swanbank [source] |
Juandah, north of Miles |
Wandoan |
-26.1259, 149.9634 |
Originally named after the property Juandah Station, it was renamed in 1926 to avoid confusion with the town of Jundah. [source][source] |
Jubilee / Jubilee Estate /
Jubilee Township Estate, Brisbane |
Bardon |
-27.4531, 152.9856 |
The first tranche of the Jubilee Township Estate was subdivided in 1887 with a subsequent 2nd tranche and this locality has now been absorbed into the suburb of Bardon. It was all the land bounded by Jubilee Terrace, Coopers Camp Road, and Ithaca Creek. [land sale map 1][land sale map 2][source][source]. Warning: the two land sale maps do not have North upwards (be prepared to rotate them so Coronation Street is at the top of the first map and the bottom of the second map). The name Jubilee refers to the 1887 Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria (who ascended to the throne 50 years earlier in 1837). Most of the original streets in Jubilee had names with royal associations, e.g. Coronation Street, Crown Street, but some have been subsequently renamed. |
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Kalbar, Bundaberg Region |
South Kolan |
24.940, 52.247 |
There was a Kalbar Provisional / State School
from 1896 to 1962. It takes its name from the Kalbar sugar
plantation and sugar mill. Kalbar Road still bears the
name.[source][source]
(Not to be confused with Kalbar in the Scenic Rim Region). |
Kalinga, Brisbane |
Wooloowin |
-27.4062, 153.0496 |
Kalinga is a locality name
from about 1900 [source]
now absorbed into the suburb of Wooloowin [source][source][source]
However, in |
Kannangur, near Toogoolawah |
Yimbun |
-27.0276, 152.3667 |
Yimbun was formerly known as
Mooraool and Kannangur [source] |
Keelar, near Gympie |
Gunalda |
-25.9944, 152.5614 |
Originally the town was called Keelar but the railway station was named Gunalda. The town was officially renamed Gunalda on 2 November 1923.[source] However, it is evident that even the government was using both names to avoid confusion at least as early as 1910.[source] |
Kelvin Grove Estate, Brisbane |
Newmarket |
-27.4367, 153.0068 |
Originally Brisbane
saleyards, Kelvin Grove Estate (near corner of Kelvin Grove
Road and Newmarket Road) was developed in 1936 [source],
now absorbed into Newmarket. |
Kenilworth, Kenilworth Lower |
Gheerulla |
-26.5766, 152.7499 |
The area had series of name changes. Yahoo Creek (about 1890), Kenilworth (about 1900), Gheerulla (about 1910), Kenilworth Lower (about 1921), then Gheerulla (again, 1928) [source] |
Kilkivan Junction, north of
Gympie |
Theebine | -25.9541, 152.5346 |
Originally a town called Coorindah was surveyed in 1886 and was renamed Theebine in 1895. The area also was known as Slaty Creek (the local creek) and Kilkivan Junction (because of the railway branch line to Kilkivan left the main line here) [source][source] |
Kirchheim / Kircheim |
Haigslea |
-27.5621, 152.5977 |
Originally Walloon Creek,
later Kirchheim. In 1916, the name of the school was change
from Kirchheim to Haigslea, presumably as part of
anti-German sentiment in World War 1. [source][source] |
Kittah Kittah, near Texas |
Beebo |
-28.6809, 150.8470 |
[source] |
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Lagoon Creek |
Acland |
-27.3033, 151.6887 |
[source][source] |
Landers Pocket |
Brisbane
Airport |
-27.3833, 153.1167 |
The area was settled by 1875 but appears to
have had problems with flooding. [source]
Landers Pocket Market Garden Estate was a subdivision sold
in 1915 to small farmers. [source]
Landers Pocket can be seen on this 1925
map. It appears by the 1950s Landers Pocket was being
considered for the expansion of the airport (the then Eagle
Farm Airport being to the south of the current airport). [source]
Circa 1950s Ainsley Judge at
radio station 4BH had built Australia’s first directional
AM Transmission array on 1390 Khz at Landers Pocket. [source][source
p67] In 1971 land in Landers Pocket was resumed
for the new Brisbane Airport. [source]
Landers Pocket still appears in a 1975 street directory, but
the subsequent construction of the current Brisbane Airport
has obliterated almost all traces of any of its former
geographic features. Landers Pocket appears to have been
accessible from the west via Raubers Road and Buchanan Road
(both still in Banyo) which led to Landers Pocket Road or
from the south via Sugarmill Road (still in in Pinkenba)
which led to Main Road in Landers Pocket. The name lives on
through the Landers Pocket Drain which now channels the
water of the various creeks that once ran through the
airport land into Moreton Bay. [source]
Electoral rolls from 1922 to show occupations mostly as
farmers and gardeners as well as a number of horse trainers,
suggesting it remained a rural area. |
Latimer, near Gold Coast |
Advancetown |
[source].
There is still a Latimer Creek and a Latimer Crossing Road
in the district. |
|
Lilley
Estate, Toowoomba |
East
Toowoomba, near Lilley Street |
-27.55466, 151.96628 |
The Lilley Estate was sold in
1902 [source].
See the estate
map. Although the estate map mentions the adjacaent
Agricultural Show Grounds, the show grounds have been
relocated subsequently to Glendale. |
Limestone, Limestone Hills,
Limestone Station |
Ipswich |
Renamed about 1842 [source][source] |
|
Lindum, Brisbane |
Wynnum & Wynnum West |
Locality now absorbed into
Wynnum & Wynnum West [source][source].
There is still a Lindum railway station. |
|
Little Cabbage Tree Creek,
Brisbane |
Aspley |
Renamed 1897 [source][source][source] |
|
Little Ipswich |
West Ipswich |
Renamed prior to 1919 [source][source] |
|
Liverpool Creek |
Silkwood |
-17.7458, 146.0208 | Renamed 1918 or before. [source]
The creek Liverpool Creek forms the northern boundary of
present-day Silkwood. |
Logan Bridge |
North
Maclean South Maclean |
-27.7659, 152.9976 -27.7914, 152.9990 |
Around 1860 it was known as Logan Bridge,
then it was known as Maclean, then recently split into North
Maclean and South Maclean. [source] |
Logan Estate, Brisbane |
Brookfield |
[source] |
|
Logan Lagoon |
Swanbank |
Originally Logan Lagoon, then
Josey's Lagoon, then Swanbank [source] |
|
Logan Road (suburb) |
Buranda |
[source] |
|
Logan's Vale, between Warwick
and Killarney |
Yangan |
[source] |
|
Lone Pine, Brisbane |
Fig
Tree Pocket |
Locality now part of the
suburb of Fig Tree Pocket. [source]
The Lone Pine name persists in the koala sanctuary. |
|
Long Pocket, Brisbane |
Indooroopilly |
The locality around the
Meiers Road area is now absorbed into the suburb of
Indooroopilly. [source]
Not to be confused with the other Long
Pocket (near Innisfail) in Queensland. |
|
Lord John Swamp, near Warwick |
Wildash | Originally Lower John Swamp, then Lord John Swamp, finally Wildash. [source][source] | |
Lower Canungra |
Wonglepong |
-27.9672, 153.1604 | Originally called Lower Canungra, then Sara Vale, then Wangalpong, which corrupted into Wonglepong as it is known today [source] |
Lower John Swamp, near
Warwick |
Wildash |
Originally Lower John Swamp,
then Lord John Swamp, finally Wildash. [source][source] |
|
Lower Nudgee |
Brisbane Airport |
Lower Nudgee and Cribb Island were resumed to construct Brisbane Airport. The name Lower Nudgee was officially discontinued in 1921. [Qld State Archives] | |
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MacAlister's Crossing, near
Ipswich |
Woodend |
There is an 1860 reference to
McAlister's Crossing. It is believed to be somewhere along
the Bremer River. As Thomas MacAlister had a house Woodend
near the river from which the suburbs Woodend takes its name
[source],
I suspect that McAlister's Crossing is a reference to the
Woodend area. Can anyone confirm or
deny this? |
|
Maclean, south of Brisbane |
North
Maclean South Maclean |
-27.7659, 152.9976 -27.7914, 152.9990 |
Around 1860 it was known as Logan Bridge (as it was crossing the Logan River), then it was known as Maclean, then recently split into North Maclean and South Maclean. [Logan City Council] |
Maida Hill Estate, Brisbane |
Wooloowin |
-27.4216, 153.0452 |
An 1883 real estate subdivision centred
around Balmain Street, Wooloowin. See the estate map
and read the advertising. |
Marathon |
Aramac |
Renamed in 1874 [source][source][source] |
|
Martin Town, near Cairns |
Tolga |
-17.2226, 145.4799 |
Renamed in 1903 [source][source] |
Mater Hill, Brisbane |
Woolloongabba |
The locality of Mater Hill
was absorbed into the suburb of Woolloongabba. [source]
It was (as the name suggests) the area around the hill on
which the Mater Hospital still stands. |
|
Mayne, Brisbane |
Bowen Hills |
A locality name now absorbed into Bowen Hills [source][source][source] | |
McAlister's Crossing, near
Ipswich |
Woodend | There is an 1860 reference to McAlister's Crossing. It is believed to be somewhere along the Bremer River. As Thomas MacAlister had a house Woodend near the river from which the suburb Woodend takes its name [source], I suspect that McAlister's Crossing is a reference to the Woodend area. Can anyone confirm or deny this? | |
McDonald Camp, on the Darling
Downs |
Nobby |
McDonald Camp was the
original name, it was changed to Nobby, then to Davenport in
1891 [source]
and then back to Nobby. [source] |
|
McKeown |
Calvert | -27.6639, 152.5160 |
Originally known as McKeown, then as Western Creek (1877-1887), then as Alfred (1887-1931), finally renamed Calvert in 1931 [source][source][source] |
Meeandah, Brisbane |
Eagle
Farm |
A locality now absorbed into
the suburb of Eagle Farm [source].
There
is
still a railway station by that name. |
|
Meribah |
Carmila |
-21.910, 149.411 | Carmilla (aka Carmilla Creek) was proposed to be renamed Meribah in 1890 [source] but I can find no evidence that this name change occurred. However, the spelling appears to have changed over time to Carmila. |
Merthyr, Brisbane |
New
Farm |
-27.4667, 153.0472 | A locality now absorbed into
the suburb of New Farm [source].
The
Merthyr
name persists strongly in Merthyr Road, Merthyr Shopping
Village and many local businesses. |
Middle Camp, near Nambour |
Woombye |
Originally known as Cobb's Camp and Middle Camp. Renamed in 1889 [source][source] | |
Moggill (parts of), Brisbane |
Anstead, Bellbowrie |
Once a farming district, its
redevelopment lead to the introduction of suburbs such as
Anstead and Bellbowrie. However, Moggill still exists today
but does not refer to as large an area as before. |
|
Mookarra |
Bowen | -20.1230, 148.2396 | Diecks was renamed Mookarra on or before 1918. [source] Today the name Mookarra only exists as the name of a railway station but it was not unusual for a railway station to have the same name as the locality that surrounds it. Mookarra appears as a district name on this 1936 map and is used as an address for the electoral roll through to at least 1969. The locality name for that area is now Bowen, but Diecks / Mookarra is about 12 km south of the town of Bowen. |
Moorabool, near Toogoolawah |
Yimbun |
Yimbun was formerly known as Mooraool and Kannangur [source] | |
Moore Estate, Brisbane |
Paddington |
Locality now absorbed into
Paddington [source] |
|
Moore's Creek |
Mungallala |
Renamed in 1885. [source] |
|
Mooretown, north of Esk |
Moore |
-26.8945, 152.2907 | Originally known as Stanley
Gate, then Mooretown and finally in 1910 Moore [source] |
Mooroobogue |
Munbilla |
Renamed [source] |
|
Moorooka Park
estate, Brisbane |
Moorooka
|
-27.53573, 153.01876 |
This estate in the Chaucer
Street area was sold in 1889 [source] |
Moorvale, Brisbane |
Moorooka |
-27.5342, 153.0238 |
Moorvale was the area around the Beaudesert
Road shops in Moorooka today. A number of the shops and
businesses in that area still have Moorvale as part of their
name and there is a bus stop called Moorvale. The Moorvale
Post Office was renamed Moorooka Post Office at some time in
the 1970s [source].
Moorvale appears in a 1975 street directory. The earliest
reference I can find to Moorvale is a 1942 funeral notice
for a family living in Mayfield Road [source]. |
Mossdale, Brisbane |
Gumdale |
The area was originally known
as Mossdale, the name of a grazing property [source][source] |
|
Mossman River |
Mossman |
Mossman was originally known as Hartsville, then as Thooleer, and then as Mossman River. [source][source][source] | |
Mount Bruce, Brisbane |
Seven
Hills |
According to a 1931 street
directory, Mount Bruce was the area around Ferguson Road,
Seven Hills. There was a tramway station called Mt Bruce
(now gone) and there was a Mount Bruce School (now Camp Hill
State School). |
|
Mount Dangar |
Bowen | approx -20.2063,148.1267 | Upper Don was renamed Mount Dangar by 1918. [source] It is now within the locality of Bowen. The exact location of this district is unclear. The mountain Mount Dangar (-20.2247, 148.1108) and the Upper Don State School (-20.1830,148.1243) are to the west of the Don River, while Mount Dangar Post Office and the Mount Dangar pastoral property are to the east of the Don River. |
Mount Esk Pocket |
Crossdale |
-27.17524, 152.49053 |
Appears on this 1978
map. As "pocket" suggests, it was tucked in a bend of
the Brisbane River. This area appears to have been resumed
for the development of the Wivenhoe Dam and Lake Wivenhoe.
While some of it is now underwater, other parts are still
above water but appear to be inaccessible to the public. |
Mount Pleasant, Brisbane |
Holland
Park |
-27.514231, 153.056117 |
Appears on a 1926 street directory as a
district name. |
Mowbraytown, Brisbane |
East Brisbane |
A residential subdivision
called Mowbraytown that is now in the suburb of East
Brisbane. [source]
[source] |
|
Mulgrave, near Cairns |
Gordonvale |
Originally called Mulgrave (presumably after the Mulgrave River than flows through the town), then Nelson in 1914 and finally Gordonvale which is now an outer suburb of Cairns [source][source][source] | |
Mulgrave, near Home Hill |
Clare |
-19.78423, 147.22768 |
Apparently renamed 1882 [source].
However, Mulgrave
still appears as a locality about 15km SW of Clare. |
Murphy's Waterhole |
Murphy's
Creek |
-27.4602, 152.0527 |
[source] |
Murra Murra |
Bergen |
It is claimed that Bergen was renamed Murra Murra during World War 1. [source] However, Bergen appears on the maps today and Murra Murra doesn't. | |
Murray's Creek, NW of
Bundaberg |
Berajondo |
Renamed in 1931 [source] |
|
Myall Creek |
Dalby |
Renamed in 1854 [source] |
|
Myrtle / Myrtletown, Brisbane |
Pinkenba | -27.3880, 153.1400 |
Boggy Creek was officially
renamed Myrtle in 1888 [source]
but the name seems to have quickly morphed into Myrtletown
by 1928 [source].
Later it was absorbed into the suburb of Pinkenba. [source][source]
There is still a creek called Boggy Creek flowing
into the Brisbane River in this area. Notwithstanding the
shared suburb name, Myrtletown
remains a distinct industrial area from the Pinkenba residential
area. The Main
Myrtletown Road leads from Pinkenba to Myrtletown. |
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Nashville |
Gympie |
-26.1935, 152.6634 |
[source][source] Not to
be confused with Nashville, a locality in Brisbane (see
below). |
Nashville, Brisbane |
Brighton |
-27.3042, 153.0622 |
A locality around the area of
the Third Lagoon now absorbed into the suburb of Brighton. [source][source]
The name persists in Nashville State School and various
businesses. |
Nathan Heights, Brisbane |
Nathan |
-27.5482, 153.0531 |
A locality now absorbed into
the suburb of Nathan. [source]
Much of it is under Griffith University today. |
National Park, Brisbane |
Norman
Park |
-27.4838, 153.0691 |
From 1889 to the 1920s, residential land was
sold in the National Park estate. This was land east of
Bennetts Road and a few streets north and south of Macrossan
Avenue. The name National Park was widely used as a suburb
name by its residents (e.g. in the electorate roll) but
appears not to be official as it did not appear in street
directories. [source][source] |
Near North Coast |
Sunshine Coast |
Renamed in 1967 but was first proposed in
1958 [source] |
|
Nelson, near Cairns |
Gordonvale | -17.0912, 145.7870 |
Originally called Mulgrave
(presumably after the Mulgrave River than flows through the
town), then Nelson in 1914 and finally Gordonvale which is
now an outer suburb of Cairns [source][source][source] |
Nerang Creek Heads |
Southport |
-27.9670, 153.4141 |
Originally known as Nerang Creek Heads, the
area was officially survey in 1974 and renamed Southport in
1875, because it was the most southern port in Queensland
and after the city of the same name in England. [source][source] |
New Charlestone, near Cairns |
Forsayth | Originally Finnigan's Camp, renamed Charleston in 1872, later Forsayth. It may also have been known as New Charleston at some point.[source][source][source] | |
Newtown (or New Town), Maryborough |
Maryborough
city centre |
-25.5333, 152.7000 | The original settlement of Maryborough
occurred in a largely unplanned way from 1848 to 1855 about
4km north-west of the current city centre (-25.522,
152.669). However, it was a poor location for a port
so when the town was officially surveyed, it was recommended
that the town centre should be near the present Queen's Park
and the first land sales occurred there in 1852. [source]
The name "New Town" or "Newtown" evolved as a way to refer
to this "new" Maryborough. The name persists in Newtown Oval. |
Nine Mile Reserve, near
Ipswich |
Moreton Downs |
Renamed [source]
but neither appear on current maps |
|
Norman's Hill, Brisbane |
Hawthorne | Originally known as Norman's Hill, renamed Galloway's Hill in 1865. Later absorbed into Hawthorne [source][source] | |
Normanby, Brisbane |
Kelvin Grove & Red Hill |
A locality absorbed into the
suburbs of Kelvin Grove and Red Hill [source][source].
The
name
persists in the the hotel and the fiveways intersection. |
|
Normanby, between Ipswich and
Warwick |
Warrill View |
Renamed in 1931 [source] |
|
North Zillmere, Brisbane |
Taigum |
[source] |
|
Nukinenda, near Toowoomba |
Anduramba |
-27.06270, 152.14303 |
Nukinenda was absorbed into
Anduramba in 2005 [source][source].
There is still an Nukinenda Creek and a Nukinenda
Road in the area, suggesting Nukinenda was to the
north-east of Anduramba |
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O'Connelltown, Brisbane |
Windsor |
An old locality name now
absorbed into the suburb of Windsor. [source][source] |
|
Oakleigh, Brisbane |
Ashgrove |
Originally named
Oakleigh in about 1942, it was renamed Dorrington in
1947 [source].
It was eventually absorbed into Ashgrove [source] |
|
One Eye Waterhole |
Milbong |
Renamed [source] |
|
One Mile, Gympie |
Gympie |
-26.1999, 152.6749 |
The area approximately 1 mile south of Gympie
was known as One Mile (shown on this 1976
map).The name is preserved in the One Mile State
School, One Mile Park, etc. Today it is within the
boundaries of the Gympie CBD. |
One Mile Swamp, Brisbane |
Stanley Street area,
Woolloongabba |
-27.4863, 153.0338 |
The land in this area was
quite low-lying and swampy originally, giving rise to the
name One Mile Swamp. This 1923 article
provides a quite detailed description of where the swamp
was. I don't think One Mile Swamp was ever officially named,
but the name seems to have been in common conetemporary use
in the newspapers until early 1890s, then it disappears, and
in 1900s its use seems to be of a historical nature. |
Oxford Estate, Brisbane |
Paddington |
Locality now absorbed into
Paddington [source] |
|
Oxford Park, Brisbane |
Mitchelton |
A locality absorbed into the
suburb of Mitchelton [source][source].
The
name
persists through a railway station. |
|
Oxley (part of), Brisbane |
Archerfield |
The part of Oxley set aside
for noxious industries was renamed Archerfield in 1929 [source] |
|
Oxley Point,
Brisbane |
Chelmer |
Riverton township at Oxley Point is now part of the suburb of Chelmer. [source] | |
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Pacific
Ocean Estate, Southport |
Surfers Paradise |
Comparison of 1915 estate map
with current map. [source] |
|
Paddock Swamp |
Eukey |
-28.7747, 151.9734 |
Renamed Eukey in 1905. [source] |
Pelican Waterhole(s) |
Winton |
Renamed about 1876 [source][source] |
|
Pemberton, near Bundaberg |
Windermere |
This sugar-farming district
is still an official place name but has disappeared from
most current maps being apparently absorbed into Windermere.
It used to be the end of the Woongarra Branch Railway Line
until 1948. [source][source] |
|
Petrie Terrace, Brisbane |
Spring Hill |
-27.463, 153.013 | A locality officially
absorbed into the suburb of Spring Hill [source],
but
its
identity strongly persisted as Petrie Terrace is a major
road. Re-instated as a suburb in 2010. |
Philadelphia |
Eagleby |
-27.703,153.185 |
Eagleby was then another
farming community established as part of the initial German
settlement of the region. It was originally known as
Philadelphia. St John's Church, Philadelphia, was built in
1876. The old town subdivision was not utilised at the time
and development occurred on the rural properties, with the
church located on Herses Road. The first mail office was
established at Oppermann's farmhouse in July 1882.[source] |
Pimlico, Logan River |
Waterford
West |
-27.691, 153.1312 |
Arthur Pimm purchased land south of the Tygum
Lagoon and in 1865 he subdivided it to become the town of
Pimlico, which he advertised for sale in 1866. [source]
It does not appear to have been successful. [source] |
Pinbarren siding |
Pomona |
Renamed in 1906 [source][source].
There is a nearby village still called Pinbarren. |
|
Pine Ridge, Gold Coast |
Hollywell |
-27.9000, 153.3928 |
The name Pine Ridge appears on a 1926
map. The earliest use of the name Hollywell I have
found is in a 1934 electoral roll for the Proud family who
were resident and used it as the name of their house in that
area. The name persists in the Pine Ridge Conservation Park
and Pine Ridge Road which is shown in a 1978
map as extending along the current Oxley Drive through
to the current Paradise Road in Paradise Point. |
Plane Creek |
Sarina |
-21.4242, 149.2172 |
[source] |
Plough Station, Ipswich |
Raceview |
-27.6377, 152.7760 |
[source] |
Polson |
Pialba |
-25.2803, 152.8406 |
Name was officially changed on 19 March 1931.
[source]
The name Polson persisted through Polson cemetery (now
within the modern neighbouring suburb of Point Vernon). |
Poona, near Nambour |
Although there is a Poona in the Fraser Coast Region, there appears to have been another one near Nambour. There was the Poona State School (1915-1933) "via Nambour" as well as some electoral roll entries as Poona via Nambour. There are mentions of it as "North Coast line" (suggesting it is near the railway line) and being near Yandina [source]. There are addresses of Poona Road, Nambour (presumably the road from Nambour to Poona). It is mentioned in connection with Kiamba. [source] There is a Poona Dam in Kureelpa. There is mention of Holland's Hill being near Poona. Can you help with the location of Poona? | ||
Port Bundaberg |
Burnett
Heads |
-24.7754, 152.3879 |
|
Port Kennedy |
southern harbour on Thursday
Island |
-10.5849, 142.2203 |
Established in 1878, Port Kennedy was first
official European settlement on the southern side of
Thursday Island. However, the town is now officially called
Thursday Island. The name Port Kennedy persists for the
harbour facilities. See this map. |
Port Maryborough |
Urangan |
-25.2831, 152.9042 |
This 1913
newspaper article suggests the name change occurred at
that time. |
Pott's Point, Sunshine Coast |
Alexandra Headland |
Renamed in 1916 to promote a real estate
subdivision.[source] |
|
Priors Creek, near Cairns |
Atherton | [source].
The creek that flows through the town is still called Priors
Creek (two branches of it). |
|
Prior's Pocket, Brisbane |
Moggill |
A locality absorbed into the surburb of Moggill [source][source]. Not to be confused with the Priors Pocket near Cairns (now Atherton). | |
Priors Pocket, near Cairns |
Atherton |
[source].
Not to be confused with the Priors Pocket in Brisbane (now
part of Moggill). |
|
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Quart Pot Creek |
Stanthorpe |
Originally the town took its
name from the creek's name but was later changed to
Stanthorpe. [source][source]
Quart Pot Creek still flows through the town. |
|
Queensport, Brisbane |
Murrarie |
A locality absorbed into the suburb of Murrarie [source][source] | |
Queensport
Aquarium estate, Brisbane |
Hemmant |
Comparison of 1889 map with
current map [source] |
|
R |
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Raby Estate, Brisbane |
Coorparoo |
The Raby Estate was sold in
1884 [source]
and was located on Old Cleveland Road "only a few chains
from Logan Road". There is a Raby Street currently in this
area, which I imagine would once have been part of or
adjacent to the estate. |
|
Rainworth & Rainworth
Estate, Brisbane |
Bardon |
-27.46910, 152.98788 |
Originally there was a house
with large lands on Boundary Street, Rosalie (now Toowong),
called "Rainworth" owned by Sir Augustus
Charles Gregory, Qld Surveyor-General; it was named
after the town of Rainworth near his birthplace in
Nottinghamshire, England. [source]
After his death in 1905, the
house and land were sold. [source]
In the 1918 and 1925 the land was sold off for housing; see
the 1925
land sale. The Rainworth Estate comprises land between
Boundary Road and Rainworth Road south to Birdwood Street
(formerly Heussler Terrace) and includes the streets of
Barton Street, Dudley Street, Nestor Street (now gone),
Osman Street (then Margaret Street), Rouen Road, Runic
Street, and Vimy Street. The name persists through a school
and local businesses. |
Rathdownie |
Rathdowney |
-28.211, 152.863 |
Historically the name is often written as
Rathdownie. There was a Rathdownie State School etc. |
Ravenswood Junction, near
Charters Towers |
Mingela |
-19.8783, 146.6335 | Although the town was officially named Cunningham when the allotments were first sold in 1882 [source], it appears to have been commonly known as Ravenswood Junction, being located at the turn-off to Ravenswood. In 1915, Cunningham was renamed Mingela. [source] |
Razorback, Sunshine Coast hinterland |
Montville |
-26.6906, 152.8933 | Renamed 1897. [QPN Montville population
centre][source].
The name Razorback persists in Razorback Road. |
Richmond Park, near Cairns |
Freshwater |
-16.8817, 145.7091 |
The development of the railway line from
Cairns to Herberton commenced with an 8-mile stretch from
Cairns to Redlynch. This caused land development near the
railway line and Freshwater Creek, sold from 1886 under the
name Richmond Park Estate. [source]
The railway siding on the line was originally called
Richmond siding, but was renamed Freshwater siding in 1890.
[source] |
Rishton |
Oombabia |
-20.0000, 146.4500 |
Renamed about 1890 [source].
May
be
called
Dotswood today? [source] |
Riverdale, near Logan River |
Meadowbank (south-east) |
-27.6726, 153.1534 |
Land settled in 1861 as part of the Logan
Agricultural Reserve. The name persists in Riverdale Park. [source] |
Riverton,
Brisbane |
Chelmer |
-27.50867, 152.97419 | Riverton township at Oxley
Point is now part of the suburb of Chelmer. [source] |
Rocky Water Holes, Brisbane |
Rocklea |
-27.5344, 153.0056 | The locality name was changed
[source]
but the Rocky Water Holes (as a geographic feature) still
appear on current maps. |
Roessler |
Applethorpe |
-28.6144, 151.958 | Town and railway station was renamed in 1915-6 presumably due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1. [source][source][source] |
Rosalie |
Paddington
& Bardon |
-27.46632, 152.99698 | A locality which was
officially absorbed into the suburbs of Paddington &
Bardon [source]
but which retains a strong local identity due to a shopping
village and local businesses. |
Rosewood Gate |
Rosewood |
-27.6382, 152.594 | [source] |
Rosewood Scrub |
Described in 1873 as "This district extends
for about fifteen miles along the northern side of the
Southern and Western Railway, with an average width of about
seven miles, and comprises some of the finest agricultural
soil in the colony". It goes on to mentions place names such
as Glamorgan Vale, Brandy Gully (Lanefield), Walloon,
Rosewood Gate (Rosewood). [source]
Marburg seems to be regarded as its centre (see below). |
||
Rosewood Scrub |
Marburg |
-27.5643, 152.5975 | Marburg was known by a
succession of names over the years: First Plain, Sally
Owens’ Plains, Rosewood Scrub, Frederick, Marburg, Townshend
and then Marburg (again). [Ipswich
City Council][source] |
Ross Island, Townsville |
Railway
Estate |
-19.2710, 146.8156 |
It is not clear to me if this is a "renaming"
of a suburb as such, or whether the creation of a housing
estate on Ross Island warranted a separate name for the
suburb. Certainly the island (as a geographical feature) is
still officially called Ross Island. The earliest reference
I can find to Railway Estate is newspaper advertisements for
sale of land in 1887. [source][source][source][source][source] |
Ross Park / Rosspark |
Rossvale |
-27.6310, 151.5775 |
I cannot find a map which uses the name Ross
Park or Rosspark, but it appears the electoral rolls, as the
name of the local Lutheran Church, etc. It is s described as
"via Mount Tyson" and "via Springside", all of which point
to Rossvale as we know it today. |
Rossvale, in the Fassifern
district |
Rosevale |
-27.8656, 152.4891 | The original name of Rossvale
was corrupted into Rosevale [source].
There is another Rossvale
which is west of Toowoomba. |
Runcorn Heights, Brisbane |
Runcorn |
-27.6046, 153.0693 | A locality now absorbed by
the suburb of similar name [source].
The
name
persists in school names. |
Running Creek, near Nambour |
Burnside |
-26.6317, 152.9344 |
Renamed in 1918. [source] |
Rylatt Estate, Brisbane |
Rylatt
Street, Indooroopilly |
-27.49948, 152.96939 |
A real estate subdivision in 1890 centred on Rylatt Street, Indooroopilly.[estate map][advertising] |
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Salisbury |
Port
Douglas |
-16.4840, 145.4661 | Originally Island Point, then Salisbury, then in 1877 Port Douglas [source][source] |
Sally Owens Plains |
Marburg |
-27.5660, 152.5953 |
Marburg was known by a
succession of names over the years: First Plain, Sally
Owens’ Plains, Rosewood Scrub, Frederick, Marburg, Townshend
and then Marburg (again). [Ipswich
City Council][source] |
Sandgate North, near Brisbane |
Brighton |
-27.2875, 153.0632 |
This
1939 land sale map (large download) for the Town of
Sandgate North is selling land in the vicinity of 23rd
through to 25th Avenue. [source]
This land is now within the suburb of Brighton. |
Sandhills, near Bundaberg |
Bargara |
Renamed in about 1913 [source] |
|
Sandhills, near Rockhampton |
Keppel Sands |
Renamed in 1927 [source] |
|
Sandy Gully, near Toogoolawah |
Biarra |
-27.12708, 152.33162 |
[1944
map] |
Sara Vale |
Wonglepong |
-27.9672, 153.1604 | Originally called Lower Canungra, then Sara Vale, then Wangalpong, which corrupted into Wonglepong as it is known today [source] |
Sea Spray
Estate, Woody Point |
Woody Point |
Comparison of old estate map
(undated) with current map. [source]
The map is undated but there is a reference to Anzac Avenue
which puts it after 1923 and there is a newspaper
advertisement for a land sale on the Seaspray Estate in
1938.[source][source] |
|
Sefton
Estate, Brisbane |
Clayfield |
Comparison of 1885 estate map
with current map. [source] |
|
Seven Mile Creek, via Ipswich |
Ebenezer /
Jeebropilly |
-27.6648, 152.6517 | Seven Mile State School (opened 1868) was
renamed Ebenezer School in 1888. [source]
Seven Mile Cemetery is now in Jeebropilly [source] |
Sherry Gully |
Cherry Gully |
Renamed before 1900 [source] |
|
Skyring Creek, near |
Federal |
-26.40028, 152.80417 | Originally named after pioneer brothers Zachariah and Daniel Skyring who established cattle runs in the district circa 1853. In 1905-6, a group of selectors from Federal, New South Wales, settled in the area and it became known as Federal.[source p13][source] The name Skyring Creek persists in the area as the name of the creek itself and Skyring Creek Road. |
Slaty Creek, north of Gympie |
Theebine | -25.9541, 152.5346 |
Originally a town called Coorindah was surveyed in 1886 and was renamed Theebine in 1895. The area also was known as Slaty Creek (the local creek) and Kilkivan Junction (because of the railway branch line to Kilkivan left the main line here) [source][source] |
Smithfield Heights, Cairns |
Smithfield |
-16.8160, 145.6859 |
The north-western part of present day
Smithfield (around the James Cook University campus) was
previously known as Smithfield Heights. See Smithfield
Heights on this 1987
map. |
Soldiers Flat, Brisbane |
Aspley |
[source][source] |
|
South Toowong
estate, Brisbane |
Taringa |
Comparison of an 1890 map
with current map [source] |
|
Sparking
Wave estate, Southport |
Southport
around Lawson and Garden Streets |
Estate was sold in 1882. [source] |
|
Springdale, near Gatton |
Adare, Lake
Clarendon, Spring Creek |
-27.4891,152.3424 |
There was a Springdale Provisional / State
School (previously called Claredon Provisional School) in
this area in the 1880s to 1909. Today the name persists in a
Springdale pastoral property (corner of Gatton Esk Road and
Miller Street) and the Gatton Springale Rural Fire
Service (641 Gatton Esk Road, Adare), so the Springdale
district appears to be on the intersection of the present
day localities of Adare, Lake Clarendon and Spring Creek. |
Springfield, south of Bundaberg |
Elliott Heads |
-24.9119, 152.4903 |
Originally known as Springfield, the town can
be seen on this 1943
map. In 1967, its renamed in 1967 to Elliott Heads,
reflecting its location at the mouth of the Elliott River.
[QPN44230]. There is also another
locality called Elliott further upstream on the Elliott
River. |
St John's Wood, Brisbane |
Ashgrove |
A locality absorbed into
Ashgrove in 1975 [source].
The 1959 electoral roll associates the suburb name with St
Johns Avenue and adjacent streets in the pocket of land
bounded on 3 sides by Enoggera Creek. There is still a local
scout troop by that name. The name West Ashgrove may be
sometimes used for the former St John's Wood. |
|
St Lucia Heights, Brisbane |
St Lucia |
Ironside Estate was subdivided for housing in 1885 [source] by William Alexander Wilson and comprised land between Carmody Road and north to the Brisbane River (in the area of the current Guyatt Park). Ironside was the maiden name of Wilson's wife. Although not located within the Ironside Estate, the nearby state school was renamed Ironside State School in 1905 (and is still known by that name today). In 1922 land around the school was developed for housing under the name St Lucia Heights Estate [source], but due to the school's name, this area that became commonly known as Ironside. A 1917 map shows the Ironside name located around the Swann Road area, while the original Ironside Estate area is shown under the name St Lucia. Wherever it precisely was located, Ironside was absorbed into the suburb of St Lucia in the 1975 Place Names Act [source: Peter Brown, St Lucia History Group]. | |
Stanley Gate, north of Esk |
Moore | -26.8945, 152.2907 | Originally known as Stanley Gate, then Mooretown and finally in 1910 Moore [source] |
Stannum |
Stanthorpe |
[source] |
|
Steley |
Howard |
-25.3180, 152.5591 |
Abel Steley (also written as Staley)
established the Beaufort Colliery in the area.[source]
George and son William Howard established the Howard
Colliery.[source] |
Stegeht (Steiglitz?) |
Woongoolba |
Claimed to have been renamed
due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1. [source]
However, I cannot find any evidence of Stegeht existing. I
think it may be referring to the renaming of the Steiglitz
post office to Woongoolba in World War 1. [source]
Note Woongoolba was not a new name; it was always the name
of the area west of Steiglitz; both appear on current maps. |
|
Stephens
Paddock Estate, Brisbane |
Highgate Hill |
-27.48651, 153.02259 |
A real estate subdivision
centred on Laura Street and bounded by Prospect Terrace to
the north, Strath Street to the east, Gloucester Street to
the south, and Bellevue Street (now Ruth Street) to the
west. See the 1890
estate map. [source] |
Stinking Gully, Brisbane Valley |
Fernvale |
-27.44270, 152.66931 |
Originally the name of a creek which gave its
name to the district. The creek was later renamed Ferny
Gully. In 1884, the railway station was called Fernvale and
the town took its name from the railway station. [source][1927
map] |
Stones Corner, Brisbane |
Greenslopes |
-27.49863, 153.04455 |
Originally known as Burnett Swamp (probably linked to the frequent flooding of Norman Creek at that point). [source] Later it became the suburb of Stones Corner, now a locality officially absorbed into the suburb of Greenslopes [source] but which retains a strong identity through the shopping precinct and hotel. |
Stoney Point, NW of Quilpie |
Windorah |
Township of Stoney Point was
created in 1878, renamed Windorah in 1884 [source] |
|
Summer Hill, south of
Hattonvale |
Summerholm |
Renamed in 1945 to avoid
confusion with Summer Hill in NSW. [source]
Also written as two words Summer Holm. |
|
Summer Hill Estate, Brisbane |
Taringa /
Indooroopilly |
-27.49197, 152.97006 |
A suburban subdivision on an 1895
map. It shows the estate as being bounded by
Goldsborough Road to the north, Hillsdon Road to the east,
Waverley Road to the south, and Taringa Parade to the west.
Most of the subdivision is within present-day Taringa except
for some properties on Taringa Parade which are within
Indooroopilly. |
Surrey Hills Estate, Brisbane |
Paddington |
-27.4573, 152.9997 |
A suburban subdivision centred on Terrace Street, Paddington. [source] It is advertised for sale in 1883. [source] See it on this 1895 map. |
Swan Hill, Brisbane |
Windsor |
-27.4398, 153.0274 |
Absorbed into the suburb of
Windsor. Swan Hill was in the vicinity of Swan Terrace
(named after James
Swan) [source] |
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Taringa Township Estate, Brisbane |
Taringa |
-27.49035, 152.98055 |
A suburban subdivision on an 1895
map. Its boundaries are a bit difficult to determine
but it appears to be roughly bounded by Stanley Terrace to
the north, Harrys Road to the east, Moggill Road and Walker
Street to the south, and Mount Coot-tha Road (now Moorak
Street) to the west. It including Frederick Street and
Lillian Street (now Marmion Parade). |
Tarranalma Estate, Brisbane |
Clayfield |
-27.4252, 153.0479 | This estate was sold in 1911
and was said to be bounded by Christian Street, Milne Street
and Sandgate Road (which might be a reference to Bonney
Avenue which was formerly Old Sandgate Road). Tarranalma
Avenue appears to have been created as part of the process
of subdividing land that previously belonged to Tarranalam
House. [source] |
Ten Mile Peg, near Ipswich |
Walloon |
-27.6060, 152.6648 | Walloon was previously known as Five Mile, Five Mile Waters, Guilfoyles Creek, Campbell’s Gully and Ten Mile Peg. [source] |
Teneriffe, Brisbane |
Newstead |
-27.4556, 153.0475 | A neighbourhood now absorbed
into the suburb of Newstead [source]
but name persists in a park, road and local businesses. It
was reinstated as a suburb in its own right in 2010. |
Termination Plains, near
Ipswich |
Prior's Pocket, Moggill |
-27.5982, 152.9021 |
[source] |
Terror's Creek, near
Caboolture |
Dayboro | -27.197, 152.823 | In 1875 it was called Hamilton after the local postmaster Hugh Hamilton. In 1892 it was called Terror's Creek after a famous Arab stallion from the district, but that became confusing with Torrens Creek and it was renamed Dayboro in 1919 after an early settler called William Henry Day [source][source][source][source][source] |
Teutoberg, near Maleny |
Witta |
-26.7180, 152.819 | Renamed in 1916 presumably
due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1. [source]
There is a Teutoberg
Avenue in the area today. |
Teviot |
Greenbank |
-27.7217, 152.9865 |
A 1930 newspaper article suggests that
Greenbank is the common name but that Teviot was used about
50 years ago (about 1880). [source]
The name Teviot still appears in the district, e.g. Teviot
Road (an old road) and in a new housing estate called Teviot
Downs. |
Teviotville |
Coulson |
Teviotville was supposedly
renamed Coulson to avoid confusion with Teviot Brook [source]
but both Teviotville
and Coulson appear as neighbouring districts on current
maps. |
|
The Pocket, Pine Rivers area |
Bald Hills |
-27.30093, 153.03193 |
The Pocket was the name for the land between
the Pine River (after the confluence of the North and South
Pine Rivers) and Bald Hills Creek. In 1920 a large diary
farm was resumed by the government to create a soldier
settlement called Wyampa for around 25 returned soldiers to
establish market gardens. [source][source]
The Pocket is visible on this 1925
map. Like many soldier settlements, the families
struggled struggled to support themselves on too small
blocks of poor quality land (lacking fresh water and having
salt marshes). [source][source][source
pp224-231] Today there are only few riverside houses with
Wyampa Road providing access to them but most of this area
is now part of the Tinchi Tamba Wetland Reserve. |
The Scrub |
Lowood |
-27.4664, 152.5781 | Originally The Scrub, then
Cornhill, then Lowood. [source] |
The Springs, Brisbane |
Tingalpa
/ Wakerley / Manly West |
-27.4833, 153.1492 |
The Springs is variously described as being
in Tingalpa [source]
and Manly West [source].
The coordinates given by the Queensland Government place it
in Wakerley [source],
but as these are all nearby places, you get the general idea
of where it was. It appears the area was also known as Green
Camp. [source]
It appears on this 1972
map as being just east of Hargreaves Road. The name
dates back to at least 1916 when The Springs Methodist
Church was opened on Manly Road. |
Thompson Estate, Brisbane |
Woolloongabba-Annerley-Greenslopes
|
-27.50127, 153.03807 | A housing estate sold in 1881 which appears to be bounded by Ipswich Road, O'Keefe Street, Juliette Street and Junction Street (or creek beyond it). [source] There may have been later land sales for this estate. The name Thompson Estate was still in use in 1913. [source] |
Thooleer |
Mossman |
-16.4611, 145.3733 | Mossman was originally known as Hartsville, then as Thooleer, and then as Mossman River. [source][source][source] |
Thorroldtown, Brisbane |
Wooloowin |
-27.4163, 153.0462 |
An old locality of Brisbane
now absorbed into Wooloowin. [source][source][map] |
Three Mile / Three Mile
Creek, near Ipswich |
Amberley |
-27.6312, 152.7218 |
Amberley was originally
settled by the Collett family at "Three Mile Creek". The
name "Three Mile" appears to refer to the area three miles
along on the Old Toowoomba Road from Ipswich. (Similarly,
the existing suburb of "One Mile" is one mile along the Old
Toowoomba Road from Ipswich). The name Three Mile persists
in the Three
Mile Bridge where the Old Toowoomba Road crosses the
Bremer River, which is the boundary of the present day
suburbs of Amberley, Leichhardt and One Mile. [source][source] |
Three Mile Scrub, Brisbane |
Newmarket |
-27.4366, 153.0071 | Newmarket was originally
known as Three Mile Scrub (the distance from Brisbane) [source] |
Thuanpine, near Quilpie |
Toompine |
-27.22077, 144.36230 | Originally named Thuanpine in
1870, renamed Toompine prior to 1936 because it sounded
better [source]
There appears to be only a pub there today [source] |
Thulimbah, Scenic Rim |
Barney View |
-28.2261, 152.778 | Renamed to avoid confusion
with another Thulimbah near
Stanthorpe. The name Barney is a reference to the location
being dominated by the view of nearby Mount Barney
(-28.2814, 152.6864). |
Tingalpa (town) between Brisbane and
Cleveland |
Chandler |
-27.51750, 153.1817 | The historic town of Tingalpa was established
in 1863 on the western side of Tingalpa Creek [source]
can be seen to the west of the creek in this 1893
map. In 1927 it was renamed the town of Capalaba, as
Capalaba was the name in common use as it avoided confusion
with the other Tingalpa on Wynnum Road.[source][source]
See the town of Capalaba on this 1927
map. More recently the town of Capalaba was within the
suburb of Capalaba West (with the suburb of Capalaba being
east of the creek), but in 2010 the suburb of Capalaba West
was absorbed in to the neighbouring suburb of Chandler.[source][source]
Nothing remains of the historic town centre of
Tingalpa/Capalaba. |
Tirroan |
Gin
Gin |
-24.9922, 151.9549 |
Tirroan Station was renamed Gin Gin Station
in about the 1850s, giving its name to the present day town
of Gin Gin. [source]
However, the town immediately west of Gin Gin is now called
Tirroan having been previously called West Albion until
1899. [source] |
Toogoolawah, Brisbane |
Bulimba |
The McConnell family settled at Tugulawa / Toogoolawah aongside the Brisbane River and built a house with that name [source][source] in the area now known as Bulimba. Later the family moved further inland and reused the Toogoolawah name for a railway station (formerly Cressbrook railway station) resulting in the current town of that name.[source] | |
Toombul, Brisbane |
Nundah |
A locality officially
absorbed into the suburb of Nundah [source]
but the name persists strongly due to a railway station and
a major shopping centre. |
|
Toowong (part of), Brisbane |
St Lucia | -27.4977, 153.0036 | Formerly known as Indooroopilly, Toowong and Toowong South, the name St Lucia was first used by William Alexander Wilson in 1882 when he purchased a sugar mill and from William Dart (on Mill Road) and renamed it The St Lucia Sugar Plantation [source: Articles of Association St Lucia Riverside Land and Investment Co Ltd, Queensland State Archives]. In 2883 Wilson and Dart offered an adjoing farm for sale as residential alllotements and named it "St Lucia Estate". The plantation was subdivided in 1885 and was also known as the St Lucia estate. Only the peninsula area was known as St Lucia; it was not until 1975 that the current suburb of St Lucia was created [source: Peter Brown, St Lucia History Group]. |
Toowong South, Brisbane |
St Lucia | -27.4977, 153.0036 | Formerly known as Indooroopilly, Toowong and Toowong South, the name St Lucia was first used by William Alexander Wilson in 1882 when he purchased a sugar mill and from William Dart (on Mill Road) and renamed it The St Lucia Sugar Plantation [source: Articles of Association St Lucia Riverside Land and Investment Co Ltd, Queensland State Archives]. In 2883 Wilson and Dart offered an adjoing farm for sale as residential alllotements and named it "St Lucia Estate". The plantation was subdivided in 1885 and was also known as the St Lucia estate. Only the peninsula area was known as St Lucia; it was not until 1975 that the current suburb of St Lucia was created [source: Peter Brown, St Lucia History Group]. |
Toowong West, Brisbane |
Toowong | -27.4857, 152.9784 | Refers to the western part of present day Toowong. Specific streets using that suburb name in the 1941-1969 electoral rolls are Bent, Camp, Dempster, Maraket, Paisley and Soudan Streets. West Toowong Bowls Club still uses the name. Also written as West Toowong. |
Torwood |
Auchenflower |
A locality now absorbed into the suburb of Auchenflower [source][source] | |
Town Beach, near Mackay |
Iluka |
The locality of Town Beach
was officially renamed Iluka in 1968 [source].
However, I can find very little evidence of the name Iluka
being in popular use (only Iluka Park by the foreshore and
Iluka Court) while Town Beach appears to be in use [source].
It appears that Town Beach is still an official name but
only for the beach itself not the area [source],
while the suburb appears to be known as East Mackay on
current maps. |
|
Town Marie, Ipswich |
Karalee,
extending west to North Tivoli |
-27.57630, 152.80275 |
Town Marie was from Junction Road to the
Bremer River and beyond the western end of South
Queensborough Parade. It was a small industrial village that
existed between 1848 and 1880. [source with a map] |
Townshend |
Marburg |
-27.565951, 152.595268 |
Marburg was known by a
succession of names over the years: First Plain, Sally
Owens’ Plains, Rosewood Scrub, Frederick, Marburg, Townshend
and then Marburg (again). [Ipswich
City Council] In 1917, Marburg was renamed Townshend,
due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1. [source]
However, it was not a popular move with the locals even at
the time [source]
and in 1920, the original name was restored [source],
creating
a storm of protest.[source] |
Townsvale |
Veresdale Gleneagle Woodhill |
-27.9083, 152.978 -27.9377, 152.9815 -27.8987, 152.9739 |
Robert Towns established a cotton plantation
called Townsvale in 1863 in the area that is now Veresdale
and Gleneagle. [source]
Because Robert Towns later left the district and established
Townsville, the similarity in names between Townsvale and
Townsville caused a lot of confusion and delays for mail
(being over 1000 km apart), leading to the gradual dropping
of the use of the name Townsvale in favour of other names. [source]
The school was originally called Townsvale when it opened in
1873, was renamed Veresdale in 1874 and then Woodhill in
1899. [source] |
Traviston |
Burrum Heads |
-25.1842, 152.6139 |
It was
originally known as Traviston after the first settler
Robert Travis. It was renamed in 1960 to be Burrum Heads,
taking its name from its location at the mouth of the
Burrum River. [QPN
5449] It can be seen as Traviston on this 1943
map. |
Tugulawa, Brisbane | Bulimba | The McConnell family settled at Tugulawa / Toogoolawah aongside the Brisbane River and built a house with that name [source][source] in the area now known as Bulimba. Later the family moved further inland and reused the Toogoolawah name for a railway station (formerly Cressbrook railway station) resulting in the current town of that name.[source] | |
Tunbridge
Wells Estate, Humpybong |
Redcliffe
in the vicinity of George Street |
-27.22966, 153.09384 |
The Tunbridge Wells estate
was sold in 1885. [source]
Most of the street names on the estate map
(apart from George Street) do not exist today. It is unclear
to me if these streets never had these names or they were
changed very soon after. |
U |
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Ugly Creek, Ipswich |
Kholo |
[source] |
|
Umbigumbi |
Surfers
Paradise |
-28.001819, 153.428641 |
Originally called Umbigumbi. In 1889, a postal receiving office was opened and called Elston (after Elston in Nottinghamshire, England which was the home town of the postmaster's wife). In 1917 there was a land sale conducted by Arthur Blackstone called the Surfers Paradise Estate, possibly named by a surveyor Thor Jensen. Although the land sale was not a success, James Cavill liked the name and successfully lobbied to change the name from Elston to Surfers Paradise in 1933. [source][source] |
Upper Don |
Bowen |
approx -20.2063,148.1267 |
Upper Don was renamed Mount Dangar by 1918. [source]
It is now within the locality of Bowen. The exact location
of this district is unclear. The mountain Mount Dangar (-20.2247, 148.1108) and the
Upper Don State School (-20.1830,148.1243) are to the west
of the Don River, while Mount Dangar Post Office and the
Mount Dangar pastoral property are to the east of the Don
River. |
Upper Inkerman, near Burdekin River |
Osborne |
-19.6947, 147.3569 | Renamed by 1918. [source] |
Upper Paddington, Brisbane |
Bardon |
Renamed in 1925 [source] |
|
V |
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W |
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Walker's Estate, Bundaberg |
Walkervale |
Renamed about 1950 [source] |
|
Wallace |
Burnett
Heads |
-24.7689, 152.4135 |
Originally surveyed as Wallace in the 1870s,
it was renamed Barolin Marine in the 1880s, and then Burnett
Heads [source][source] |
Walloon Creek, Walloon Scrub |
Haigslea |
Originally Walloon Creek,
then Kirchheim, then Haigslea [source] |
|
Wyampa |
Bald Hills | -27.30093, 153.03193 | The Pocket was the name for the land between the Pine River (after the confluence of the North and South Pine Rivers) and Bald Hills Creek. In 1920 a large diary farm was resumed by the government to create a soldier settlement called Wyampa for around 25 returned soldiers to establish market gardens. [source][source] The Pocket is visible on this 1925 map. Like many soldier settlements, the families struggled struggled to support themselves on too small blocks of poor quality land (lacking fresh water and having salt marshes). [source][source][source pp224-231] Today there are only few riverside houses with Wyampa Road providing access to them but most of this area is now part of the Tinchi Tamba Wetland Reserve. |
Wangalpong |
Wonglepong |
-27.9672, 153.1604 |
Originally called Lower
Canungra, then Sara Vale, then Wangalpong, which corrupted
into Wonglepong as it is known today [source] |
Warrill Creek |
Churchbank |
Renamed around 1880 [source].
However,
current
maps
don't
show
Churchbank,
although
they
show
roads
to
it.
The
creek
is
still
called
Warrill
Creek.
Map
location
is approximate. |
|
Waterford
Estate, Brisbane |
South Brisbane |
Comparison of early map (and
current maps. Note the early map appears have North pointing
to the bottom so rotate the map 180 degrees when comparing
with current maps. Newspaper reports suggest that Waterford
Estate was sold in 1862 suggesting the map is of that era. [source][source] |
|
Wathana Estate, Upper
Paddington, Brisbane |
near Lugg Street, Paddington |
[source] |
|
Wecker
Estate, Coorparoo, Brisbane |
Coorparoo
around Kirkdale Avenue and Hipwood Avenue |
-27.50330, 153.05322 |
The Wecker Estate was sold in
1884 [source].
The estate was named after Frederick Wecker, a German
immigrant prominent in the local community, whose former
farm was being subdivided for housing. The Wecker
estate map is somewhat difficult to relate with
current maps as almost all street names were changed in
World War 1 from the German names we see on the estate map
to other names; there was considerable public protest in
particular about the name change of Wecker Avenue to
Kirkland Avenue because of the high regard that the locals
had for Frederick Wecker. |
Welford Lagoon |
Welford Lagoon |
Although still an official
place name, it does not appear on many current maps. It has
streets mapped out but there are no sign of any buildings.
The township was reserved in about 1885. [source][source] |
|
Weller's Hill (Wellers Hill),
Brisbane |
Tarragindi |
A locality now absorbed into the suburb of Tarragindi [source][source], but the name persists through a local school and businesses. | |
Wellesley
estate, Brisbane |
Wellington Point |
Comparison of a 1889 map and
current map [source] |
|
Wendouree
Estate, Brisbane |
near Kirkdale Avenue, Coorparoo |
[source]
Note that Wecker Road is now Kirkland Avenue. |
|
West Albion |
Tirroan |
-25.0018, 151.9290 |
West Albion was renamed Tirroan in 1899. [source] However, the nearby town of Gin Gin takes its name from Gin Gin Station, which was known as Tirroan Station until the 1850s. [source] |
West Milton, Brisbane |
Taringa |
Renamed in 1875 [source] |
|
West Nundah, Brisbane |
Wavell Heights |
Renamed in 1941 [source] |
|
West Toowong |
Toowong |
-27.4857, 152.9784 |
Refers to the western part of present day
Toowong. Specific streets using that suburb name in the
1941-1969 electoral rolls are Bent, Camp, Dempster, Maraket,
Paisley and Soudan Streets. West Toowong Bowls Club still
uses the name. Also written as Toowong West. |
Western Creek, Western Gates |
Calvert |
-27.6639, 152.5160 |
Originally known as McKeown, then as Western Creek (1877-1887), then as Alfred (1887-1931), finally renamed Calvert in 1931 [source][source][source] |
Whinstanes, Brisbane |
Eagle
Farm |
A locality now absorbed into
the suburb of Eagle Farm. [source]
|
|
White's Hill, Brisbane |
Camp
Hill / Carina Heights |
A locality now absorbed into the sububs of Camp Hill and Carina Heights [source] | |
Whittington |
Isisford |
The town was variously called Whittown and Wittown (and perhaps Whittington) after the brothers James and William Whitman who settled there. The town was officially renamed in 1897 but Isisford had been used informally prior to that. [source][source][source] | |
Whittown |
Isisford | The town was variously called Whittown and Wittown (and perhaps Whittington) after the brothers James and William Whitman who settled there. The town was officially renamed in 1897 but Isisford had been used informally prior to that. [source][source][source] | |
Wilston Estate, Brisbane | Wilston in the vicinity of Lamond Road | -27.43338, 153.01749 | The Wilston Estate was sold in 1885 [source]. On the estate map, Wilston Road is now Lamond Road and Cross Street is now MacGregor Street. |
Windsor
Castle Estate, Brisbane |
Holland Park West |
[source] |
|
Witton
Railway Station estate, Brisbane |
Fig Tree Pocket |
Comparison of an 1880s map
with current maps [source].
Despite the name of the estate, the railway line west of
Indooroopilly was never buit and so there was no Witton
Railway Station. |
|
Witton
Township, Brisbane |
Indooroopilly |
The Witton township was
absorbed into the suburb of Indooroopilly. [source] |
|
Wittown / Whittown |
Isisford | The town was variously called Whittown and Wittown (and perhaps Whittington) after the brothers James and William Whitman who settled there. The town was officially renamed in 1897 but Isisford had been used informally prior to that. [source][source][source] | |
Woogaroo, near Brisbane |
Goodna |
Renamed when the Woogaroo
Asylum was built [source] |
|
Woolloongabba
Estate, Brisbane |
Woolloongabba,
near Balaclava and Juergen Streets |
-27.49009, 153.03701 |
The Woolloongabba Estate was
sold in 1881 [source].
See the estate
map. |
Wyllie, Shire of Pine Rivers |
Lawnton,
Moreton Bay Region |
-27.27924, 152.9963 |
Wyllie was to the east of Gympie Road through
to the North Pine River. On 11 September 1989 the Queensland
Government decided to extend the boundaries of Lawnton (then
to the west of Gympie Road) to include all of Wyllie. [QSA
- includes a map] Since then, the Shire of Pine Rivers has
been amalgamated into Moreton Bay Region. Wyllie was named
after |
Wyvernleigh, Moreton Bay |
Manly,
Brisbane |
-27.457747, 153.184662 |
The name Manly (believed to be copied from
Manly in Sydney) came about in 1882 when land was
subdivided.[source][source].
The homestead Wyvernleigh was also called Tingalpa House.[source]
See the 1882
estate map. |
X |
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Y |
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Yahoo Creek |
Gheerulla |
The area had series of name
changes. Yahoo Creek (about 1890), Kenilworth (about
1900), Gheerulla (about 1910), Kenilworth Lower (about
1921), then Gheerulla (again, 1928) [source] |
|
Yamahnto Station |
Yamanto |
[source] |
|
Yarraman Creek |
Yarraman |
[source]
Yarraman Creek still runs runs through the town of Yarraman |
|
Yeulba |
Yuleba |
Spelling of name changed in
1938 [source] |
|
Z |
|||
Zahley | Kilbirnie | Fahley claimed to be renamed
Kilbirnie due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1 [source].
However, it appears the town was originally called Zahley,
the name was Lebanese, and the renaming occurred about 1925
[source]. |
Old name |
New name
& map link |
Latitude & Longitude |
Dates,
Notes & Sources |
Capalaba |
Tingalpa |
In July 1875, the Capalaba post office was renamed Tingalpa and the Tingalpa post office was renamed Capalaba. [source] | |
Carmilla Creek |
Meribah |
Renamed in 1890. [source]
|
|
Clydesdale, Brisbane |
Hemmant |
Originally Doughboy (Doboy?)
Creek, then Clysdesdale, then in 1876 Hemmant [source] |
|
Doughboy Creek (Doboy
Creek?), Brisbane |
Hemmant |
Originally Doughboy (Doboy?) Creek, then Clysdesdale, then in 1876 Hemmant [source] | |
Emu Creek Siding, near Toowoomba |
Greenmount |
In September 1879, Emu Creek Siding PO was
renamed Greenmount, while Greenmount PO was renamed Emu
Creek. [source] |
|
Erewah |
Mount Erewah |
Renamed in 1890 from Erewah to Mount Erewah.
[source] |
|
Eungella |
Dalyrmple Heights |
Renamed in August 1931 to avoid confusion
with Eungella in New South Wales. [source]
It was suggested that the town itself might also be renamed,
but that did not occur. |
|
Freestone Creek, near Warwick |
Lower Freestone Creek |
Renamed in January 1880. [source] |
|
Gap, on Townsville-to-Charters Towers railway
line |
Kikiambra |
Renamed in January 1880. [source] | |
German Station, Brisbane |
Nundah |
Renamed in 1888 [source] | |
Gomoron |
Goombungee |
Renamed in 1890. [source] | |
Gootchie |
Gundiah |
Renamed in December 1882. [source] |
|
Greenmount, near Toowoomba |
Emu Creek |
In September 1879, Greenmount PO was renamed Emu Creek, while Emu Creek Siding PO was renamed Greenmount. [source] | |
Isis Downs |
Wittown |
Renamed in December 1876 [source]
Subsequently renamed Isisford [source] |
|
Johnstone River |
Geraldton |
Renamed in October 1883. [source].
Geraldton is subsequently renamed Innisfail. |
|
Jubilee, Brisbane |
Bardon |
Renamed as part of the
renaming of Upper Paddington to Bardon in 1926 [source][source]
There is no post office in the area today but it was most
likely in the shopping centre where Jubilee Terrace meets
McGregor Terrace. [source] |
|
Koojarawon, near Toowoomba |
Highfields |
-27.4579, 151.9479 |
The post office was originally named Highfields, but was renamed Koojarewon in December 1877 [source][source] but it reverted back to Highfields in 1907. [source][source] Map reference is to Highfields not the Post Office. |
Killarney |
South Killarney |
In 1905, the old Killarney PO was renamed South Killarney, and the old North Killarney PO was renamed Killarney. [source] | |
Landsborough Downs |
Kummera |
Relocated/renamed in December 1889. [source]
Landsborough Downs and Kummera appear to have been pastoral
stations (which no longer exist) but which appear to have
been near Donors Hill which is Stokes, Shire of Carpentaria.
[source] |
|
Mellum Creek |
Landsborough |
Renamed March 1890. [source] |
|
Mooloolah Plains |
Meridan |
Renamed in 1890. [source] |
|
Mount Esk |
Esk |
Renamed in March 1881. [source] |
|
Neereeadah,
on the Killarney Branch Railway |
Emu Vale |
-28.2289, 152.2489 | Renamed in October 1898. [source]
Coordinates are for the town generally. |
Neureum |
Kilkivan |
Renamed in February 1881. [source] |
|
North Killarney |
Killarney |
In 1905, the old Killarney PO
was renamed South Killarney, and the old North Killarney PO
was renamed Killarney. [source] |
|
Pikedale Road school house |
Mountside |
In September 1883, the post office at the
Pikedale Road school house was renamed Mountside post
office. [source][source]
Pikedale and Mountside were pastoral properties in the
area between Warwick and Stanthorpe. |
|
Richmond Downs |
Richmond |
Relocation and renaming in May 1899. [QPN
Richmond (population centre)] |
|
Rishton |
Oombabia |
-20.00306, 146.44528 | Renamed in 1888 [source].
It was a town on the eastern side of Burdekin Road near
Sellheim. The river there was shallow enough to cross.
However, flooding made the town unviable. It is within the
location of Dotswood
today. [QPN Oombabia] |
Rocklands |
Camooweal |
Relocated and renamed in April 1885. [source]
The town of Camooweal was proclaimed in August 1884 and
named in December 1884. [QPN Camooweal] |
|
Rocky Waterholes, Brisbane |
Rocklea |
Renamed in May 1885. [source] |
|
Sadlier's Waterholes, between
Mitchell Downs and Charleville |
Morven |
Established in 1876 [source] |
|
Star River, north of Charters Towers |
Argentine |
-19.4306, 146.2528 | Renamed/relocated in December 1888. [source]
The mining in the Star River Mineral Field led to the
development of the town of Argentine in 1882. The town is
now abandoned and within the locality of Dotswood. [QPN
Argentine] Coordinates are for the town of Argentine
generally. |
Steiglitz |
Woongoolba |
The post office at Steiglitz was renamed
in 1916 to Woongoolba, a neighbouring area. [source]
There doesn't appear to be a post office at either location
today. |
|
Telemon head station |
Christmas Creek |
Renamed or relocated in February 1887. [source] |
|
Tingalpa |
Capalaba |
In July 1875, the Tingalpa post office was
renamed Capalaba, and the Capalaba post office was renamed
Tingalpa. [source] |
|
Wallilah |
Gaeta |
Renamed in February 1881. [source] | |
Wivenhoe |
Fernvale |
Renamed in August 1877. [source] |
Old name
& old map link |
New Name and current map link | Latitude & Longitude |
Dates, Notes and Sources |
A |
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Albert siding,
on the South-West line, Brisbane |
Chelmer (gone) |
Albert Siding was where the
railway line crossed Wharf Street. However, as it would be
more-or-less under the southern supports of the Walter
Taylor Bridge today, it presumably disappeared prior to the
bridge's construction which also altered the route of Wharf
Street. [source] |
|
Allan, on the South-Western line, near
Warwick |
abandoned |
-28.1987, 151.9497 |
Appears on this 1944
map marked with a red dot. The station is now
abandoned. |
Archer, on the
Gladstone-Rockhampton line |
Archer |
Archer was renamed to
Mundabel in 1906 [source]
but current maps show the name as Archer still. |
|
Artesia on the Central Western Line |
A former railway station probably between Barcaldine and Longreach. The railway station building has been preserved at Barcladine's Australian Workers' Heritage Museum. [source] Can you help with the location? | ||
B |
|||
Badgen railway siding on the Cleveland line |
gone |
-27.49286, 153.22928 |
Badgen railway siding was established on the
Cleveland railway line at Badgen Road in 1916 [source]
between Birkdale railway station and Wellington Point
railway stations. The siding no longer exists but can be
seen on this 1925
map . Badgen Road still exists. |
Beauaraba Junction, on the
Toowoomba-Warwick line |
Wyreema |
-27.6541, 151.8573 | Name changed around 1915,
when Beauaraba (town) changed to Pittsworth [source] |
Belmont, on the Belmont
Tramway, Brisbane |
gone | -27.5016, 153.1122 |
Operated between 1912 and 1924 [source]. The line can be seen on this 1915 map. |
Belmont Junction, on the Belmont Tramway, Brisbane | gone | -27.47721, 153.06656 |
Operated between 1912 and 1924 [source]. The line can be seen on this 1915 map. |
Benowa railway station, on the South Coast
line |
Molendinar (gone) |
-27.9855,153.3560 |
Renamed in 1889 [source].
Molendinar railway station can be seen in this 1926
map. The line and the railway station closed in 1964.
|
Birt's Siding, on the Cleveland line | Doboy | -27.4534, 153.1135 | Originally Birt's Siding. Renamed Buruda in 1910 [source] and then later to Doboy Railway Station (now closed) [source] |
Blackbutt |
Benarkin |
Renamed in 1910 [source].
Now closed. The map link is my best guess on where the
station was. |
|
Brunswick Street, Brisbane | Fortitude Valley |
Renamed about 2008 [source]
although the proposal to rename it Fortitude Valley dates
back to at least 1935 [source] |
|
Buckingah, on the Gayndah
line |
Mount
Debateable |
-25.61681,151.51898 |
Renamed in 1913 [source].
Although the name suggests it is in the locality of Mount
Debateable, the station is in the neighbouring locality of
Dirnbir, across the Burnett River from Mount Debateable. |
Bunour on the Pinkenba line, Brisbane | gone |
-27.42833, 153.09778 | Bunour
railway station is a former railway on the boundary of
the suburbs of Eagle Farm and Pinkenba on the Pinkenba
railway line. The station opened in 1949 to provide
commuter services for workers in the surrounding industrial
area and closed in 1993. It can be seen on this 1977
map. |
Buruda, on Cleveland line |
Doboy | -27.4534, 153.1135 | Originally Birt's Siding. Renamed Buruda in 1910 [source] and then later to Doboy Railway Station (now closed) [source] |
C |
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Cabbage Tree Creek |
Boondall or North Boondall |
Cabbage Treek Creek station
was renamed Nudgee College station around 1911. [source].
It was later renamed Boondall
or North Boondall
(Boondall station is closer to the college so this seems
more likely). |
|
Caree, on the Babinda line |
Kamma |
Caree was renamed Kamma in
1922 [source]
but the station no longer appears on current maps (possibly
closed). |
|
Carina, on the Belmont
Tramway, Brisbane |
gone | -27.49659, 153.09905 |
Operated between 1912 and 1924 [source]. The line can be seen on this 1915 map. |
Cedar Creek, on the Dayboro
line |
Closeburn |
Renamed in 1931 [source].
The station is now closed. [source] |
|
Cedar Pocket South, on the Beaudesert line |
Cedar Grove
(gone) |
-27.86173, 152.99185 |
Called Cedar Pocket South on this 1888 map.
However, as that section of the railway line was not opened
until 1888, it is possible that this was just a name used
during construction. |
China-lane, on the Boyne
Valley railway |
Gladstone West |
Renamed in 1911 [source]. Cannot find this
station under either name on a current map. |
|
City View, on the Belmont
Tramway, Brisbane |
gone | -27.49301, 153.08012 |
Operated between 1912 and 1924 [source]. The line can be seen on this 1915 map. |
Cressbrook, on the Brisbane Valley line |
Toogoolawah
(gone) |
The McConnell family settled at Tugulawa /
Toogoolawah aongside the Brisbane River and built a house
with that name [source][source]
in the area now known as Bulimba. Later the family moved
further inland and reused the Toogoolawah name for a
railway station (formerly Cressbrook railway station)
resulting in the current town of that name.[source]
The line closed in 1993. |
|
D |
|||
Dingo Hill, on the Ipswich
line |
Gailes |
Renamed in 1925 [source] |
|
Doomben, Brisbane |
Doomben
(relocated) |
According to a 1948 street directory, the Doomben railway station was located on Lamington Avenue but adjacent to Nudgee Road, while the Whinstanes railway station was also located on Lamington Avenue between Silvia and Mordants Streets at the junction of the two railway lines. It seems likely that the current Doomben station on Lamington Avenue near Onslow street is a replacement for them both. | |
E |
|||
Eagle Farm Junction, in Brisbane |
Eagle
Junction |
-27.41546, 153.05050 |
Renamed in January 1888. [source] |
Emu Creek siding on the
Toowoomba-Warwick line |
Greenmount |
Renamed in about 1880 [source] | |
Etna, on Rockhampton - St
Lawrence line |
The Caves |
Renamed in 1914. [source]. | |
F |
|||
Fassifern, on Munbilla-Mt
Edwards extension |
Warumkarie |
Renamed in 1915. A new
station will take the name Fassifern. [source]
The railway line no longer appears to exist but the
footprint of the station
at Warumkarie appears to be visible im Map View. |
|
G |
|||
German Station, Brisbane |
Nundah |
Renamed in 1882 within weeks of opening [source] | |
Gibson's Siding |
Bingera |
Renamed 1897. [source] |
|
Gilmore Siding, on the
Hughenden-Cloncurry line |
Bookin |
Renamed in 1929 [source] |
|
Glass Mountains, on the North
Coast line |
Glass House Mountains |
Renamed in 1914 [source] |
|
Glencairn, on the Killarney branch railway |
gone |
-28.1927, 152.1209 |
Visible on this 1921 map. |
Gloucester Street, South
Brisbane |
closed |
Located (as the name
suggests) at Gloucester Street between Glen and Firth
Streets. Closed in 1978 [source] |
|
Goomeribong |
Goomeri |
[source] | |
H |
|||
Hapsburg, on the Isis line |
Kowbi |
Renamed in 1916 presumable
due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1. [source]
There does not appear to be a station any more, but a
footprint can be seen in Map View. |
|
Hatton, on Cattle Creek
tramway, Mackay district |
Pehon |
Renamed in 1906 [source]
but no sign of it on current maps. Can you help with the location? |
|
Hermitage, on the Killarney branch railway |
The Hermitage (gone) |
-28.2051, 152.1013 |
Visible on this 1921 map. |
I |
|||
J |
|||
Jardine, on North Coast line |
Milman |
Renamed in 1916 [source] |
|
Juandan, terminus of the
Juandan-Miles branch |
Wandoan |
Renamed in 1927 to avoid
confusion with Jundah.
[source] |
|
K |
|||
Kannangur, on the Brisbane Valley line |
Yimbun (gone) |
-27.02912, 152.36651 | Was called Moorabool 1904-06, then Kannangur 1906-14 changed to Yimbun 7 August 1914. [source] The line closed in 1993. |
Kilkivan Junction | Theebine | -25.9468, 152.5447 |
Renamed at some time prior to
1910 [source].
The town itself was renamed Theebine in 1895 [source]. |
L |
|||
Leslie, on the South Western line, near
Warwick |
abandoned |
-28.1755, 151.9220 |
Appears on this 1944 map marked with a red dot. The station is now abandoned. |
Lilybank, on the Beaudesert
Shire Tramway |
Christmas Creek |
The tramway station Christmas
Creek was briefly called Lilybank before it returned in 1911
to the name Christmas Creek.[source]
The Beaudesert Shire
Tramway no longer exists. |
|
Lowmead, Brisbane on the Pinkenba line |
Eagle Farm (original station) |
In 1896-1897, the railway commissioner
announced that the railway station at Eagle Farm on the new
Pinkenba railway line would be called Lowmead. This upset
the local people who thought Eagle Farm was the obvious name
for the station, and, after a number of protests and
refusals, eventually the commissioner gave in to the locals
and it was called Eagle Farm. [source][source]
It is unclear if or how long the station was called Lowmead,
but if you are looking for a Lowmead railway station in the
Brisbane area, this will be it! Note there was a second
Eagle Farm railway station built later on that line at a
different location (see the Eagle Farm entry). Note there
was another unrelated Lowmead railway station on the North
Coast railway line at the town of Lowmead between Bundaberg
and Gladstone (see the entry below). |
|
Lowmead, on the North Coast line between
Bundaberg and Gladstone |
Lowmead (closed) |
-24.52943,151.75202 |
It is not clear exactly when this railway
station was operational (it is closed now) but its location
just west of the town of Lowmead is shown on numerous maps
ranging from this 1922
map through to this 1973
map. |
Lutwyche, Brisbane |
Wooloowin
railway station |
-27.4206, 153.0432 |
Renamed in 1889 as it was that close to
Lutwyche. [source] |
M |
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Mahoney's Gate, on
Toowoomba-Oakey line |
Wetalla (gone) |
First called Mahoney's Gate, then Meringandan (not to be confused with a later Meringandan), then Wetalla (all prior to 1886) [source]. There is no such station today, but it may have been around the Willims Road intersection as shown on the map link. [source] Can you help with the location? | |
Mayfield Road, on the Belmont
Tramway, Brisbane |
gone | -27.49542, 153.08944 |
Operated between 1912 and 1924 [source]. The line can be seen on this 1915 map. |
Melbourne Street, Brisbane |
South
Brisbane |
-27.47635, 153.01865 |
Melbourne Street station was
on the corner of Melbourne and Grey Streets, South Brisbane.
In 1891, it was relocated to be on higher ground (given the
flooding of the Brisbane River) and renamed South Brisbane.
[source] |
Meringandan, on
Toowoomba-Oakey line |
Wetalla (gone) | First called Mahoney's Gate, then Meringandan (not to be confused with a later Meringandan), then Wetalla (all prior to 1886) [source]. There is no such station today, but it may have been around the Willims Road intersection as shown on the map link. [source] Can you help with the location? | |
Molendinar, on the South Coast line |
(gone) | -27.9855,153.3560 | Originally named Benowa, but renamed in 1889 [source]. Molendinar railway station can be seen in this 1926 map. The line and the railway station closed in 1964. |
Moorabool, on the Brisbane Valley line |
Yimbun (gone) |
-27.02912, 152.36651 | Was called Moorabool 1904-06, then Kannangur 1906-14 changed to Yimbun 7 August 1914. [source] The line closed in 1993. |
Mount Bruce station, on
Belmont Tramway, Brisbane |
gone | -27.48518, 153.07755 |
Operated between 1912 and 1924 [source]. The line can be seen on this 1915 map. |
Mundabel, between Gladstone
and Rockhampton |
Archer |
Archer was renamed to Mundabel in 1906 [source] but current maps show the name as Archer still. | |
N |
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Ninderry, North Coast railway line |
Bridges |
A railway siding named Ninderry in 1911,
renamed Bridges in 1918. Between Yandina and North Arm
railway stations. [source] |
|
North Pine |
Petrie |
Renamed about 1911 [source] |
|
Nudgee College |
Boondall or North Boondall |
Cabbage Treek Creek station was renamed Nudgee College station around 1911. [source]. It was later renamed Boondall or North Boondall (Boondall station is clsoer to the college so this seems more likely). | |
O |
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Oba, on the Ingham-Townsville
line |
Berdaje |
Renamed to avoid confusion
with Obi (could be Obi
Obi?) [source] |
|
Oxley Point (Oxley's Point) on the
Brisbane-Ipswich railway line |
Chelmer |
-27.5108, 152.9728 |
The original station opened north of its
current location in 1876 as Oxley's Point. In 1888, the
station was renamed Riverton. In 1889 it became Chelmer. [source] |
Oxley West |
Sherwood |
Renamed on or before 1883. [source] |
|
P |
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Palpanaco (on Rockhampton -
St Lawrence line) |
Etna
Creek |
-23.20723, 150.47632 |
Renamed in 1914. [source].
The station is now closed. [source]
The map links shows what I think the most likely location (a
station footprint visible in Map View). |
Pemberton on the Woongarra
Branch line |
gone |
This sugar-farming district
is still an official place name but has disappeared from
most current maps being apparently absorbed into Windermere.
It used to be the end of the Woongarra Branch Railway Line
until 1948. [source][source]
The map reference is approximate. Can
you
help
with the exact location? |
|
Q |
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R |
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Ransome siding, City of Brisbane |
Ransome
(gone) |
-27.479033, 153.188395 |
A railway siding on the Cleveland railway line between Lota Creek and Tingalpa Creek that existed from 1912 to 1931. It can be seen on a 1925 map. It was named after M.C.H. Ransome, a firewood supplier. It is the origin of the name of the suburb of Ransome. [Queensland Place Names] |
Rifle Range, on Enoggera line |
Gaythorne |
Renamed in 1923 [source] |
|
Riverton on the Brisbane-Ipswich line |
Chelmer | -27.5108, 152.9728 | The original station opened north of its current location in 1876 as Oxley's Point. In 1888, the station was renamed Riverton. In 1889 it became Chelmer. [source] |
Roessler (between Thulimbah
and Stanthorpe) |
Applethorpe |
Originally named Roessler in 1910 [source]. Renamed in 1916 presumably due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1. [source] | |
Rosalie (on Oakey-Cooyar
line) |
Rosalie Plains |
Renamed in 1913 [source]
but there no longer appears to be a station there today. |
|
Running Creek |
Glenapp |
-28.2844, 152.9058 |
Renamed in 1911. [source]
Glenapp is now a closed station. The station building was
relocated to the Rathdowney Museum. The signal box is still
in situ and maintained as a museum. |
S |
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Sandgate, Brisbane |
Shorncliffe |
-27.32740, 153.08040 | Appears as Sandgate in a 1931
street directory. It was proposed to be renamed Shorncliffe
in 1932 [source]
but still appears in a 1938 street directory as Sandgate.
However, it appears as Shorncliffe in a 1948 street
directory as it is today. |
Sandgate Central, Brisbane |
Sandgate |
-27.32208, 153.06920 | Appears as Sandgate Central
in a 1931 street directory. It was proposed to be renamed
Sandgate in 1932 [source]
but still appears in 1938 and 1948 street directories as
Sandgate Central. However, a 1956 street directory shows it
as Sandgate as it is today. |
Seven Hills, on the Belmont
Tramway, Brisbane |
gone |
-27.48170, 153.07360 |
Operated between 1912 and
1924 [source].
The line can be seen on this 1915
map. |
Sideling Creek, on the North Coast line |
Narangba |
-27.2023, 152.9599 |
The renaming occurred before 1890.[source][source]
The name Sideling Creek continues to be used for the creek
and the Sideling
Creek Dam which impounds the creek creating Lake
Kurwongbah. |
Southport Junction, on the
South Coast line |
Ernest Junction |
Renamed in 1890 [source].
The
South
Coast
line
was
closed
in
the
1964s.
It
was
"reopened"
as
the
Gold
Coast
line
from
1996
(and
not
completed as at 2011) but does not follow the same route, so
it is not clear where exactly the station was (map link is
only approximate). |
|
Springfield, on the Belmont
Tramway, Brisbane |
gone |
-27.50045, 153.10585 |
Operated between 1912 and
1924 [source].
The line can be seen on a this 1915
map. Not to be confused with the soon-to-be-built
Springfield station on the Springfield line [source] |
St Helen's (between Dinmore
and Bundamba), near Ipswich |
Ebbw Vale |
|
Renamed in 1910 [source] |
Swan Creek, on the Killarney branch railway |
gone |
-28.1937, 152.1354 |
Visible on this 1921
map. |
T |
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Taabinga, on the
Kingaroy-Tarong line |
Taabinga Village |
Renamed in 1916. [source]
There does not appear to be a railway station there today. |
|
Terror's Creek |
Dayboro |
-27.19634, 152.82521 | Renamed in 1917 to avoid
confusion with Torrens
Creek. [source]
There no longer appears to be a railway station at Dayboro,
but there appears to signs of a land corridor along the line
of the present Railway Street. Coordinates are approximate. |
Tralee, on the Northern line |
Barabon |
Renamed in 1918 [source] |
|
U |
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V |
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Vulture Street, Brisbane | South Bank | Vulture Street railway station was renamed South Bank in about 2001. [source] | |
W |
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West Milton, Brisbane |
Taringa |
-27.49294, 152.98205 | West Milton railway station was renamed Taringa in 1875 [source] |
Western Creek, on the
Southern & Western line |
Calvert |
-27.6639, 152.5160 |
Western Creek railway station
was renamed Calvert in 1886 [source].
However the school was called Alfred. [source] |
Wetalla, on Toowoomba-Oakey
line |
gone | -27.50121, 151.92474 | First called Mahoney's Gate
Railway Station, then Meringandan (not to be confused with a
later Meringandan), then Wetalla (all prior to 1886) [source].
There is no such station today, but it may have been around
the Willims Road intersection as shown on the map link. [source] Map references
are approximate. |
Whinstanes, on the Doomben
line, Brisbane |
gone |
-27.43167, 153.07753 | According to a 1948 street
directory, Whinstanes railway station was located on
Lamington Avenue between Silvia and Mordants Streets at the
junction of the two railway lines, while Doomben railway
station was located also on Lamington Avenue but adjacent to
Nudgee Road. It seems likely that the current Doomben
station on Lamington Avenue near Onslow street is a
replacement for them both. |
Witton, Brisbane |
Indooroopilly |
-27.50311, 152.97597 | The name on the original
plans was Witton and there are newspaper references to
Witton Railway Station around 1875-1879, for example [source].
However, newspaper references to the Indooroopilly Railway
Station can also be found in the same period, e.g. [source],
so it is unclear what the official name was but clearly both
names were in popular use. |
Wolston, on the Brisbane-Ipswich line |
Wacol |
-27.58888, 152.92445 |
The Wolston railway station was often
confused with the Wilston railway station on the Enoggera
line in Brisbane, so in July 1927 Wolston was renamed Wacol,
which was a name coined for "a place for the weighing of
coal" as coal handling was an important part of that
station's work. [source] |
Wynnum South, Brisbane |
Wynnum Central |
-27.44583, 153.17063 |
Renamed in 1931 [source] |
X |
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Y |
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Yangan, on the Killarney branch railway |
Visible on this 1921 map. | ||
Yankolgy, on North Coast line | Flaggy Rock | -21.9655, 149.4455 |
Renamed in 1921 [source] |
Yarronvale, on the
Wallal-Tobermorey line |
Cooladdi |
-26.64169, 145.46359 | Renamed in 1914 [source] |
Yimbun, on the Brisbane Valley line |
gone |
-27.02912, 152.36651 | Was called Moorabool 1904-06, then Kannangur 1906-14 changed to Yimbun 7 August 1914. [source] The line closed in 1993. |
Yura, on the Kilkivan line | Manyung (gone) |
-26.205001, 152.026944 | Renamed in 1910 [source].
The town of Manyung appears on current maps but there does
not appear to be a railway station any more. Map references
are approximate. |
Z |
Old name | New Name & website | Address & map link |
Latitude, Longitude |
Dates, Notes and Sources |
A |
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Acland State School |
closed |
Allen Street,
Acland |
-27.3053, 151.6919 |
Acland State School was opened in 1921 and closed on 31 December 2004. However, there is another Acland State School. Lagoon Creek Provisional School was established in July 1885, and became Lagoon Creek State School on 1 January 1909. The name of the school was changed to Acland State School in 1915, but the Education Office Gazette records a change in name from Acland back to Lagoon Creek in 1920; this school closes on 31 August 1930. Lagoon Creek is just north of Acland, so the two schools were probably not far apart. See the Lagoon Creek State School entry for more on this other school. [source] |
Allan State School |
closed |
280 Sandy
Creek Road, Allan |
-28.1866, 151.9526 |
Opened as Sandy Creek Provisional School on
13 May 1872. It became Allan State School in 1929. Closed
about December 1967.[source]
The buildings still exist and are listed on the Queensland
Heritage Register. It is marked on this 1944
map (with an "S"). |
Amberley State School |
Amberley District State School | -27.65716, 152.74906 | Warrill Creek State School opened on 2 June 1862. In 1902 it became Amberley State School. From 1942 to 1947 it was closed for the use of the RAAF. In January 2010 it was relocated to a new site and called Amberley District State School. [source] Map locations are for the current site. | |
B |
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Back Plains School |
Minden State School |
Originally Back Plains, then
Minden, then Frenchton, then Minden (again) in 1930. [source] |
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Baree State School |
Calliungal
North State School (closed) |
3-5 Calliungal Road, Baree |
-23.61300, 150.39134 |
Officially Calliungal North State School, but
often called Baree State School because of its location.
Also written as North Calliungal State School. |
Boggo School |
Yeronga State
School |
-27.5205, 153.0198 |
Opened as 1871 as Boggo School, renamed in
1886 as Yeronga State School. [source][QHR] |
|
Bony Mountain State School |
closed |
approx 20
Bony Mountain Road, Bony Mountain |
-28.1328, 151.8342 |
Under the Education Act 1875 Bony Mountain State School opened as a Provisional School on 18 February 1902. The average attendance for the year was 17 pupils. The first head teacher was Mary Augusta Connor who served at the school from 18 February 1902 until 8 July 1904. Bony Mountain Provisional School became a State School from 1 January 1909. The school closed on 30 March 1972. [source] It is marked on this 1944 map (with an "S"). |
Brisbane Girls High School,
Brisbane High School for Girls |
Somerville
House |
-27.4832, 153.0246 |
The old names are still
valid, but the name Somerville House (after Mary Somerville)
was introduced in 1920 and is now the common name. [source] |
|
Brooklands State School, via Beaudesert |
closed |
approx 637
Brookland Road, Allenview |
27.8738, 152.9324 |
Brooklands State School opened on 3 October
1910 and closed on 1965. Address and coordinates are
approximated from these maps. [1955
map][1927
map][1954
map] The name presumably derives from the nearby
Brooklands pastoral property. |
Brookleigh Provisional School |
Anderleigh State School (gone) |
-26.0205, 152.6851 |
Brookleigh Provisional
School opened in 1895. In 1899 it was renamed Anderleigh
Provisional School. It became Anderleigh State School in
1909 and closed in 1960. [source]
Map location is for Anderleigh locality; exact location of
the school is not known to me. |
|
Butlerville State School |
(gone) |
The Narrows
Road, Mount Larcom |
-23.7525, 151.0324 |
Butlerville State School opened on 18 February 1918 but closed circa 1919.[QSA] In 1922 it reopened in 1922 and closed permanently in 1927. [QFHS SPP] The school was located on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site on the western side of The Narrows Road.[Trove][map] |
C |
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Caningera / Caningera Creeek |
Wonglepong (gone) |
-27.9672, 153.1604 |
Variously known as Caningera,
Caningera Creek, Canungra Creek, Canungera
Lower, Wanglepong, Wonglepong between 1844 and 1935. [source]
Map reference is approximate. |
|
Clayfield College (boy's
school) |
Brisbane Boys' College |
Renamed in 1919. [source]
A girls' school, Clayfield
College, was established on the Clayfield site after
Brisbane Boys College moved to Toowong in 1930. |
||
Canungera Lower |
Wonglepong (gone) | -27.9672, 153.1604 |
Variously known as Caningera, Caningera Creek, Canungra Creek, Canungera Lower, Wanglepong, Wonglepong between 1844 and 1935. [source] Map reference is approximate. | |
Cangunra Creek |
Wonglepong (gone) | -27.9672, 153.1604 | Variously known as Caningera, Caningera Creek, Canungra Creek, Canungera Lower, Wanglepong, Wonglepong between 1844 and 1935. [source] Map reference is approximate. | |
Chermside |
gone |
Opened in 1900 as Downfall Creek, renamed in 1903 to be Chermside, closed in 1996. [source][source] | ||
Clayfield State School |
Eagle
Junction |
Renamed in 1901 [source] |
||
Cobb's Camp School |
Woombye |
Cobb's Camp School was
replaced by Woombye State School in 1894 [source] |
||
D |
||||
Darkey Flat State School |
Heritage Park |
NW corner of
MacAlister and Bugden Streets, Pattern |
-28.0897, 151.7861 |
Darkey Flat State School opened 31 January
1876, in 1900 became Pratten State School which closed 24
January 1965. [QSA]
Appears on this 1944
map marked with an "S". It is now Heritage Park. [newspaper] |
Downfall Creek School,
Brisbane |
Chermside (gone) |
Opened in 1900 as Downfall
Creek, renamed in 1903 to be Chermside, closed in 1996. [source][source] |
||
Dunellan School, Brisbane |
Greenslopes
State School |
Opened in 1890 as Mt Pleasant
Provisional School, but was quickly renamed Dunellan
Provisional School (the name is already in use in 1890 [source]),
then in 1923 renamed Greenslopes State School. [source] |
||
E |
||||
East End State School |
East End (gone) | Willmott State School opened on 26 April 1915. It was renamed East End State School in 1936 and closed in 1963. Map link is just to local area; can anyone help with the exact location of the school? [source] | ||
Emu Vale State School |
Emu Vale (gone) |
-28.224478, 152.245324 |
Opened 2 February 1876 as Emu Vale
Provisional School. Closed on 31 December 2003. The school
was located on the triangle of land bounded by Yangan
Killarney Road, Swift Road and Emu Creek.[source] |
|
F |
||||
Fountainebleau State School |
Branch Creek (gone) |
-25.4182, 151.4163 | It was on a 3-acre (1.2 ha) site on the north-eastern side of Binjour Branch Creek Road. [1938 map][Wikipedia] | |
Frenchton School |
Minden |
Originally Back Plains, then Minden, then Frenchton, then Minden (again) in 1930. [source][source] | ||
G |
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German Station, Brisbane |
Nundah |
Renamed in 1896 [source] | ||
Gleneden State School |
Binjour (gone) |
-25.5588, 151.4612 |
Gleneden State School operated from 1913 to 1953. It was on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site at 1028 Humphery Binjour Road. [1950 map] |
|
Grassdale State School,
Brisbane |
Gumdale
State School |
Opened in 1935 as Grassdale
State School but renamed in 1941-2 as part of a move avoid
confusion with Grassdale in South Australia [source] |
||
H |
||||
Harrami State School |
closed |
1546 Harrami
Road, Harrami |
-24.76217, 150.63972 |
The school opened in 1941 and closed in 1966.
[QSA]
Location provided by former teacher at the school, confirmed
by this 1949
map showing the school reserve. |
Hendra High School |
Aviation
High |
-27.41432, 153.06350 |
Hendra High (opened in 1963)
became Hendra Secondary College in 1990 and became Aviation
High in January 2007 [source] |
|
Hendra Secondary College |
Aviation
High |
-27.41432, 153.06350 |
Hendra High (opened in 1963) became Hendra Secondary College in 1990 and became Aviation High in January 2007 [source] | |
Hessenberg State School |
Ingoldsby (gone) |
Renamed in 1916, presumably
due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1 [source]
The school closed in 1974. [source]
Map link is approximate. |
||
Home Creek State School |
closed |
Chinchilla
Wondai Road, Cushnie |
-26.3667, 151.7689 |
Home Creek Provisional School opened on 29 January 1906. It became a State School on 1 January 1909. Home Creek State School closed on 6 February 1949. [QSA] The school was located on the south-western corner of the intersection of Chinchilla Wondai Road and Denmark/Harms Road and can be seen on this 1943 map (shown as an "S"). |
I |
||||
Inala State High School |
Glenala
State High School |
-27.58605, 152.97932 |
Originally Inala State High School, later merged with Richlands State High School to create Glenala State High School which operated from the site of the Inala State High School. [source] The site of Richlands State High School was then used as a TAFE College until 2004. After which, it appears the school buildings were demolished and the land sold for housing, creating the streets Thanbarran Place, Inala and Kulgun Circuit, Inala [source] | |
Indooroopilly State School |
Ironside
State School |
-27.50112, 152.99624 |
Opened in 1870 as Toowong
School, then about 1880 renamed Indooroopilly (when another
Toowong School was opened), then about 1889 renamed
Indooroopilly Pocket (when the other Indooroopilly
School opened), then some time around 1905 (due to ongoing
confusion with the other Indooroopilly school) renamed
Ironside [source][source][source].
Note that in 1889 another Indooroopilly State School was
created that still exists today. [source] |
|
Ithaca State School |
Ithaca
Creek State School |
-27.45139, 152.99149 |
It appears it was always
called Ithaca Creek State School, but that it was often just
called Ithaca State School. I have not found any evidence
that there were two different schools. |
|
Indooroopilly Pocket State
School |
Ironside |
Opened in 1870 as Toowong School, then (when?) renamed Indooroopilly, then about 1889 renamed Indooroopilly Pocket (when the other Indooroopilly School opened), then (when?) renamed Ironside [source][source][source]. | ||
J |
||||
K |
||||
Kilbirnie |
Kilbirnie (closed) | Originally Mt Darry, then Zahley in 1921, then Kilbirnie in 1928, closed 1961 [source][source] Map location is approximate. | ||
Kirchheim State School |
Haigslea State School |
760-766
Thagoona Haigslea Rd, Haigslea |
-27.5719, 152.6287 | Originally opened as Walloon Scrub State School, it was renamed Kirchheim State School in September 1884. [source] It was renamed Haigslea in 1916, presumably due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1. [source] |
L |
||||
Lagoon Creek Provisional/State School |
Acland State School (closed) |
Lagoon
Creek Provisional School was established in July
1885, and became Lagoon Creek State School on 1 January
1909. The name of the school was changed to Acland State
School in 1915, but the Education Office Gazette records a
change in name from Acland back to Lagoon Creek in 1920,
probably because another Acland State School was opened in
1921 but the Lagoon Creek State School continued until
closure on 31 August 1930. The 1921 Ackand State School
closed 31 December 2004. [source] |
||
Lord John Swamp School, near
Warwick |
Wildash State School (closed) |
Renamed Wildash in 1924 but
closed in 1938 [source].
Map location is approximate, but presumably the school was
somewhere on Wildash School Road. |
||
Louisavale Provisional School, via Linville |
Monsildale State School (closed) |
-26.762, 152.367 |
Louisavale Provisional School opened on 11
November 1915. It closed on closed on 1 Feb 1934 due to low
student numbers, but reopened on 25 July 1934. It closed
permanently on 9 September 1940. [QSA]
I have been unable to find this school marked on
historic maps. But Louisavale is a rural property on
Louisavale Road. Most likely this school was for the
children of families living and working on the property.
Coords are for Louisavale pastoral property and therefore
not very accurate. |
|
Lyndhurst State School, Warwick |
Warwick (closed) | -28.2144, 151.9963 | Lyndhurst State School opened on January
1913, but was quickly renamed Mount Gordon State School. It
closed on 4 April 1985.[source]
The school was located on the corner of Wood Street and
Parker Street.[1994
map] |
|
M |
||||
Maria Creek State School |
El
Arish State School |
28 Chauvel Street, El Arish |
-17.8078, 146.0028 |
The Maria Creek State
School opened in 1922 and was renamed El Arish State School
in 1925. [source] |
Minden State School |
Frenchton, Minden |
Renamed in 1916, presumably
due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1 [source]
but is now Minden State School again. |
||
Mount Darry Provisional
School |
Kilbirnie (gone) |
Originally Mt Darry, then
Zahley in 1921, then Kilbirnie in 1928, closed 1961 [source][source]
Map location is approximate. |
||
Mount Gordon State School, Warwick |
Warwick (gone) |
-28.2144, 151.9963 |
Lyndhurst State School opened on January
1913, but was quickly renamed Mount Gordon State School. It
closed on 4 April 1985.[source]
The school was located on the corner of Wood Street and
Parker Street.[source] |
|
Mount Pleasant Provisional
School |
Greenslopes
State School |
Opened in 1890 as Mt Pleasant Provisional School, but was quickly renamed Dunellan Provisional School (the name is already in use in 1890 [source]), then in 1923 renamed Greenslopes State School. [source] | ||
N |
||||
Nerang Upper Provisional School |
Gilston
State School |
-28.03949, 153.31161 |
Nerang Upper Provisional School opened on 1
June 1881. In 1903 it became Gilston Provisional School and
in 1908 Gilston State School. [source] |
|
Newmarket State High School |
(gone) |
-27.43180, 153.00201 |
Opened 29 January 1963, closed 13 December
1996. It was located on Banks Street, Newmarket, immediately
to the west of the existing Newmarket State School. It is
now a housing estate with new streets such as Laurence
Street, Daniel Place and Nelson Place. [source][source][source] |
|
O |
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P |
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Pratten State School |
Hermitage Park |
NW corner of MacAlister and Bugden Streets, Pattern | -28.0897, 151.7861 | Darkey Flat State School opened 31 January 1876, in 1900 became Pratten State School which closed 24 January 1965. [QSA] Appears on this 1944 map marked with an "S". It is now Heritage Park. [newspaper] |
Q |
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R |
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Richlands State High School |
Glenala
State High School TAFE College Thanbarran Place, Inala Kulgun Circuit, Inala |
-27.59915, 152.96643 |
Richlands State High School
operated from 27 January 1970 to 13 December 1996,
when it was merged with Inala State High School to form
Glenala State High School, which operates from the site of
the former Inala State High School. [source]
The site of Richlands State High School was then used as a
TAFE College until 2004. After which, it appears the school
buildings were demolished and the land sold for housing,
creating the streets Thanbarran Place and Kulgun Circuit. [source] |
|
Rossmore State School |
Rossmore Road, Kilkivan (gone) |
-26.1182, 152.2894 |
Originally opened as Fairfield State School
circa 1915, renamed Rossmore State School 1916, closed circa
1943. [source][map]
As at 2020 the site appears to be a caravan park. |
|
S |
||||
Sandy Creek State School,
near Warwick |
Allan (gone) |
-28.1866, 151.9526 | Opened about 1872 as Sandy
Creek Provisional Schol, later renamed Allan State School,
closed in 1967 [source][source] |
|
Sandy Gully State School, via Toogoolawah |
Biarra, Somerset Region (gone) |
-27.1238, 152.3303 |
Opened in 1925. Closed 1959. [1944
map] |
|
Seven Mile Creek School, near
Ipswich |
Ebenezer |
Seven Mile Creek School was
renamed Ebenezer School in 1888. The school was closed in
1957 [source].
Map location is approximate. |
||
Southport High School |
The Southport School |
Renamed in 1913 [source][source] |
||
St Benedict's School, East
Brisbane |
East Brisbane (gone) |
-27.4840, 153.0459 |
Catholic school operated by
the Sisters of the
Good Samaritan located behind St Benedict's church at
81 Mowbray Terrace, East Brisbane. Opened in 1928 [source],
believed to have closed in the 1970s following a fire. |
|
Swan Creek Lower State School, near Warwick | Swan Creek Lower State School opened 1877. It
closed in 1886. [QSA]
It has been suggested that this school became Swan Creek
State School. |
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Swan Creek State School, near Warwick |
gone |
106 Swan
Creek School Road, Swan Creek |
-28.1970, 152.1379 |
Swan Creek State School opened 1877. It
closed on 12 December 1997. [QSA]
It has been suggeste that this school was originally Swan
Creek Lower State School |
T |
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Toowong State School (circa
1870-circa 1880) |
Ironside State School, St
Lucia |
Opened in 1870 as Toowong
School, then (when?) renamed Indooroopilly, then about 1889
renamed Indooroopilly Pocket (when the other
Indooroopilly School opened), then (when?) renamed Ironside
[source][source][source] |
||
Toowong State School (1880 - circa 1909) |
68 Brisbane
Street, Toowong |
-27.48866, 152.99348 | In 1880, a Toowong School was opened in Alston Street, Toowong. An unnamed school appears on an 1895 map just off Alston Street on the corner of Brisbane Street and Glenny Street, but it is presumably the same school. It is moved around 1909 to its present location in St Osyth Street, Toowong. [source] | |
Toowong State High School |
Queensland
Academy for Science, Mathematics and Technology |
78 Bywong
Street, Toowong |
-27.4870, 152.9794 |
Toowong State High School
closed and the academy opened on the same site in 2007. It
is a different school so not actually a renaming. [source] |
Townsvale National School |
Woodhill
State School |
-27.89335, 152.97423 |
The school was opened in 1873 as Townsvale
National School and renamed Veresdale Primary School in 1874
and then renamed Woodhill State School in 1899. [source]
[source] |
|
U |
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V |
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Verdant Vale State School |
Crowley Vale
State School |
-27.544, 152.3776 |
Verdant Vale State School opened in 1916. In
1918 it was renamed Crowley Vale State School. The school
closed circa 1941.[source][source].
Map reference is for Crowley Vale, not the actual
school. |
|
Veresdale Primary School |
Woodhill State School | -27.8934, 152.9742 | The school was opened in 1873 as Townsvale National School and renamed Veresdale Primary School in 1874 and then renamed Woodhill State School in 1899. [source] [source] | |
Virginia State School (near Crows Nest) |
Pierce Creek State School (gone) |
-27.18999, 152.06306 |
Virginia Provisional School opened on 12
October 1908 and became Virginia State School in 1909. In
1918 it was renamed Pierce Creek State School. It closed 18
October 1959. [source]
Not to be confused with the Virginia State School in
Brisbane. Coordinates are based on this 1944
map (see NS grid mark 25, EW grid mark 15). |
|
W |
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Walloon Scrub State School |
Kirchheim State School |
760-766
Thagoona Haigslea Rd, Haigslea |
-27.5719, 152.6287 |
In September 1884, Walloon Scrub State School
was renamed Kirchheim State School. [source]
In December 1916, it was renamed Haigslea State School as a
consequence of anti-German sentiment during World War I. [source] |
Wangalpong State School |
Wonglepong (gone) | -27.9672, 153.1604 |
Variously known as Caningera, Caningera Creek, Canungra Creek, Canungera Lower, Wanglepong, Wonglepong between 1844 and 1935. [source] Map reference is approximate. | |
Warrill Creek State School |
Amberley
District State School |
-27.6572, 152.7491 |
Warrill Creek
State School opened on 2 June 1862. In 1902 it became
Amberley State School. From 1942 to 1947 it was closed for
the use of the RAAF. In January 2010 it was relocated to a
new site and called Amberley District State School. [source]
Map locations are for the current site. |
|
Westbrook Crossing State School |
Westbrook State School |
The Westbrook Crossing State School commenced
classes on 9 February 1910 and was renamed Westbrook State
School in April 1910. It closed in 1969. [source] |
||
Westbrook Provisional School |
Athol State School (gone) |
-27.6044, 151.7493 |
Westbrook Provisional School opened on 25 July 1887. It was renamed Athol Provisional School in 1903. It became Athol State School on 1 October 1910 and closed on 20 July 1962. I don't know the exact location of the school but there is an Athol School Road, so the school was presumably somewhere on that road. Don't confuse this school with Westbrook State School (also known as Westbrook Crossing State School, see above) nor the school associated with the Westbrook Reformatory for Boys. [source] | |
Wilmott State School |
East End State School (gone) |
-23.8782, 150.9439 |
Willmott
State School opened on 26 April 1915. It was renamed East
End State School in 1936 and closed in 1963. [source][1943
map showing the school] |
|
X |
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Y |
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Z |
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Zahley State School |
Kilbirnie | Originally Mt Darry, then Zahley in 1921, then Kilbirnie in 1928, closed 1961 [source][source] Map location is approximate. | ||
Zillmere State High School, Brisbane |
Aspley
State High School |
-27.35692, 153.02429 |
Zillmere State High School was renamed Aspley
State High School on 17 January 1963, but the school did not
commence operation until 29 January 1963, so it is unlikely
anyone enrolled under the old name but I guess you might
find it mentioned under the old name while it was being
planned and constructed. [source] |
Old Name |
New Name
and map link |
Latitude, Longitude |
Dates,
Notes and Sources |
|
A |
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Acacia Drive
(part of), Ashgrove, Brisbane |
Marist Brothers
Sportsground |
-27.44174, 152.98088 | Comparison of a circa 1924
map and current map shows a section of Acacia Drive has been
incorporated into Marist Brothers Sportsground. [source]
Sections of Acacia Street still exist to the east and west
of the sportsground. |
|
Airken Street, Aitkenvale, Townsville
(northern part) |
Madden Street | By comparison of an 1885 estate map of Aitkenvale North with current maps (courtesy of State Library of Queensland) | ||
Albert Street, Bowen Hills, Brisbane | Hudd Street | Renamed in 1904 to avoid
duplication [source].
It
appears
in
1904
that
Albert
/ Hudd Street went through to Abbortsford Road, but it does
not today, probably because of the development of the
railway line. |
||
Albert Street, Bowen Hills,
Brisbane |
Dukinfield Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] |
||
Albert Road, Brighton | Bournewood Street | -27.29600, 153.05699 | Listed as a renamed street in a 1960-61 street directory and confirmed by comparison of a 1955 street directory with a current map. See also Albert Road, Brighton (entry below) for a different street of the same name. | |
Albert Street, Brighton |
Regency
Street |
-27.30736, 153.06131 | Listed as a renamed street in a 1960-61
street directory and confirmed by comparison of a 1955
street directory with a current map .See also Albert Road,
Brighton (entry above) for a different street of the same
name. |
|
Albert Street,
Chelmer, Brisbane |
Victoria Avenue |
Comparison of 1884 map with
current map [source]
Note that there was also an Albert Terrace in Chelmer (see
below). |
||
Albert Street,
Holland Park West, Brisbane |
Hockings Street and Kneale Street |
Comparison of 1884 map with
current map [source] |
||
Albert Street, Newstead,
Brisbane |
Kyabra Street |
Renamed in 1904 to avoid
duplication [source] |
||
Albert Street, North
Rockhampton |
Canovan Street |
Renamed in 1925 to avoid
confusion with the more major Albert Street on the
south side of Rockhampton [source] |
||
Albert Street, Roma |
Spencer Street |
Renamed in 1948 [source] |
||
Albert Street, Sandgate |
Regency
Street, Brighton |
-27.30736, 153.06131 |
Listed as a renamed street in a 1960-61
street directory and confirmed by comparison of a 1955
street directory with a current map. Now within the suburb
of Brighton. |
|
Albert Street, West End |
Beattie
Street |
-27.48229, 153.00473 |
Appears in a 1892 electoral roll listing as
Albert Street [source]
but as Beattie Street in an 1895
map. The reason for renaming is not known. But Samuel
Alexander Beattie owned property in the street (but lived
himself in Jane Street) and he died in 1893, so I speculate
the renaming may be intended as some kind of memorial to
him. |
|
Albert Terrace, Sherwood /
Graceville / Chelmer, Brisbane |
Honour Avenue |
-27.527510, 152.978719 |
Renamed in 1917 in memory of
the servicemen of the district [source] |
|
Alexander Road, Lota,
Brisbane |
Bowering Street |
Renamed in 1933 to avoid
confusion with nearby Alexander Street. [source] |
||
Alfred Street, Annerley,
Brisbane |
Harewood Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 11 Alfred Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alfred Street, Bowen Hills,
Brisbane |
Hazelmount Street |
Renamed in 1904 to avoid
duplication [source] |
||
Alfred Street, Breakfast
Creek / Hamilton, Brisbane |
Joynt Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 11 Alfred Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alfred Street, Corinda,
Brisbane |
Harrowby Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 11 Alfred Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alfred Street, Coorparoo /
Norman Park, Brisbane |
Canara Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 11 Alfred Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alfred Street, Geebung,
Brisbane |
Dartnell Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 11 Alfred Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alfred Street, Graceville,
Brisbane |
Sandon Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 11 Alfred Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alfred Street, Kedron,
Brisbane |
Howell Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 11 Alfred Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alfred Street, Kenmore /
Chapel Hill, Brisbane |
Fawkner Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 11 Alfred Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alfred Street, Mitchelton,
Brisbane |
Ellworthy Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 11 Alfred Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alfred Street, Red Hill,
Brisbane |
Suthers Street (gone) |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 11 Alfred Streets renamed in 1938. Although Suthers Street can still be found on a 1956 map, it has disappeared today. It was a very short street running westward off Mornington Street towards (but not through) to Dover Street. [source][source] | ||
Alfred Street, Sandgate,
Brisbane |
Bevington Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 11 Alfred Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alice Street, Annerley,
Brisbane |
Ponsonby Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so
probably one of the 17 Alice Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source]
Confirmed by comparison of 1938 street directory and current
maps. |
||
Alice Street, Breakfast
Creek, Brisbane |
Gartrell Street, Albion |
-27.4375, 153.0442 |
This street is called Ann Street appears on this 1895 map, but in this 1920 map, it has become Alice Street. Then it is renamed along with many other Ann Streets around 1938 to be Gartrell Street, as can be seen in this 1943 map. As the suburb of Breakfast Creek no longer exists, it is now in the suburb of Albion. | |
Alice Street, Albion,
Brisbane |
Frodsham Street |
One of the 17 Alice Streets
renamed in 1938 [source]
[source].
|
||
Alice Street, Coorparoo,
Brisbane |
Warilda Street |
Alice Street can be seen on a 1916 Coorparoo map [source] but it is Warilda Street by 1938. It is probably one of the 17 Alice Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alice Street, Fortitude
Valley, Brisbane |
Athelstan Street |
One of the 17 Alice Streets renamed in 1938 [source][source] | ||
Alice Street, Graceville,
Brisbane |
Bingham Street (gone) |
Alice Street (which connected
the eastern end of Strong Avenue and Graceville Avenue) was
renamed Bingham Street at some time prior to 1939 probably
as part of the renaming of 17 Alice Strets in 1938 [source][source]
but later the street disappeared when Graceville Avenue was
extended across Oxley Creek. Map link is approximate. |
||
Alice Street,
Holland Park West, Brisbane |
Barton Street |
Comparison of 1884 map with
current map [source] |
||
Alice Street, Kawana,
Rockhampton |
Power Street |
Renamed in 1925 to avoid
confusion with the other Alice Street on the south side of
Rockhampton [source].
However,
current maps do not show any other Alice Street in
Rockhampton. |
||
Alice Street, Kuraby,
Brisbane |
Alpita Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 17 Alice Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alice Street, Morningside,
Brisbane |
Rogoona Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 17 Alice Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alice Street, Mt Gravatt,
Brisbane |
Boyanda Street, Wishart |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 17 Alice Streets renamed in 1938. [source] [source][source] | ||
Alice Street, Newmarket /
Alderley, Brisbane |
Gawler Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 17 Alice Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alice Street, Newmarket,
Brisbane |
Gosman Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 17 Alice Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alice Street, Red Hill,
Brisbane |
Glassey Street |
One of the 17 Alice Streets renamed in 1938 [source] [source] | ||
Alice Street, Toowong,
Brisbane |
Gilrey Street |
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Alice Street, West End,
Brisbane |
Egbert Street |
One of the 17 Alice Streets renamed in 1938 [source][source] | ||
Alice Street, Wilston /
Grange, Brisbane |
Ferres Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 17 Alice Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alice Street, Windsor,
Brisbane |
Fosbery Street |
Name had changed by 1939 so probably one of the 17 Alice Streets renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Alice Street, (somewhere in)
southside Rockhampton |
In 1925, Alice Street in Kawana was renamed Power Street to avoid confusion with another Alice Street on the south side of Rockhampton [source]. However, current maps do not show any other Alice Street in Rockhampton. | |||
Alma Street, North
Rockhampton |
Robinson Street |
Renamed in 1925 to avoid
confusion with another Alma
Street on the south side of Rockhampton [source] |
||
Amaroo Street, Northgate |
gone initially, but later part of the Toombul Road
development |
-27.38825, 153.06961 |
Listed as a closed street in a 1960-61 street
directory. Its location is shown in a 1955 street
directory as a short street that commenced at Northgate
Street and went south-east towards the railway line. In the
1960-61 street directory map it has simply disappeared and
not replaced by anything. As that part of Northgate was
developing as an industrial estate, it was likely removed to
create larger land parcels for factories etc. However, more
recent redevelopment of Toombul Road changed the alignment
of that road to build an overpass over the railway line
along what would have been Amaroo Street. This overpass also
left a segment of the former Toombul Road (now known as Old
Toombul Road). |
|
Amelia Street, Buranda,
Brisbane |
Faversham Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source].
This [source]
claims that it was Amelia Street, Mitchelton, that was
renamed Faversham but that seems inconsistent with maps of
all periods; I suspect this source has the wrong suburb
listed. |
||
Amelia Street, Fortitude
Valley / Newstead, Brisbane |
Hynes Street |
Renamed in 1904 to reduce
duplication of street names [source].
It seems that in 1904, Amelia / Hynes Street went through to
Montpelier Road, but it does not today (a large retail
property appears to have subsumed a portion of the road). |
||
Amelia Street, Mitchelton,
Brisbane |
Faversham Street |
Supposedly renamed by 1939 [source].
However,
I
cannot
locate
either
an
Amelia
Street
or a Faversham Street in Mitchelton on maps of any period,
and, as can be seen above, an Amelia Street in Buranda was
renamed Faversham Street, so probably the source has the
wrong suburb listed (Buranda is nowhere near Mitchelton so
it isn't a case of suburb boundaries moving). |
||
Amy Street, Spring Hill,
Brisbane |
Sedgebrook Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] | ||
Ann Street, Albion, Brisbane |
Storkey Street |
Renamed before 1939, probably in 1938 when 11 Ann Streets were renamed. [source][source] | ||
Ann Street, Alderley,
Brisabne |
Beatson Terrace |
Renamed before 1939, probably in 1938 when 11 Ann Streets were renamed. [source][source] | ||
Ann Street, Breakfast Creek |
Gartrell
Street, Albion |
-27.4375, 153.0442 | Ann Street appears on this 1895
map, but in this 1920
map, it has become Alice Street. Then it is renamed
along with many other Ann Streets around 1938 to be Gartrell
Street, as can be seen in this 1943
map. As the suburb of Breakfast Creek no longer
exists, it is now in the suburb of Albion. |
|
Ann Street, Clayfield /
Hendra, Brisbane |
Gellibrand Street |
Renamed before 1939, probably in 1938 when 11 Ann Streets were renamed. [source][source] | ||
Ann Street, Darra, Brisbane |
Stavordale Street |
Renamed before 1939, probably in 1938 when 11 Ann Streets were renamed. [source][source] | ||
Ann Street, Fairfield,
Brisbane |
Inchcape Street |
Renamed before 1939, probably in 1938 when 11 Ann Streets were renamed. [source][source] | ||
Ann Street, Kelvin Grove,
Brisbane |
Rusden Street |
Renamed before 1939, probably in 1938 when 11 Ann Streets were renamed. [source][source] | ||
Ann Street, Lota, Brisbane |
Cobar Street |
Renamed before 1939, probably in 1938 when 11 Ann Streets were renamed. [source][source] | ||
Ann Street, Mt Gravatt,
Brisbane |
Huntingdon Street (gone) |
Renamed before 1939, probably
in 1938 when 11 Ann Streets were renamed. [source][source]
Huntingdon Street appears on a 1956 map but no longer
appears on current maps. It used to run from High Street
across Mountain Street and through to Shire Road. An unnamed
laneway is still visible on current maps (between 73 and 73A
on Mountain Street). |
||
Ann Street, Sandgate,
Brisbane |
Towner
Street |
-27.32223, 153.06794 |
Renamed before 1939, probably
in 1938 when 11 Ann Streets were renamed. [source][source]
It appears as Ann Street in a 1938 street directory but as
Towner Street in a 1948 street directory. |
|
Annie Street, Clayfield,
Brisbane |
Burrell Street |
Renamed in 1936 to avoid
duplication. [source]
There is Annie Street
in nearby Windsor. |
||
Appleton Street, Wavell Heights |
Highcrest Avenue |
Listed as a renamed street in a 1960-61
street directory. There is a Highcrest Avenue in Wavell
Heights today but I cannot find any evidence of it being
called Appleton Street in any earlier map or street
directory. |
||
Archer Street, North
Rockhampton |
Phillips Street |
Renamed in 1925 to avoid
confusion with another Archer
Street on the south side of the city [source] |
||
Arthur Street, Bulimba,
Brisbane |
Barramul Street |
There were too many Arthur Streets in Brisbane. Renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Arthur Street, Clayfield,
Brisbane |
Jolly Street |
There were too many Arthur Streets in Brisbane. Renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Arthur Street, Coopers
Plains, Brisbane |
Brecknock Street,
Archerfield |
There were too many Arthur Streets in Brisbane. Renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Arthur Street, Coorparoo,
Brisbane |
gone |
Arthur Street can be seen on
this 1892
Wendouree estate map, but appears to be subsumed into
St James's Catholic Church complex today. |
||
Arthur Street, Corinda,
Brisbane |
Ruthven Street |
There were too many Arthur Streets in Brisbane. Renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Arthur Street, Dunellan,
Brisbane |
Headfort Street,
Greenslopes |
There were too many Arthur Streets in Brisbane. Renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Arthur Street, Morningside,
Brisbane |
Baringa Street |
There were too many Arthur Streets in Brisbane. Renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Arthur Street, Mt Gravatt,
Brisbane |
Barkoola Street, Upper Mt
Gravatt |
There were too many Arthur Streets in Brisbane. Renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Arthur Street, North
Rockhampton |
Skardon Street |
Renamed in 1927 [source] |
||
Arthur Street, Nundah,
Brisbane |
Jenner Street |
There were too many Arthur Streets in Brisbane. Renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Arthur Street, Spring Hill,
Brisbane |
Torrington Street |
There were too many Arthur Streets in Brisbane. Renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Arthur Street, Stafford,
Brisbane |
Jardine Street |
There were too many Arthur Streets in Brisbane. Renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Arthur Street, Toowong,
Brisbane |
Horrocks Street |
There were too many Arthur Streets in Brisbane. Renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Arthur Street, Toowong,
Brisbane |
Howitt Street, Taringa |
There were too many Arthur Streets in Brisbane. Renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Arthur Street, West Toowong,
Brisbane |
Dacre Street |
There were too many Arthur Streets in Brisbane. Renamed in 1938. [source] | ||
Arthur Street, Windsor,
Brisbane |
Jessop Street |
There were too many Arthur Streets in Brisbane. Renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Arthur Street, Woolloongabba,
Brisbane |
Harrogate Street |
There were too many Arthur Streets in Brisbane. Renamed in 1938. [source][source] | ||
Ashgrove Avenue, Ashgrove,
Brisbane (part of) |
Ashgrove
Crescent, Brisbane |
Ashgrove Avenue (previously
Three Mile Scrub Road and possibly Serpentine Avenue)
originally had a significant bend along the now Ashgrove
Crescent (as seen in the 1917 street directory). In the 1931
through 1956 street directories Graham Street appears as
"short-cut" avoiding the longer route. At some point after
1956, Ashgrove Avenue was re-routed to take the more direct
route (subsuming Graham Street) and the winding part of
Ashgrove Avenue was presumably renamed Ashgrove Crescent as
a consequence of the re-routing. |
||
B |
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Bank Lane, South
Brisbane/Woolloongabba |
Toohey Street |
-27.4956, 153.0387 |
Supposedly Bank Lane was to
become absorbed into Toohey Street in 1909 [source]
but both Bank Lane
and Toohey Street
appear on current maps. |
|
Battunga Street, Mount
Gravatt, Brisbane |
Battunga Street, Wishart (re-routed) | Mary Street was renamed Battunga Street in 1938 [source][source]. Battunga Street appears in the 1948 street directory but the area did not appear in the 1938 street directory, so the original name of Mary Street cannot be confirmed. The street layout in this area has undergone considerable change from what appears in the 1948 street directory. Battunga Street still exists but is very small compared with its 1948 version. | ||
Beatrice Street, Coorparoo,
Brisbane |
Beata Street |
Had been renamed by 1939. [source]
Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 maps. |
||
Beatrice Street, Dutton
Park?, Brisbane |
Maldon Street? |
This 1939 list [source]
shows a Beatrice Street in Brisbane has been renamed Maldon
Street but the suburb is not stated. The only Maldon Street
today and on a 1948 map is in Dutton Park and the earliest
reference I can find to it in the newspapers is in 1941
consistent with being renamed around 1939, but maps from
1938 show that there was no street where the present Maldon
Street is (the intersection of Annerley Road and Gladstone
road was a larger triangle than it is) which makes it
unlikely it was once called Beatrice! Can anyone help? |
||
Beatrice Street, Paddington,
Brisbane |
Charlotte Street |
-27.4609, 153.0096 |
This 1895
map shows it as Beatrice Street. This 1914
map shows Beatrice Street running east-west between
Hale Street and Dowse Street but another 1914
map is showing it as Charlotte Street, yet a 1919
street directory lists it as Beatrice Street still! It seems
likely the name changed during 1914. Note that there is a
Beatrice Street in Bardon (which was originally considered
part of Paddington) and having two streets in Paddington
with the same name may have caused confusion, so that might
be the reason for the name change. Note the part of present
day Charlotte Street from Dowse Street west to Cochrane
Street was always Charlotte Street (and was not Beatrice
Street). |
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Beereegan Street, Mount
Gravatt, Brisbane |
gone |
Originally Margaret Street
but renamed Beereegan Street about 1938. [source]
The street layout in this area has undergone considerable
change from what apepars in the 1948 street directory.
Beereegan Street no longer exists. |
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Belgrave Cresent, Taringa / Indooroopilly |
Vincent
Street |
-27.4966, 152.9721 |
By comparison of an 1887 Nelson estate map with current maps (courtesy of State Library of Queensland). It appears as Vincent Street on a 1895 map. | |
Belgrave Road/Street, Taringa / Indooroopilly |
Ward Street (extension), Indooroopilly | -27.50036 152.98237 | Ward Street originally extended from Clarence Road to Fairley Street and, after a small kink in the road, a second street extended from present-day Fairley Street (then Church Street) to Turner Street. In the 1880s and 1890s, this second street was called Belgrave Street/Road [1880 map][1892 map], but, by 1895, it was called Pye Street [1895 map][1921 map]. On 24 May 1937, it was renamed Ward Street as an extension of the original Ward Street [source (download)]. Historically, the area has been described as being in Taringa or Indooroopilly but it is within Indooroopilly today. | |
Bell Street, Bowen Hills,
Brisbane |
Brookes Street and Exhibition Street |
Bell Street appears in an 1875
map (Queensland State Archives) but on an 1885
map (Queensland State Archives) and current maps it is
Brookes Street. The street name appears to have changed
around 1875-1876 as the Brisbane
Directory and Squatters' Directory of 1876 has "see
Brookes Street" against the Bell Street entry. However,
in 1904, a newspaper article claims Bell Street was recently
renamed Exhibition Street [source],
a name that reflects that it is within the Royal National
Association's Exhibition Grounds. (Note. Don't be confused
by the source saying Bell Street comes off Leichhard
Street because that part of Leichhardt Street was later
renamed St Paul's Terrace.) Given that Brookes Street and
Exhibition Street are immediately parallel to one another,
it suggests that when the name Brookes Street came into use
in the 1875-1885 period, the name Bell Street was
re-assigned to the adjacent street (which does not appear in
the 1875
map) but may have been a back lane of the original
Bell Street? |
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Bell Street, Coorparoo,
Brisbane |
Keera Street |
By 1939 Bell Street was renamed Keera Street [source]; most likely it was one of 11 Bell Streets renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed by a 1938 map that shows it as Bell Street, but on a 1948 map it is Keera Street. | ||
Bell Street, Enoggera,
Brisbane |
Wardell Street |
By 1939 Bell Street was renamed Wardell Street [source]; most likely it was one of 11 Bell Streets renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed by a 1938 map that shows it as Bell Street, but on a 1948 map it is Wardell Street. | ||
Bell Street, Fairfield,
Brisbane |
Bledisloe Street |
By 1939 Bell Street was
renamed Bledisloe Street [source];
most
likely
it
was
one
of
11
Bell Streets renamed in 1938 [source].
This is confirmed by a 1938 map that shows it as Bell
Street, but on a 1948 map it is Bledisloe Street. Note that,
on the 1948 map, Bledisloe Street runs from Fairfield Road
across to Lang Street (now Lagonda Street), but today only
the segment from Fairfield Road to the railway line exists
and the segment east of the railway line to Lagonda Street
no longer appear to exist as a road (although it is still
visible on the map). |
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Bell Street, Hendra, Brisbane |
Goble Street |
By 1939 Bell Street was renamed Gable Street [source]; most likely it was one of 11 Bell Streets renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed by a 1938 map that shows it as Bell Street, but on a 1948 map and present day maps the name is Goble Street, so most likely Gable Street was a typo in the 1939 source. | ||
Bell Street, Merthyr /
Newstead, Brisbane |
Patterson Street |
Renamed in 1904 to avoid
duplication [source].
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Bell Street, Nundah, Brisbane |
Leighton Street |
By 1939 Bell Street was renamed Leighton Street [source]; most likely it was one of 11 Bell Streets renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed by a 1938 map that shows it as Bell Street, but on a 1948 map it is Leighton Street. | ||
Bell Street, Paddington,
Brisbane |
Reading
Street |
-27.46041, 152.99123 |
A 1920 map of
Brisbane shows one straight Bell Street, but current
maps show Reading Street broken into two segments. |
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Bell Street, Petrie Terrace,
Brisbane |
Melford Street |
By 1939 Bell Street was renamed Pratten Street according to this [source]. However, inspection of a 1938 map and a 1948 map show that Bell Street was renamed Melford Street. However, as Pratten Street very nearly adjoins Bell / Melford Street, perhaps the intention reported in the 1939 source had been to join the two streets into a single Pratten Street (but, if so, this did not occur). | ||
Bell Street, Red Hill,
Brisbane |
Fullerton Street |
By 1939 Bell Street was renamed Barnsley Street [source]; most likely it was one of 11 Bell Streets renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed by a 1938 map that shows it as Bell Street, but on a 1948 map it is Barnsley Street. | ||
Bell Street, Spring Hill,
Brisbane |
Bathgate Street |
By 1939 Bell Street was renamed Bathgate Street [source]; most likely it was one of 11 Bell Streets renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed by a 1938 map that shows it as Bell Street, but on a 1948 map it is Bathgate Street. | ||
Bell Street, Tarragindi,
Brisbane |
Brentford Street |
By 1939 Bell Street was renamed Brentford Street [source]; most likely it was one of 11 Bell Streets renamed in 1938 [source]. However, I cannot locate a Bell Street in Tarragindi in early maps nor a Brentford Street anywhere in Brisbane in later maps. Click if you can help! | ||
Bell Street, West End,
Brisbane |
Barnsley Street |
By 1939 Bell Street was
renamed Barnsley Street [source];
most
likely
it
was
one
of
11
Bell Streets renamed in 1938 [source].
This is confirmed by a 1938 map that shows it as Bell
Street, but on a 1948 map it is Barnsley Street. |
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Bellevue
Street, Highgate Hill, Brisbane |
Ruth Street |
Comparison of 1889 map and
current map [source] |
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Berguna Street, Mount
Gravatt, Brisbane |
gone |
Originally Jane Street, renamed Berguna Street in 1938 [source][source], confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. There is no Berguna Street in current maps; it has been replaced by a housing development [source]. | ||
Berlin
Road, Clayfield, Brisbane |
Sefton Road |
Comparison of 1885
estate map and current maps. May have been renamed
during World War 1 due to anti-German sentiment? |
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Bilyarra Street, Bulimba,
Brisbane |
Pollock Street | Originally Third Avenue, then renamed in 1938 to be Bilyarra Street [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of the 1938 and 1948 street directories. But appears in the 1956 street directory to current maps, it appears as Pollock Street (perhaps Bilyarra Street was too easily confused with nearby Bilyana Street)? | ||
Birdwood Street, Manly |
Major Street |
-27.4559, 153.1696 |
Appears as Birdwood Street on the Graveston Estate map of 1917 courtesy of State Library of Queensland).but as Major Street in an 1931 street directory. | |
Bishopsgate Road, Banyo,
Brisbane |
gone |
-27.37918, 153.07830 |
The streets in this area have been replaced by large industrial estates. Bishopsgate Road ran from Blinzinger Road (which went through to Earnshaw Road at that time) to Tufnell Road. See this 1884 [map] (note, North is downwards). | |
Bismarck Street, Coorparoo,
Brisbane |
Hipwood Avenue |
Renamed in 1916 presumably
due to anti-German sentiment in World War 1. [source]
This street was originally in the Wecker Estate (see above). |
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Bismarck Street, Mayborough |
Gallipoli Street |
Renamed in 1917 due to
anti-German sentiment in World War 1. [source] |
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Blaker
Road, Mitchelton, Brisbane |
Glenholm
Street |
According to a 1948 map,
Blaker Road commenced at Samford Road and went north to the
railway line and then followed the railway line to the
north-west until just past the intersection with Church
Road. However, a 1956 map shows the segment from Samford
Road to the railway line as being an extension of Glenholm
Street (which in 1948 commenced at the railway line and ran
north to Kedron Brook Creek). The 1956 map also shows Blaker
Road having been extended through to Dawson Parade (as it
appears on current maps). |
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Blinzinger Road (part of),
Banyo, Brisbane |
partly
gone and partly Crockford Street |
Blinzinger Road used to extend across the railway line through to Northgate Road (now Earnshaw Road), but part of it disappeared under the Golden Circle Cannery. The disconnected section of Blinzinger Road from Northgate Road (now Earnshaw Road) to Nudgee Road is still shown on a 1956 map as Blinzinger Street, but its name on current maps is Crockford Street. | ||
Blocksidge Street, South
Brisbane area |
Water Street East? |
Supposedly Water Street East was renamed Blocksidge Street in 1909 [source] but Water Street East was still in existence (off Stanley Street roughly opposite Raymond Terrace) until the Mater Hospital extensions and busway were built around the 1990s/2000s (the street disappeared as a result of that redevelopment).There is no sign of Blocksidge Street in current maps. | ||
Boggo Road, Dutton Park,
Brisbane |
Annerley Road |
Renamed about 1906 [source]
as residents did not like the association with the Boggo
Road Gaol. The gaol continued to be known by that name for
many years after. |
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Booner Road, Lota, Brisbane |
Booner Street & Bethania Street | Francis Street was renamed Booner Street in 1938 [source][source] and this confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. At this time Francis / Booner Street ran from Railway Terrace straight through to Whites Road. However, today Booner Street goes only from Railway Terrace to Avadne Road. It appears that some time (after 1956) part of Booner Road (between Avadne Road and Toombes Street) was subsumbed into Cox Park. The section of Booner Street from Toombes Street to Whites Road was then combined with Toombes Street (which went from Booner Street to Andrew Street) into the Bethania Street that exists today. | ||
Botts Road, Sandgate, Brisbane |
Brighton
Road |
-27.3128, 153.0645 |
In 1913 the council decided to combine part of Deagon Street and Botts Road to create Brighton Road. [source] It is not indicated which part of the current Brighton Road was formerly Deagon Street and which part was Botts Road, but looking at the angle that the current Deagon Road connects into Brighton Road, it seems most likely that the southern section of Brighton Road (from the current Deagon Street to Seymour Street) was originally Deagon Street, while the northern section of Brighton Road (from the current Deagon Street to Ward Street) was originally Botts Road. | |
Boundary Road, Petrie Terrace
/ Paddington, Brisbane |
Hale Street |
[source] |
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Boundary Street, South
Brisbane / Woolloongabba, Brisbane |
Vulture Street |
When Brisbane was first
settled, a number of Boundary Streets were established
representing the boundaries of the town. Some remain, others
were renamed. The southern Boundary Street that ran from the
western Boundary Street to Ipswich Road (as shown on an 1865
map of Brisbane) is now known as Vulture Street. [source] |
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Bourne Street, South Brisbane
area |
Savage Street |
Supposedly Bourne Street was
renamed Savage Street in 1909 [source]
but it is Bourne Street and
not Savage Street that appears on current maps. |
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Bowen Street, Annerley,
Brisbane |
Carville
Street |
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Boyanda Street, Mount
Gravatt, Brisbane |
Boyanda
Street (re-routed slightly) |
The street layout of this
area has changed considerably from what is shown in the 1948
street directory. Boyanda Street still exists but is
slightly re-routed. |
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Bridgeman Road, Banyo |
Northumbria
Road |
-27.357128, 153.064738 |
Appears as Bridgeman Road in an 1948 street
directory but as Northumbria Road on current maps. However,
in 1948 Bridgeman Road went further east (immediately
adjacent to Nudgee College) where it met Aberdeen Parade at
the railway line. Northrumbia Avenue is shorter today
probably to accommodate the suburban development that was
not present in 1948. Other streets in this area affected by
the development include Holme Avenue and Thoms Avenue. |
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Bridgewater Street,
Coorparoo, Brisbane |
gone |
-27.482004, 153.05779 |
Appears on a 1956 map but not
on current maps. |
|
Brisbane
Road, Southport |
Queen
Street |
-27.97279, 153.41295 |
Appears as Brisbane Road on
this 1882 estate map [source] |
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Bruce Street, Lutwyche,
Brisbane |
Swinburne Street
(eastern end) |
Renamed in 1938 [source]. The 1938 street directory shows O'Mara Street as a short street running east from Brook Street for about 200 metres, meanwhile Bruce Street ran from Lutwyche Road west for about 150 metres. The 1948 street directory shows that O'Mara Street and Bruce Street have now been connected into a single street called Swinburne Street. | ||
Bulimba Road,
Hawthorne, Brisbane |
Hawthorne Road |
Comparing an 1885 map with a current map we discover the old Bulimba Road became Hawthorne Road and that the old Hawthorne Road became Uhlmann Street [source] | ||
Bulimba
Road, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane |
Shafston Avenue |
Deduced from comparison of
1865 map [source]
and current maps |
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Burns Road, Banyo |
Saltash
Street, Virginia |
-27.367135, 153.066464 |
Appears as Burns Road in an 1948 street directory but as Saltash Street on current maps. It is one of several streets renamed in this area, possibly when the industrial estate was built? | |
Burton Street, South Brisbane
area |
Leamington Street? |
Supposedly Leamington Street was renamed Burton Street in 1909 [source] but it is Leamington Street and not Burton Street that appears on current maps. | ||
Byron Street, Banyo |
Ullswater
Street, Virginia |
-27.369346, 153.065219 |
Appears as Byron Street in an 1948 street directory but as Ullswater Street on current maps. It is one of several streets renamed in this area, possibly when the industrial estate was built? | |
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Caflisch Street, South
Brisbane area |
Colton Street? |
Supposedly Colton Street was renamed Caflisch Street in 1909 [source] but it is Colton Street not Caflisch Street that appears on current maps. | ||
Cahill Street, Mitchelton,
Brisbane |
Irvine Street | Originally Third Avenue, renamed to Cahill Street in 1938 [source]. However, it appears to be have been absorbed into adjoining Irvine Street on current maps. | ||
Cairns Range Tablelands
Highway, between Cairns and Atherton |
Gillies Highway |
Renamed in 1934 [source] |
||
Cairns Street, South Brisbane
area |
Garsden Street |
Supposedly Cairns Street was renamed Garsden Street in 1909 [source] but it is Cairns Street not Garsden Street that appears on current maps. | ||
Cameron Street, Coopers
Plains, Brisbane |
Granard
Road, Rocklea (part of) |
In 1948, Granard Street
(formerly known as Main Street) only went from Beaudesert
Road west to Beatty Street. Then, from Beatty Street, it
became Cameron Steet continued west to Douglas Street; there
was no further connection west of Douglas Street. However,
in the 1956 street directory, we see Granard Road
connecting Beaudesert Road all the way through to Ipswich
Road (as appears on current maps) having apparently subsumed
Cameron Street in the process. |
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Cannon Avenue / Row, Banyo,
Brisbane |
gone |
-27.37931, 153.07553 |
This area is now an industrial estate. See this 1884 [map] (note, North is downwards). | |
Caroline Street, North
Rockhampton |
Macaree Street |
Renamed in 1925 to avoid
confusion with another Caroline
Street on the south side of the city [source] |
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Caroline Street, Paddington,
Brisbane |
Moreton Street and Chrystal
Street |
A 1914? map shows Caroline
Street running east-west between Dowse Street and Hale
Street. [source]
In about 1914, the middle portion of it was resumed to
create a children's playground [source]
but the remaining east and west portions were still called
Caroline Street [source]
and can still be found on 1956 maps. However, on current
maps, the western portion is now an extension of Moreton
Street and the eastern portion an extension of Chrystal
Street. |
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Carter Street, Kangaroo
Point, Brisbane |
gone |
Carter Street ran north-south
between Ferry Street and Cairns Street close to (but not
alongside) the river. It was resumed in 1940-1 for
extensions to the Evans
Deakin shipyard during World War 2 [source],
and this is confirmed by comparison of the 1938 and 1948
street directories. |
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Castlereagh Street, Virginia,
Brisbane |
gone |
Subsumed into an industrial
estate. Based on comparison of 1956 street directory and
current maps. |
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Caton's / Caton Road, northern Brisbane |
This road is mentioned twice in reports of
the Nundah Divisional Board (later the Kedron Division
Board) in 1889 [source]
and 1892 [source]. Can
you help with any information about this road? |
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Cedar Street (part of),
Wynnum, Brisbane |
Worthing Street |
The portion south-west of the
railway line was renamed in 1928 [source][source]
The north-east portion is still Cedar Street. |
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Cemetery Road, Mount Morgan |
Coronation Drive |
Renamed in 1953 [source] |
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Cemetery Road, Nundah/Toombul, Brisbane | Hedley
Avenue (north) Hedley Avenue (south) |
-27.40562, 153.06643 -27.41330, 153.07051 |
In a 1931 street directory
and the 1934 electoral roll, the street appears as Cemetery
Road. A newspaper advertisement in August 1937 mentions
Hedley Avenue [source].
In a 1938 street directory, the street is listed as Hedley
Avenue. The new name is believed to refer to local doctor
Hedley Brown. [source]
At that time, the street commenced at Vernon Street and ran
south to Hows Road and then south-east past the Nundah
cemetery and across a creek via a bridge into Toombul and
then finally turned east to join with Nudgee Road. Today the
combination of Schulz Canal, the railway line to the airport
and the East-West Arterial Road have split Hedley Avenue
into two segments, the northern segment in Nundah and the
southern segment in Toombul. |
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Cemetery Road, Petrie Terrace
/ Paddington, Brisbane |
Hale Street |
[source] | ||
Cemetery Road, Toowong,
Brisbane |
Sylvan Road |
[source] |
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Century Street, Chermside |
Buruda Street |
-27.39244, 153.03342 |
This 1937
map shows Century Street commencing at Oxley Street
(now Pilba Street) and extending north to Mermaid Street and
then terminating before the present junction with Buna
Street, while this 1955
map shows it as Buruda Street and extending from Pilba
Street to Kuran Street (was Wallace Street). |
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Chancer Street, Stephens
Shire |
It was proposed to rename
this street in 1916 due to anti-German sentiments during
World War 1 but it is unclear whether it was renamed or what
the new name was. [source]
However, no such street exists on current maps. |
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Charles Street, Auchenflower
/ Milton, Brisbane |
MacIntosh Street |
Comparison of 1934 and 1941 electoral rolls show that Charles Street has been renamed MacIntosh Street, probably one of the 11 Charles Streets in Brisbane which were renamed in 1938 [source] The name change is mentioned in 1939. [source] | ||
Charles Street,
Buranda/Woolloongabba, Brisbane |
Atherton Street |
Comparison of 1934 and 1941 electoral rolls show that Charles Street has been renamed Atherton Street, probably one of the 11 Charles Streets in Brisbane which were renamed in 1938 [source] | ||
Charles Street, Chermside,
Brisbane |
Parkhill Street | Renamed in 1938. [source] [source] | ||
Charles Street, Coorparoo,
Brisbane |
Geera Street | [source: a resident of the street]. Most probably changed in December 1938 [source]. Last newspaper reference to Charles Street is June 1938 [source]. First reference to Geera Street is in 1939 [source] | ||
Charles Street, Deagon /
Sandgate, Brisbane |
Loftus Street |
Comparison of 1934 and 1941 electoral rolls show that Charles Street has been renamed Loftus Street, probably one of the 11 Charles Streets in Brisbane which were renamed in 1938 [source]. | ||
Charles Street, Morningside,
Brisbane |
Elaroo Street |
Comparison of 1934 and 1941 electoral rolls show that Charles Street has been renamed Elaroo Street, probably one of the 11 Charles Streets in Brisbane which were renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed by this 1939 source listing the changed name [source] | ||
Charles Street, Northgate /
Banyo, Brisbane |
Corser Street (gone) |
The streets in this area have
been replaced by large industrial sites. It was one of the
11 Charles Street replaced in 1938. [source][source]
Corser Street was a short street running NW-SE roughly
between Kia-ora Street and Axford Street (but adjoined
neither). It was one of a small group of roads accessed via
Royal Parade (which ran further south than it does today).
Note there was a 2nd Charles Street in Northgate, now Dethridge Street. |
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Charles Street, Northgate,
Brisbane |
Dethridge Street |
Charles Street had been
replaced by Dethridge Street by 1939 [source].
It
was
probably
one
of
the 11 Charles Streets renamed in 1938 [source].
This is confirmed by Charles Street appearing in an 1938 map
and Dethridge Street in a 1948 map. |
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Charles Street, Red Hill,
Brisbane |
Garling Street |
Comparison of 1934 and 1941 electoral rolls show that Charles Street has been renamed Garling Street, probably one of the 11 Charles Streets in Brisbane which were renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed by the name change having happened by 1939 [source] | ||
Charles Street, Stafford,
Brisbane |
Brockman Street, Kedron |
Charles Street had been renamed Brockman Street by 1939 [source]; probably one of the 11 Charles Streets renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed by finding Charles Street in a 1938 map and Brockman Street in a 1948 map. | ||
Charles Street,
Woolloongabba, Brisabne |
Atherton
Street |
Charles Street had been renamed Atheron Street by 1939 [source]; probably one of the 11 Charles Streets renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed by finding Charles Street in a 1938 map and Atherton Street in a 1948 map. | ||
Charles Street, Zillmere,
Brisbane |
Ewing Street | Renamed in 1938. [source] The name change has occurred by 1939 [source] | ||
Charles Street, (somewhere
in) Brisbane |
In 1938, 11 Charles Streets were renamed but unfortunately we don't know in all cases what suburb they were in or what their new name was. [source] | |||
Charlotte Street, North
Rockhampton |
Sharples Street |
Renamed in 1927 [source] |
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Chelmsford Street, South
Brisbane area |
Stephens Road? |
Supposedly Stephens Street was renamed Chelmsford Street in 1909 [source]. On current maps there is no Chelmsford Street but there is a Stephens Road. | ||
Cheshire Road, Kedron,
Brisbane |
gone |
Cheshire Road can be seen in
a 1956 street directory as running west from Shaw Road
intersecting with Nabiac and a longer version of Mercer
Avenue than exists today and then south roughly parallel
with the creek. Today it appears completely subsumed within
Shaw & Mercer Parks. |
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Chestnut Street (part of),
Wynnum, Brisbane |
Drayton Terrace |
The portion south-west of the
railway line was renamed in 1928 [source][source].
The north-east portion remains Chestnut Street. |
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Chinaman Road, Yeerongpilly,
Brisbane |
Waragil Street |
Renamed in 1930 [source]
but I cannot locate either street name on any map. |
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Church Avenue, off Arthur
Street, South Brisbane area |
Denison Street |
Supposedly Church Avenue (off
Arthur Street, now Harrowgate Street) was renamed Denison
Street in 1909 [source]
but it is Church Avenue
not Denison Street that appears on current maps. Although
Church Avenue does not connect to Harrowgate Street on
current maps, they probably did connect up until the 1960s
when the South-East Freeway (Pacific Motorway) was built. |
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Church Avenue, off Stanley
Street, South Brisbane area |
Weedon Street |
Supposedly Church Avenue was
renamed Weedon Street in 1909 [source]
but neither can be found on a current maps. There is a Church Avenue in the
Woolloongabba area, but nowhere near Stanley Street. |
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Church Street, Bald Hills,
Brisbane |
Adair Street |
Too many Church Streets so many were renamed in 1938. [source] [source] | ||
Church Street, Banyo,
Brisbane |
Nesbit
Street (now gone) |
-27.38010, 153.07484 |
Too many Church Streets so many were renamed in 1938. [source] Unfortunately there is no Nesbitt Street on a contemporary map as the Golden Circle Cannery was built over it. See this 1884 [map] (note, North is downwards). | |
Church Street, Bulimba,
Brisbane |
Birkalla Street |
Too many Church Streets so many were renamed in 1938. [source] [source] | ||
Church Street, Cannon Hill,
Brisbane |
Bombery Street |
Too many Church Streets so many were renamed in 1938. [source] [source] | ||
Church Street, Coorparoo,
Brisbane |
Birubi Street |
Too many Church Streets so
many were renamed in 1938. [source]
This 1939 [source]
claims it was renamed Birwoi Street, but there is no
evidence of this name in any street maps. |
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Church Street (part of?),
Fortitude Valley, Brisbane |
Wandoo Street |
Renamed in 1904 to avoid
duplication [source].
Since
there
is
still
a
Church
Street
almost
directly
opposite
Wandoo
Street
(across
Ann
Street),
it
seems
likely
that
Church
Street
was originally one longer dog-legged street and that the
renaming was to eliminate the dog-leg. |
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Church Street, Indooroopilly,
Brisbane |
Fairley
Street |
-27.50199, 152.98056 |
Too many Church Streets so many were renamed in 1938. [source] [source] | |
Church Street, Ithaca / Kelvin Grove/ Red
Hill |
Lintern
Street |
-27.451190, 153.000414 |
Church Street appears in a 1917 street
directory, but in a 1931 street directory it is called
Lintern Street (as it is to this day). |
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Church Street, Kangaroo
Point, Brisbane |
Amesbury
Street |
-27.474337, 153.035178 |
On an 1887 map and a 1917 street directory it appears as St Mary Street (noting that St Mary's Church is next door). The 1931 and 1938 street directories calls it Church Street. It was renamed in 1938 to Amesbury Street [source] [source] and this is confirmed by the 1956 street directory. | |
Church Street, Milton,
Brisbane |
Chippendall
Street |
-27.46626, 153.00940 |
Too many Church Streets so many were renamed in 1938. [source] [source] | |
Church Street, North
Rockhampton |
Macfarlane
Street |
-23.36886, 150.52225 |
Renamed in 1927 [source] |
|
Church Street, Sherwood,
Brisbane |
Egmont Street |
Too many Church Streets so many were renamed in 1938. [source] [source] | ||
Church Street, Stafford,
Brisbane |
Collier Street |
Too many Church Streets so many were renamed in 1938. [source] [source] | ||
Church Street, Toowong,
Brisbane |
Jephson Street | There were too many Church
Streets so many were renamed in 1938. Church Street in
Toowong was renamed Elworthy Street in 1938 [source].
However,
it
seems
it
was
renamed Jephson Street by 1939 [source]
[source]
. In the 1941 electoral roll, a few people are listed as
living in Elworthy Street but many more are listed as living
in Jephson Street. |
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Church Street, West End,
Brisbane |
Ambleside Street Amersham Street |
Too many Church Streets so many were renamed in 1938. [source] However, Ambleside and Amersham Streets appear to be the same L-shaped street called Ambleside on the long side and Amersham on the short side. [source] | ||
Church Lane, Woolloongabba, Brisbane |
Trinity Lane |
-27.4876, 153.0309 |
Shown as Church Lane in 1931 street direction
and Trinity Lane in 1938 street directory. The names
"Church" and "Trinity" presumably both refer to the Holy
Trinity Anglican Church at the top of the lane (the
site has been used for an Anglican Church since 1870 but did
not acquire the name Holy Trinity until 1875). |
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Church Road, Woolloongabba, Brisbane |
Hawthorne
Street |
-27.4879, 153.0310 |
Appears on an 1876 Clarendon Estate map as Church Road. Appears on an 1895 map as Hawthorne Road. The name Church presumably refers to the Holy Trinity Anglican Church in that street (established 1870). | |
Clancarty Street, Moorooka,
Brisbane |
gone |
Originally Russell Street, it was renamed Clancarty Streety in 1938 [source]. Clancarty St appears on a 1956 map as adjoining Toohey Road but has now been subsumed into Toohey Forest Park. | ||
Clara Street (part of),
Wynnum, Brisbane |
Besham Parade |
The portion south-west of the
railway line was renamed in 1928 [source][source]
The north-east portion remains Clara Street. |
||
Clontarf
Road, Woody Point, Redcliffe |
Hornibrook Esplanade |
Comparison of map from
1923-1938 with current map. [source] |
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Collard Place, Banyo, Brisbane |
Froude Street (north-east
segment) and gone |
-27.3752, 153.0756 |
This 1884 map (North is downwards)
shows Collard Place commencing at the intersection of
Musgrave Street and Station Street (now Kennaway Street) and
continuing north-east parallel with the railway line. Sturt
Street is shown as commencing at Collard Place and heading
north-west. Looking at a 1926 street directory, the
short north-east segment of Victoria Street appears to be
the start of Collard Place and the north-west segment of
Victoria Street appears to be Sturt Street. The remainder of
Collard Place (further to the north-east) does not appear in
the 1926 street directory. Victoria Street appears in a 1956
street directory but in a 1975 street directory, it has been
renamed to its current name Froude Street. |
|
Colton Street, South Brisbane
area |
Caflisch Street |
Supposedly Colton Street was renamed Caflisch Street in 1909 [source] but it is Colton Street not Caflisch Street that appears on current maps. | ||
Compo Road, Rocklea, Brisbane |
Evans Road |
Renamed in 1941 [source] |
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Cooksley Street, Sandgate, Brisbane |
Third
Avenue |
-27.31832, 153.07122 |
In 1913, the council decided to rename Petty, Wilson, Cooksley, Henry, and Tully streets to be First, Second, Third, Fifth and Sixth Avenues respectively. [source] But it leaves us wondering about the origins of Fourth Avenue. | |
Cornwall Street, Dutton Park,
Brisbane |
partly
gone |
According to 1948 maps,
Cornwall Street continued into a straight line down to the
river and the most westerly intersection was with Fairfield
Road. However, since 1903, South Brisbane cemetery had been
extended into the land between Cornwall Street and Princess
Street (west of Fairfield Road) and this section of Cornwall
Street was closed as a public road in 1930 and was absorbed
into the cemetery (it does not show in a 1956 street
directory). The northern most part of Fairfield Road (north
of Princess Street) appears to have been renamed Cornwall
Street as part of this process. [source] |
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Coronation Drive, Mount Coot-tha,
Brisbane |
Sir Samuel Griffith Drive
(aka Sir Samuel Griffith Scenic Drive) |
Renamed in 1951 to avoid
confusion with Coronation Drive in Milton / Auchenflower /
Toowong and to honour Sir Samuel Griffith [source] |
||
Coronation Drive, St Lucia, Brisbane |
Renamed in 1949 to avoid confusion with Coronation Drive in Milton / Auchenflower / Toowong and to honour Professor Hawken of the University of Queensland [source] |
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Corser Street, Northgate,
Brisbane |
gone |
The streets in this area were
replaced by large industrial sites. |
||
Cowley Street,
New Farm, Brisbane |
SE part of Hopetoun Way & Hollins Crescent | By comparison of 1887 map with current map. [source] However, so much redevelopment has occurred in this area that it is difficult to say if Hopetoun Way & Hollins Crescent are renaming Richardson Street & Cowley Street or whether they are completely new streets approximately where the old streets used to be. | ||
Creek Street, Annerley,
Brisbane |
Lewisham
Street |
Renamed before 1939 [source];
probably
one
of
the
14
Creek Streets in Brisbane that were renamed in 1938 [source].
This
is confirmed as it appears as Creek Street in a 1938 map and
as Lewisham Street in a 1948 map. Note that Lewisham Street
only went between Ekibin Road and Dudley Street at that time
(and did not cross the creek). In the 1960s/70s Lewisham
Street was extended under the South-East Freeway to cross
the creek and connect to Earl Street as the South-East
Freeway development destroyed the former Ridge Street creek
crossing. |
||
Creek Street, Breakfast
Creek, Brisbane |
Pedder
Street |
Renamed before 1939 [source]; probably one of the 14 Creek Streets in Brisbane that were renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed as it appears as Creek Street in a 1938 map and as Pedder Street in a 1948 map. | ||
Creek Street, Bulimba,
Brisbane |
Corio
Street |
Renamed before 1939 [source]; probably one of the 14 Creek Streets in Brisbane that were renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed as it appears as Creek Street in a 1938 map and as Corio Street in a 1948 map. | ||
Creek Street, Deagon,
Brisabne |
Lendon
Street |
Renamed before 1939 [source]; probably one of the 14 Creek Streets in Brisbane that were renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed as it appears as Creek Street in a 1938 map and as Lendon Street in a 1948 map. | ||
Creek Street, Indooroopilly,
Brisbane |
Kinloch
Street |
Renamed before 1939 [source] (although the source has the spelling Kinlock); probably one of the 14 Creek Streets in Brisbane that were renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed as it appears as Creek Street in a 1938 map and as Kinlock Street in a 1948 map. | ||
Creek Street, Kedron,
Brisbane |
Piper
Street |
Apparently renamed before
1939 [source];
it
appears
to
be
one of the 14 Creek Streets in Brisbane that were renamed in
1938 [source]
as it appears on a 1938 map as Creek Street. However, on a
1931 map it was called Graham Street. |
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Creek Street, Kenmore,
Brisbane |
Sutling
Street |
Renamed before 1939 [source];
probably
one
of
the
14
Creek Streets in Brisbane that were renamed in 1938 [source].
Unfortunately
this area is not covered by my 1938 map so I cannot confirm
it was originally called Creek Street (although it was
clearly adjacent to a creek). |
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Creek Street, Mitchelton,
Brisbane |
Northmore
Street |
Renamed before 1939 [source];
probably
one
of
the
14 Creek Streets in Brisbane that were renamed in 1938 [source].
According
to a 1938 map, Creek Street ran only from Kedron Avenue (now
McConaghy Street) across Osborne Street and towards Kedron
Brook Creek (that is, the easternmost part of Northmore
Street today) and it is only that segment of road that is
renamed Northmore Street on a 1948 map. In 1948 the western
end of the current Northmore Street from Keylar Street to
Blackwood Street was known as Ivy Street and the segment of
the current Northmore Street between Blackwood Street and
Kedron Avenue (now McConaghy Street) did not exist. However,
a 1956 map shows Northmore Street running all the way from
Keylar Street down to Kedron Brook (as it does today). |
||
Creek Street, Newmarket,
Brisbane |
Finsbury
Street |
Renamed before 1939 [source]; probably one of the 14 Creek Streets in Brisbane that were renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed as it appears as Creek Street in a 1938 map and as Praed Street in a 1948 map. | ||
Creek Street, Red Hill,
Brisbane |
Praed
Street |
Renamed before 1939 [source]; probably one of the 14 Creek Streets in Brisbane that were renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed as it appears as Creek Street in a 1938 map and as Finsbury Street in a 1948 map. | ||
Creek Road, Rocklea, Brisbane |
Donaldson Road |
Renamed in 1926 [source].
Not to be confused with nearby Donaldson Street in
Corinda. |
||
Creek Street, Windsor,
Brisbane |
Kidman Street |
One of the 14 Creek Streets renamed in 1938 [source][source] This is confirmed as it appears as Creek Street in a 1938 map and as Kidman Street in a 1948 map. | ||
Creek Street, Woolloongabba,
Brisbane |
Camberwell
Streeet |
Renamed before 1939 [source];
probably
one
of
the
14
Creek Streets in Brisbane that were renamed in 1938 [source].
This
is confirmed as it appears as Creek Street in a 1938 map and
as Camberwell Street in a 1948 map. |
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Creek Street, Wynnum,
Brisbane |
Coreen
Street |
Renamed before 1939 [source]; probably one of the 14 Creek Streets in Brisbane that were renamed in 1938 [source]. This is confirmed as it appears as Creek Street in a 1938 map and as Coreen Street in a 1948 map. | ||
Cribb Island Road, Cribb
Island, Brisbane |
gone | Appears on 1956 map but not on current maps as the entire suburb of Cribb Island and parts of Lower Nudgee were subsumed into Brisbane Airport around 1970. | ||
Cribb Parade, Cribb Island,
Brisbane |
gone | Appears on 1956 map but not on current maps as the entire suburb of Cribb Island and parts of Lower Nudgee were subsumed into Brisbane Airport around 1970. | ||
Cross Street, Wilston, Brisbane | MacGregor
Street |
-27.43412, 153.01931 |
The Wilston Estate was sold in 1885 [source]. Cross Street appears on the 1885 estate map, but it
appears as MacGregor Street on a 1917 map. |
|
Crown Avenue, Virginia,
Brisbane |
gone |
Subsumed into an industrial
estate. Based on comparisons of 1956 street directory and
current maps. |
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Croydon Street, Banyo,
Brisbane |
gone |
-27.37889, 153.07650 |
This area is now an industrial estate. See this 1884 map (note, North is downwards). | |
D |
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David Street, Cribb Island,
Brisbane |
gone | Appears on 1956 map but not on current maps as the entire suburb of Cribb Island and parts of Lower Nudgee were subsumed into Brisbane Airport around 1970. | ||
Davies Road, South Brisbane |
Montague Road? |
Supposedly Montague Road was renamed Davies Road in 1909 [source] but it is Montague Road not Davies Road that appears on current maps.There is a Davies Park adjacent to Montague Road. | ||
Dawson Street, Rockhampton |
Barry Street |
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Deagon Street, Deagon, Brisbane |
Albury
Street |
-27.32585, 153.06540 | Deagon Street appears in a 1919 street
directory but it has become Albury Street in a 1931 street
directory. Not to be confused with Deagon Street, Sandgate
(see below); indeed, maybe that was the reason for its
renaming. The earliest newspaper reference I could find to
Albury Street is in 1929. [source] |
|
Deagon Street (part of), Sandgate, Brisbane |
Brighton
Road |
-27.3155, 153.0661 |
In 1913 the council decided to combine part
of Deagon Street and Botts Road to create Brighton Road. [source]
It is not indicated which part of the current Brighton Road
was formerly Deagon Street and which part was Botts Road,
but looking at the angle that the current Deagon Road
connects into Brighton Road, it seems most likely that the
southern section of Brighton Road (from the current Deagon
Street to Seymour Street) was originally Deagon Street,
while the northern section of Brighton Road (from the
current Deagon Street to Ward Street) was originally Botts
Road. Not to be confused with Deagon Street, Deagon (see
above). |
|
Deighton Street, South Brisbane area | Dutton Street | Deighton Street was renamed
Dutton Street in 1909 [source].
However,
there is also a Deighton
Road on current maps. |
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Denham Street, North
Rockhampton |
Goodsall Street | In 1925 it was proposed to
rename Denham Street in North Rockhampton to avoid confusion
with the Denham Street
on the south side of the city but no new name had been
agreed to. [source]
but later the name Goodsall Street was chosen [source] |
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Denison Street, South
Brisbane area |
Church Avenue? |
Supposedly Church Avenue (off Arthur Street, now Harrowgate Street) was renamed Denison Street in 1909 [source] but it is Church Avenue not Denison Street that appears on current maps. Although Church Avenue does not connect to Harrowgate Street on current maps, they probably did connect up until the 1960s when the South-East Freeway (Pacific Motorway) was built. | ||
Derby Street, Moorooka,
Brisbane |
gone |
A 1956 map shows Derby Street
coming off Toohey Road in an area that is now Toohey Forest
Park. It is possible that Derby Street might be the current
Flanders Street, but I think Derby Street was a bit further
north than Flanders. |
||
Devereux Street, Kedron,
Brisbane |
gone |
Devereux Street appears in a
1956 directory running north-south through the area subsumed
by Shaw & Mercer Parks. |
||
Dixon Street, South Brisbane
area |
Raven Street? |
Supposedly Raven Street was renamed Dixon Street in 1909 [source] but it is Raven Street not Dixon Street that appears on current maps. | ||
Dudley Street East, Annerley, Brisbane |
Dudley
Street |
-27.51117, 153.03515 |
Street directories from 1917 to 1956 shows
Dudley Street running west from Ipswich Road while Dudley
Street East runs east from Ipswich Road. Modern maps show
both segments being called Dudley Street. |
|
Duff Street, Chermside,
Brisbane |
Kuran
Street |
Appears in the 1938 street directory as Duff Street, in the 1948 street directory as Wallace Street (presumably an extension of the still existing Wallace Street west of Gympie Road), and in the 1956 street directory as Kuran Street. See also this 1937 map (as Wallace Street) and this 1955 map (as Kuran Street). | ||
Dunn Street, Yeronga,
Brisbane |
Kadumba Street | In 1938, the road running from Fairfield Avenue to Rhyndarra Street had four separate names: Railway Avenue, Dunn Street, Rome Street and Kadumba Street. The entire road was renamed Kadumba Street. [source][source] | ||
E |
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Eagle Farm Road, Eagle Farm,
Brisbane |
Kingsford Smith Drive |
The road from Breakfast Creek
to the Pinkenba level crossing (known as Hamilton Road until
the junction with Racecourse Road and then Eagle Farm Road
beyond that) was renamed in 1953 in honour of Charles
Kingsford Smith. Ironically, that road had been
renamed Bailey Memorial Drive in 1938 after J.F. Bailey
(curator of the Botanic Gardens) but that name had not been
used. [source]
Note that Eagle Farm Road beyond the Pinkenba level crossing
was not renamed and is still visible on current maps. |
||
Edith Street (part of),
Wynnum, Brisbane |
Emsworth Street |
The portion to the south-west
of the railway line was renamed in 1928 [source][source]
The north-east portion remains Edith Street. |
||
Edward Street, Annerley,
Brisbane |
Portland Street |
Too many Edward Streets in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Edward Street, Banyo,
Brisbane |
Langton Street |
Too many Edward Streets in
Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. |
||
Edward Street, Belmont / Mt
Bruce, Brisbane |
Wyena Street, Camp Hill |
Too many Edward Streets in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories.. Compare with this 1889 map of East Coorparoo. | ||
Edward Street, Bowen Hills,
Brisbane |
Jamieson Street |
Renamed in 1904 [source].
|
||
Edward Street, Bulimba,
Brisbane |
Yarung Street (gone) |
Too many Edward Streets in
Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories, but the street has completely disappeared on a
1956 map having been absorbed into the Bulimba Barracks.
Edward / Yarung Street was the street immediately north and
parallel to Carbeen Street, running from Baldwin Street
across Bolan Street and toward (but did not actually connect
to) Taylor Street (Carbeen Street did not connect through to
Taylor Street either at that time). |
||
Edward Street, Cannon Hill,
Brisbane |
Yarramba Street (gone) |
Too many Edward Streets in
Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories, but no longer appears on current maps as it has
been absorbed into Bill Cash Memorial Park. Edward /
Yarramba Street commenced at Wynnum Road opposite Stanton
Street (probably the park entrance today) and ran NNE
(parallel with Barrack Road) until it intersected at a 3-way
intersection with Whitworth Road (which crossed the railway
line) and Andrews Street (probably a small extension of the
current street). |
||
Edward Street, Kedron,
Brisbane |
Lawley Street |
Too many Edward Streets in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Edward Street, Kuraby,
Brisbane |
Donegal Street |
Too many Edward Streets in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] | ||
Edward Street, Mitchelton,
Brisbane |
Faucett Street |
Too many Edward Streets in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Edward Street, Nashville /
Sandgate, Brisbane |
Borella Street |
Too many Edward Streets in Brisbane. In 1938, it was renamed Borella Street according to these [source][source] and this is confirmed by a 1938 map showing it as Edward Street and a 1948 map showing it as Borella Street. This [source] claims Edward Street in Nashville was renamed Jennings Street in 1938 but I cannot find any maps showing this street as Jennings Street. | ||
Edward Street, Rocklea,
Brisbane |
Carisbrook Street |
Too many Edward Streets in
Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source].
Unfortunately
this
area
is
not covered by the 1938 map I am using so I cannot confirm
that it was originally Edward Street. |
||
Edward Street, Toowong,
Brisbane |
Eldridge Street |
Too many Edward Streets in
Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. |
||
Edward Street, Virginia,
Brisbane |
Jefferis Street |
In 1938, Edward Street was renamed Jeffries Street [source][source] and this is confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. However, in 1948, it was renamed again to be Jefferis Street [source: Brisbane City Council Archives], a subtle change that appears to have taken a number of years to become adopted by the residents of the street, many of whom persisted in calling it Jeffries Street in the electoral roll in the 1950s. The Council Archives do not indicate why the name was changed in 1948, nor why the new name was so similar to the previous one. Can anyone help? | ||
Edward Street, Woolloongabba, Brisbane | Grantham Street, Dutton
Park |
Too many Edward Streets in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Edward Street, Woolowin,
Brisbane |
Madden Street, Albion |
Too many Edward Streets in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Edward Street, Zillmere,
Brisbane |
Lovegrove Street |
Too many Edward Streets in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Edwardstown
Street, Humpybong |
Redcliffe in the vicinity of George Street | -27.22966, 153.09384 | The Tunbridge Wells estate was sold in 1885. [source] Most of the street names on the estate map (apart from
George Street) do not exist today. There is one 1902
reference to Edwardstown Street [source],
but nothing that helps pin down its exact location. Can
you help? |
|
Elfrida Street, Kangaroo
Point, Brisbane |
Elliott Street |
Renamed in 1925 [source] |
||
Elizabeth Street, Mount
Gravatt, Brisbane |
gone |
The street layout in this area has undergone considerable change from what appears in the 1948 street directory. Elizabeth Street no longer exists. | ||
Elizabeth Street, Park
Avenue, Rockhampton |
Underwood Street |
Renamed in 1925 to avoid
confusion with another Elizabeth
Street on the south side of Rockahmpton [source] |
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Ella Street, New Farm,
Brisbane |
Hazel Street |
Renamed in 1937 to avoid
confusion with another Ella
Street in New Farm [source] |
||
Ellen Street,
Holland Park West, Brisbane |
Gower Street |
Comparison of 1884 map and current map. [source] | ||
Ellery Street, Wavell
Heights, Brisbane |
gone |
Ellery Street appears in a
1956 street directory but today has been subsumed into Shaw
& Mercer Parks. It ran westward (roughly) from Shaw Road
to Boree Street. |
||
Ellison Road, Virginia,
Brisbane |
Ellison Road (shorter) |
According to a 1956 street
directory, Ellison Road used to terminate at Sandgate Road
but today it ends at Bilsen Road. |
||
Elworthy Street, Toowong |
Jephson Street | There were too many Church Streets so many were renamed in 1938. Church Street in Toowong was renamed Elworthy Street in 1938 [source]. However, it seems it was soon after renamed Jephson Street [source]. In the 1941 a few people were still listed as living in Elworthy Street but many more are listed as living in Jephson Street. | ||
End Street, South Brisbane
area |
Woodness Street |
Supposedly renamed in 1909 [source]
but there is no Woodness Street on current maps and there is
an End Street. |
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Entrance A, Hendra |
Bulli Street |
-27.418562, 153.074605 |
Entrance A and its counterpart Entrance B
both appear in a 1948 street directory but appear as Bulli
and Gadara Streets respectively in a 1956 street directory |
|
Entrance B, Hendra |
Gadara Street | -27.417718, 153.074786 |
Entrance A and its counterpart Entrance B both appear in a 1948 street directory but appear as Bulli and Gadara Streets respectively in a 1956 street directory | |
Esplanade, Cribb Island,
Brisbane |
gone | Appears on 1956 map but not on current maps as the entire suburb of Cribb Island and parts of Lower Nudgee were subsumed into Brisbane Airport around 1970. | ||
F |
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Fairfield Road, Dutton Park,
Brisbane (northern end) |
Cornwall
Street |
According to 1948 maps, Cornwall Street continued into a straight line west down to the river and the most westerly intersection was with Fairfield Road. However, since 1903, South Brisbane cemetery had been extended into the land between Cornwall Street and Princess Street (west of Fairfield Road) and this section of Cornwall Street was closed as a public road in 1930 and was absorbed into the cemetery (it does not show in a 1956 street directory). The northernmost part of Fairfield Road (north of Princess Street) appears to have been renamed Cornwall Street as part of this process. [source] | ||
Ferry Road, Indooroopilly |
Coonan Street |
-27.50370, 152.97480 |
An 1895
map shows Ferry Road immediately west of the railway
line, starting at the Wharf Reserve at the Brisbane River
and extending north to the Indooroopilly railway station. It
is now Coonan Street, which extends further north than Ferry
Road did. |
|
Ferry Street, Kangaroo Point,
Brisbane |
Holman
Street (west of Main Street) |
A 1887 map shows
Ferry Street running from the western riverbank (with a
ferry connection to the Customs House that still exists to
this day) to Main Street, while the segment from Main Street
to the eastern riverbank is called Holman Street. However,
in the 1917 street directory, the entire street between the
two riverbanks is called Holman Street. Probably the reason
for the renaming was to avoid confusion with the other Ferry
Street in Kangaroo Point (that still exists today but
is now L-shaped rather than a straight road down to the
river as it was until at least 1956). |
||
Fifth (5th) Avenue,
Tarragindi, Brisbane |
Lutzow
Street |
While First through Fourth
Avenue at Tarragindi were renamed in 1938, Fifith Avenue
remained unchanged and it appears as Fifth Avenue in a 1948
street directory, but it is listed as Lutzow Street in a
1956 street directory. Note in 1948 Lutzow Street only went
from Sexton Road to Weller Road, but in 1956 it continues
through to Toohey Road, as it does today. |
||
First (1st) Avenue, Albion,
Brisbane |
Blackmore Street, Windsor |
Too many First Avenues in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
First (1st) Avenue, Baddow, Maryborough |
Campbell
Street (part of) |
-25.52873, 152.68305 |
Based on comparison of the 1963 and 1968
electoral rolls, First Avenue appears to have bene between
Neptune and Tanner Streets and was amalgamated into Campbell
Street which was previously only north-west of Neptune
Street. Second Avenue will ran parallel to First Avenue
appears to have been similarly amalgamated into Edward
Street. |
|
First (1st) Avenue, Banyo,
Brisbane |
Eames Street |
Too many First Avenues in
Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. (See also First Street, Banyo, below) |
||
First (1st) Avenue, Boondall,
Brisbane |
Peacock Street |
Too many First Avenues in
Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source]
and supported by comparison of 1938 street directory (index
entry but no map) and 1948 street directory. |
||
First (1st) Avenue, Bulimba,
Brisbane |
Wright Street |
Too many First Avenues in
Brisbane. Renamed to Poomong Street in 1938 [source][source]
which is confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. However on a 1956 street directory and current
maps it is called Wright Street. Only
First through Fourth Avenues were renamed in 1938; Fifth and
Sixth Avenues still remain. |
||
First (1st) Avenue,
Chermside, Brisbane |
Manitoba
Place |
There were too many First
Avenues in Brisbane so First Avenue in Chermside was renamed
Taverner Street in 1938 [source][source]
and this is confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. However, by comparison of 1956 street directory
with current maps, First Avenue / Taverner Street would
appear to have been renamed Manitoba Place. However, First
Avenue / Taverner Street used to connect through to Bilsen
Street while Manitoba Place does not. Meanwhile a new First Avenue has been
created in Chermside (too far away to be related to the
original one). |
||
First (1st) Avenue, Coopers
Plains, Brisbane |
Keeling Street |
Too many First Avenues in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
First (1st) Avenue,
Coorparoo, Brisbane |
Panitya Street, Greenslopes |
Too many First Avenues in
Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. Once the names of First through Fourth Avenues
were changed in 1938; the others (Fifth through Tenth)
remain. |
||
First (1st) Street, Cribb Island, Brisbane | gone | Appears on 1956 map but not on current maps as the entire suburb of Cribb Island and parts of Lower Nudgee were subsumed into Brisbane Airport around 1970. | ||
First (1st) Avenue, Darra,
Brisbane |
Warrender Street |
Too many First Avenues in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
First (1st) Avenue, Eagle
Junction, Brisbane |
Roseby Avenue, Clayfield |
Renamed in 1938 after a noted
clergyman of New South Wales [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. There was an earlier proposal to call it Aljon
Street in honour of the mayor Alfred Jones who lived in the
street, but he didn't like the name. |
||
First (1st) Avenue, Kedron,
Brisbane |
Lassetter Street |
There were too many First
Avenues in Brisbane, so it was renamed 1938 [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. Note only the names of First through
Fourth Avenue were changed in 1938; the others (Fifth
through Fourteenth) remain. |
||
First (1st) Avenue,
Mitchelton, Brisbane |
Fenwick Street |
Too many First Avenues in
Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. However, at that time First Avenue / Fenwick
Street went right through to Samford Road as opposed to the
short cul-de-sac that exists to day. |
||
First (1st) Avenue, Murarrie,
Brisbane |
Tamba Street |
Too many First Avenues in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
First (1st) Avenue, St Lucia,
Brisbane |
Ironside Street |
Too many First Avenues in
Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. Note only the names of First through Fourth
Avenue were changed in 1938; the others (Fifth through
Eleventh) remain. |
||
First (1st) Avenue,
Tarragindi, Brisbane |
Shaftesbury Street |
Too many First Avenues in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
First (1st) Avenue, Torwood,
Brisbane |
Ennever Street, Bardon |
Too many First Avenues in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
First (1st) Avenue, Wilston,
Brisbane |
Antill Street |
Too many First Avenues in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
First (1st) Avenue, Woody
Point, Redcliffe |
McLellan Street |
Comparison of map
(c1923-1938) with current map. |
||
First (1st) Avenue, Zillmere,
Brisbane |
Rowell Street |
Too many First Avenues in Brisbane. Renamed 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
First (1st) Street, Banyo, Brisbane |
Gold
Street |
-27.37504, 153.07451 |
This 1884 map
shows it as First Street. By 1926, a street directory shows
it as Gold Street. (See also First Avenue, Banyo,
above) |
|
Fifth (5th) Street, Cribb
Island |
gone | Appears on 1956 map but not on current maps as the entire suburb of Cribb Island and parts of Lower Nudgee were subsumed into Brisbane Airport around 1970. | ||
Fifth (5th) Avenue,
Tarragindi, Brisbane |
Lutzow
Street |
Appears in the 1948 street
directory as Fifth Avenue but in the 1956 street directory
as Lutzow Street. The adjacent First through Fourth Avenues
were renamed back in 1938, leaving Fifth Avenue unchanged.
Presumably the change to Lutzow Street reflected the desire
to remove the anomaly of having only one "numbered" street.
The first reference I can find to Lutzow Street is in 1954 [source]. |
||
Fish Lane, South Brisbane |
Fish Street? or Fish Lane? |
Fish Lane was renamed Fish
Street in 1927 [source]
but still appears as Fish
Lane on current maps. |
||
Fitzroy Street, North
Rockhampton |
In 1925, it was proposed to
rename the continuation of Fitzroy Street in North
Rockhampton to avoid confusion with the Fitzroy Street on the
south side of the city but the new name was not agreed upon
[source]
but later Toft Street was chosen [source]
but evidently not implementd as in 1927 it is proposed to
rename it Thorn Street [source].
Perhaps
no
new
name
was
ever
agreed
upon
as
current
maps
show
that
Fitzroy
Street
does
still
extend across to the north side of
the river and there is no Toft Street and, while there
is a Thorn Street, it
is not a continuation of Fitzroy Street. Or perhaps Queen Elizabeth Drive
is the new name (although presumably that name must date
from the 1950s). |
|||
Fitzroy Street, Park Avenue,
Rockhampton |
Gough Street |
Renamed in 1925 to avoid
confusion with the more major Fitzroy Street on the
south side of the city [source] |
||
Fleming Lane, Fairfield,
Brisbane |
Aylesford
Street |
According to this [source], Fleming Lane had been renamed Aylesford Street by 1939. However, a 1948 street directory still shows it as Fleming Lane, but a 1956 street directory and current maps show it as Aylesford Street. | ||
Flood Street, Sherwood,
Brisbane |
Strickland Terrace (southern
end) & gone |
A 1956 street directory shows
Flood Street commencing at the eastern end of Plumer Street
(formerly William Street) and then curved southwards
following the line of the creek to connect with Thomas
Street (which then ran right down to the creek). In 1956
Strickland Terrace commenced at the eastern end of Long
Street East and then curved southwards connecting with the
eastern end of Central Avenue and Borden Street (was Short
Street). The current Strickland Terrace is in two segments,
the northern part commencing further north at Strong Avenue
with a new section down to Long Street East, while the
southern part commences at Central Avenue and extends
further south through to Plumer Street and incorporates the
northern part of the old Flood Street. The rest of Flood
Street, the eastern end of Thomas Street and the section of
Strickland Terrace between Long Street East and Central
Avenue are not longer streets, but a close-up look at a
current map shows walking tracks / bike paths along their
former routes. Most likely the frequent flooding of the
creek resulted in the loss of these street segments. |
||
Florence Street (part of),
Wynnum, Brisbane |
Ronald Street |
The portion south-west of the
railway line was renamed in 1928 [source][source]
The north-east portion is still Florence Street. |
||
Forster Street, Coorparoo,
Brisbane |
Combles
Road |
Forster Street was renamed
Combles Road prior to 1939 according to [source].
However
I cannot find any evidence of Combles Road ever having an
earlier name. Can
you
help? |
||
Fourth (4th) Avenue / Street,
Belmont, Brisbane |
Koondara
Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. The 1938 street directory shows First, Second,
Third and Fourth Streets, of which only Second and Fourth
appear to have been renamed by 1948. First and Third Streets
still exist today. |
||
Fourth (4th) Avenue, Bulimba,
Brisbane |
Wallara
Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. Only First through Fourth Avenues were renamed in 1938; Fifth and Sixth Avenues still remain. | ||
Fourth (4th) Avenue,
Coorparoo, Brisbane |
Dowar
Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Fourth (4th) Avenue, Darra,
Brisbane |
Ebrington
Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Fourth (4th) Avenue, Kedron,
Brisbane |
Arnott
Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Fourth (4th) Avenue,
Mitchelton, Brisbane |
Willcocks
Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. Note that Fourth / Willcocks used to go through
to Samford Road and crossed Main Avenue (now Hay Street) to
create a small cul-de-sac (approximately where 6 Hay Street
is today); the 1956 street directory shows it as it appears
today between Crown Street and Hay Street. |
||
Fourth (4th) Avenue,
Murarrie, Brisbane |
Andan
Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Fourth (4th) Avenue, St
Lucia, Brisbane |
Townley
Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. Note only the names of First through Fourth Avenue were changed in 1938; the others (Fifth through Eleventh) remain. | ||
Fourth (4th) Avenue,
Tarragindi, Brisbane |
Fingal
Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Fourth (4th) Avenue, Torwood,
Brisbane |
Tristania
Drive?,
Toowong |
In 1938 Fourth Avenue (which
ran from Fifth Avenue in a south-westerly direction down to
Stuartholme Road) was renamed Webber street [source][source]
and this is confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. Webber Street can still be found in the 1956
street directory, but current maps no longer show such a
road. Tristania Drive appears to be in same position in
terms of the connection to Fifth Avenue but doesn't go
through to Stuartholme Road although the small
south-westerly cul-de-sac may be the remants of that
connection. |
||
Fourth (4th) Avenue, Wilston,
Brisbane |
Angliss
Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Fourth (4th) Avenue,
Zillmere, Brisbane |
Ardill
Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Fourth Street, Cribb Island,
Brisbane |
gone | Appears on 1956 map but not on current maps as the entire suburb of Cribb Island and parts of Lower Nudgee were subsumed into Brisbane Airport around 1970. | ||
Francis Street, Ashgrove,
Brisbane |
Laird Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source]. My 1938 street directory lists Francis Street in Ashgrove in the index but does not have a map covering that area to confirm it is the street now known as Laird Street. | ||
Francis Street, Coorparoo,
Brisbane |
Boongall Street, Camp Hill |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Francis Steet, Eagle
Junction, Brisbane |
Milman Street, Clayfield |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. Note that Francis / Milman Street used to
connect right through to Jackson Street (the disconnection
happened after 1956). |
||
Francis Street,
Indooroopilly, Brisbane |
Rankin Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Francis Street, Kangaroo
Point, Brisbane |
Anglesey Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. |
||
Francis Street, Kedron,
Brisbane |
Huet Street, Nundah /
Wavell Heights and gone |
In 1938 Francis Street
commenced at Shaw Road and ran west and then south-west,
where it met Castor Street and then continued further
south-west intersecting with Hardacre Street and terminating
at an intersection with Roberts and Devereux Streets. In
1938 it was renamed Huet Street [source][source].
The
1948 street directory shows that the name Huet Street has
been extended to include the road between Shaw Road and
Brooks Street (previously Sylvan Street). Some time after
1956, the parkland we see today (Shaw Park and Mercer Park)
has subsumed a number of streets in this area including the
SW section of Huet Street after the junction with Castor
Street (as well as Hardacre, Roberts and Devereux Streets). |
||
Francis Street, Kedron North,
Brisbane |
Mellor Street, Kedron |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Francis Street, Kelvin Grove,
Brisbane |
Ricardo Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Francis Street, Lota,
Brisbane |
Booner Street & Bethania
Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. At this time Francis / Booner Street ran from Railway Terrace straight through to Whites Road. However, today Booner Street goes only from Railway Terrace to Avadne Road. It appears that some time (after 1956) part of Booner Road (between Avadne Road and Toombes Street) was subsumbed into Cox Park. The section of Booner Street from Toombes Street to Whites Road was then combined with Toombes Street (which went from Booner Street to Andrew Street) into the Bethania Street that exists today. | ||
Francis Street, Moorooka,
Brisbane |
Fincastle Street |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Francis Street, Newstead,
Brisbane |
Wyandra Street |
Francis Street was probably
named after Francis Robert Chester Master who had a large
house called Stratton in this area in the 1850s. Commercial
Road was once known as Stratton Road. Francis Street was
renamed Wyandra Street in 1904 to avoid duplication [source]. |
||
Francis Street, Northgate,
Brisbane |
Pinnock Street (gone) |
There were too many Francis
Streets so some were renamed in 1938. [source]
Pinnock Street appears on a 1956 map, but current maps show
it has been replaced by an industrial estate. It ran
south-west from Blinzinger Road (now 85 Crockford Road)
towards the creek and then turned north-west to join
Frederick Street. |
||
Francis Street, Yeronga,
Brisbane |
Tamworth Street, Annerley |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | ||
Franz
Road, Hendra, Brisbane |
Alexandra Road |
In a 1938 street
directory, Franz Street is shown as commencing at the
railway line and running north while Alexandra
Road commenced on the other side of the railway line
and ran south. In 1938, approval was given to change the
name of Franz Street to Alexandra Road [source]
presumably to have the same name along the entire street.
However, the 1948 street directory still shows the road
north of the railway line as Franz Street, the name which is
still in use today. However, at some time after 1956, the
section of Railway
Parade that ran from Sandgate Road to Alexandra Road
was incorporated into Alexandra Road. |
||
Fraser Street, Ashgrove,
Brisbane |
Kinnaird
Street |
Renamed at some time after
1959. The reason for the renaming is not known but I suspect
there was probably confusion with nearby Frasers
Road (which was itself renamed from Stewart Road
between 1941 and 1948). The official name of the street is
spelled as Frazer Street in titles documents and street
directories, yet residents consistently spelled it Fraser
Street in electoral rolls and newspapers. |
||
Fraser Terrace (part of),
Highgate Hill, Brisbane |
Derby Street |
Due to gullies, Fraser
Terrace was split into two pieces. The eastern piece was
absorbed into Derby Street (to which it was connected) in
about 1920. |
||
Frazer Street, Ashgrove,
Brisbane |
Kinnaird Street | Renamed at some time after 1959. The reason for the renaming is not known but I suspect there was probably confusion with nearby Frasers Road (which was itself renamed from Stewart Road between 1941 and 1948). The official name of the street is spelled as Frazer Street in titles documents and street directories, yet residents consistently spelled it Fraser Street in electoral rolls and newspapers. | ||
Frederick Street, Coorparoo,
Brisbane |
Hamel
Street |
Frederick Street had been
renamed Hamel Street by 1939 [source].
A
1931 street directory shows Hamel Street so presumably the
change happened prior to that but I cannot find any earlier
maps of the area. |
||
Fritz Street,
Coorparoo, Brisbane |
Wylie
Avenue |
Originally called Fritz
Street when the Wecker
Estate was sold in 1884, it had been renamed by 1930
to be Wylie Street. [source]
As all of the other German-named streets in the Wecker
Estate were renamed due to anti-German sentiment in World
War 1, it is likely that this street was also renamed in
World War 1. The fact that the last newspaper reference to
Fritz Street that I could find was in 1914 [source]
and the first newspaper reference to Wylie Avenue is in 1919
[source]
would seem to support this theory. |
||
G |
||||
Garden Street, North
Rockhampton |
Williamson Street |
Renamed in 1927 [source] |
||
Garsden Street, South
Brisbane area |
Cairns Street? | Supposedly Cairns Street was renamed Garsden Street in 1909 [source] but it is Cairns Street not Garsden Street that appears on current maps. | ||
Gaythorne Road, Albion / Breakfast Creek,
Brisbane |
Crosby Road,
Albion |
-27.432454, 153.045869 |
A 1919 street directory shows Gaythorne Road
starting at Sandgate Road and then going east to a junction
with Toorak Road (which does not go that far north today).
In 1929 Gaythorne Road was extended through to Anthony
Street in Ascot. [source]
The name change appears to have occurred about 1930 as a
1931 street directory shows Crosby Road on the map but the
list of residents still refers to it as Gaythorne Road. The
renaming was probably caused by confusion with Gaythorne
Road, Gaythorne (which still exists). Crosby Road was
presumably named after Crosby Park (which already existed)
on that street. Mr Crosby was a popular post office official
who lived in Albion. [source] |
|
Geebung Road, Geebung, Brisbane |
Newman
Road |
-27.36814, 153.04806 | Renamed [source][source].
What is not clear is when the renaming occurred. There is a
reference to Newman's Road in that area as early as 1886 [source]
and references to Geebung Road as late as 1952 [source]
and for many years 1922 onwards both names appear in the
electoral rolls. Given that Newman Road today is very long,
I suspect that the southern part was originally Newman's
Road and the northern part was Geebung Road (they might not
have even been connected in the early days) and that at some
time the name was standardised along the full length of the
road. |
|
Geoffrey Street, Merthyr / New Farm |
Oxlade
Drive |
-27.472589, 153.049642 |
According to a 1926 street directory, River Road went from Sydney Street to Turner Avenue, after which it was called Geoffrey Street from Turner Avenue to Brunswick Street. On 5 September 1927, River Road and Geoffrey Street were both renamed as Oxlade Drive. | |
George Street, Albion,
Brisbane |
Anstey Street |
-27.43044, 153.04255 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source]. Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | |
George Street, Ashgrove, Brisbane |
Gailey
Street |
-27.43861, 152.99556 |
References to George Street appear in this
1921 newspaper article [source]
and in the 1922 electoral roll and is known to intersect
with Lindsay Street. The families Graham, McCabe and Peters
all live in George Street and were later found to be living
in Gailey Street. |
|
George Street, Bowen Hills,
Brisbane |
Hurworth Street |
-27.44806, 153.03650 | Renamed in 1904 to avoid
duplication [source] |
|
George Street, Bulimba,
Brisbane (see also below) |
Bambil Street (gone) |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. Appears on 1956 map but not on current maps. |
||
George Street, Bulimba,
Brisbane (see also above) |
Carbeen Street |
-27.44730, 153.06821 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | |
George Street, Belmont,
Brisbane |
Camboor Street |
-27.48992, 153.08113 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source] and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. View this street on a 1889 map of East Coorparoo. | |
George Street, Coopers
Plains, Brisbane |
Hailsham Street (gone) |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. Appears on 1956 map but not on current maps.
George / Hailsham Street was south of Willingdon Street
(similar spacing to the other streets to the north) and of
similar length (a cul de sac). |
||
George Street, Coorparoo,
Brisbane |
Barradine
Street, Greenslopes |
-27.50726, 153.05635 | Renamed by 1939 [source]
and confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street
directories. |
|
George Street, Cribb Island,
Brisbane |
Elmslie Street (gone) |
Renamed in 1938 [source][source].
Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories.
Appears on 1956 map but not on current maps as the entire
suburb of Cribb
Island was subsumed into Brisbane Airport around 1970. |
||
George Street, Kangaroo
Point?, Brisbane |
Pearson Street | -27.47744, 153.03712 | Renamed in 1938. The [source] gives the old and new street name but not the suburb [using best guess] | |
George Street, Kedron /
Chermside, Brisbane |
Duff
Street, Wavell Heights |
-27.39482, 153.04955 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source]. Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | |
George Street, Stafford,
Brisbane |
Lennon Street |
-27.40909, 153.02322 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source]. Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | |
George Street, Newstead,
Brisbane |
Ross Street |
-27.44310, 153.04275 | Renamed in 1904 to avoid
duplication [source] |
|
George Street, North
Rockhampton |
Part Street | -23.36367, 150.52024 | Renamed in 1925 to avoid confusion with another George Street on the south side of Rockhampton [source] | |
George Street, Rosalie,
Brisbane |
Agars Street |
-27.46672, 152.99682 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source]. Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | |
George Street, Rocklea,
Brisbane |
Inskip Street |
-27.53839, 153.00655 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source]. Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories | |
George Street, Sandgate,
Brisbane |
Darling Street |
-27.31441, 153.05796 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source]. Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | |
George Street, South Brisbane area | Schofield Street | Renamed in 1909 [source] but neither name appears on current maps. Can anyone help? | ||
George Street, Spring Hill,
Brisbane |
Allenby Street |
-27.46111, 153.02254 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source]. Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | |
George Street, Sunnybank,
Brisbane |
Lister Street |
-27.23051, 153.01633 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source]. Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | |
George Street, Taringa,
Brisbane |
Adsett Street |
-27.494113, 152.982910 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source].
Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. |
|
George Street, Virginia,
Brisbane |
Lisgar Street |
-27.37071, 153.05712 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source]. Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | |
George Street, West End,
Brisbane |
Cordeaux
Street |
-27.48885, 153.00085 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source].
Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. |
|
George Street, Windsor,
Brisbane |
Northey Street | -27.44223, 153.02778 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source]. Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | |
George Street, Woollongabba, Brisbane | Lockhart Street |
-27.48961, 153.02967 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source]. Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | |
George Street, Wooloowin,
Brisbane |
Rawson Street |
-27.41492, 153.04438 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source]. Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | |
George Street, Yeronga,
Brisbane |
Somervell Street | -27.51392, 153.02824 | Renamed in 1938 [source][source]. Confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. | |
German Street, Nundah, Brisbane |
Eton Street
(east of Sandgate Road) |
-27.4000, 153.0592 |
By comparison with 1882 Nundah Railway
Station estate map with current maps (courtesy of State
Library of Queensland). Both German and Eton Streets are
present in Nundah from 1882 onwards, suggesting Eton Street
was extended to replace German Street. Since Eton Street is
to both the east and west of Sandgate Road today and the
1882 Nundah Railway Station estate was on the east of
Sandgate Road, it seems most likely that the western part
was always Eton Street and the eastern part was originally
German Street. This 1922
letter to the newspaper editor says it was still
German Street in about 1909 but changed to Eton Street some
time before 1922. Given the time frame, it may have been
changed to due to anti-German sentiment during World War I. |
|
Gillespie Street, South
Brisbane area |
Merton Road? |
Supposedly Merton Road was renamed Gillespie Street in 1909 [source] but it is Merton Road not Gillespie Street that appears on current maps. | ||
Glasshouse Mountain Road,
Glasshouse Mountains |
Steve Irwin Way |
Renamed in 2006 after the
death of Steve
Irwin whose zoo was located on that road [source] |
||
Gore Street, Wavell Heights,
Brisbane |
gone |
In a 1956 Gore Street appears
as a north-south street in an area now completely subsumed
by Shaw & Mercer Parks. |
||
Grace Street, Newstead,
Brisbane |
Morse Street |
-27.45486, 153.04122 | Renamed in 1904 to avoid
duplication [source].
Note
Grace
Street
is
described
as
coming
off
Church
Street
(renamed
Wandoo
Street
at
this
same
time)
but
today
the
connection
to Wandoo Street has been lost and it is only accessible
from Chester Street. The new name honoured Alderman Morse. |
|
Graham Street, Ashgrove,
Brisbane |
Ashgrove
Avenue (segment of) |
Ashgrove Avenue (previously
Three Mile Scrub Road and possibly Serpentine Avenue)
originally had a significant bend along the now Ashgrove
Crescent (as seen in the 1917 street directory). In the 1931
through 1956 street directories Graham Street appears as
"short-cut" avoiding the longer route. At some point after
1956, Ashgrove Avenue was re-routed to take the more direct
route (subsuming Graham Street) and the winding part of
Ashgrove Avenue now bypassed was presumably renamed Ashgrove
Crescent in consequence. So Graham Street was the segment of
the current Ashgrove Avenue between the two intersections
with the current Ashgrove Crescent. |
||
Graham Street, Kedron,
Brisbane |
Piper
Street |
-27.41896, 153.03063 | On a 1931 map, it appears as
Graham Street. On a 1938 map it appears as Creek Street. By
1939 it had been renamed Piper Street [source],
presumably
one
of
the
14 Creek Streets in Brisbane that were renamed in 1938 [source]. |
|
Granville Terrace, Gordon
Park, Brisbane |
Bedford Street |
-27.41800, 153.02314 | According to [source],
Bedford
Street
had
been
renamed
Granville
Terrace
by 1939. However, it appears as Granville Terrace on a 1931
map and a 1938 map but as Bedford Street on a 1948 map and
on current maps, so I think the source got the story
back-to-front. Note that today Bedford Street starts at Beaconsfield
Terrace and continues down past the intersection with
Stirling Street, then there is a missing segment and
then a short east-west
segment off Montrose Street. The longer segment
and missing segment were once Granville Terrace; the short
segment off Montrose Street was originally Short Street. |
|
Gray Road, South Brisbane
area |
O'Reilly Street |
Supposedly renamed in 1909 [source] but it is Gray Road not O'Reilly Street that appears on current maps. | ||
Gray Street east, Ipswich |
Chelmsford Avenue |
-27.61932, 152.75723 | Renaming proposed in 1907 as
part of a tree planting program. [source] |
|
Grays Road, Lower Nudgee,
Brisbane |
gone |
Appears on 1956 map but not on current maps as the entire suburb of Cribb Island and parts of Lower Nudgee were subsumed into Brisbane Airport around 1970. | ||
Green Street, West End,
Brisbane |
Daventry
Street (northern part) |
The 1938 street directory shows Mary Street running from the river north to Bell Street (now Barnsley Street) with Green Street running from Bell Street to Dornoch Terrace, but the 1948 street directory shows both Mary Street and Green Street being re-named Daventry Street. | ||
Gregory Street, Toowong,
Brisbane |
Pioneer
Street |
-27.48227, 152.98520 | There was another Gregory
Street, and Pioneer Street was the new land because the land
there was sold off under the name of the Pioneer Estate.[source]
|
|
Green Road, Lower Nudgee,
Brisbane |
gone | Appears on 1956 map but not on current maps as the entire suburb of Cribb Island and parts of Lower Nudgee were subsumed into Brisbane Airport around 1970. | ||
Grenay (Grenenay?) Street,
Alderley, Brisbane |
Lexington
Street |
-27.42986, 152.99596 | Renamed prior to 1939 [source].
Appears as Lexington Street on my 1938 street directory but
Grenenay Street appears in the index. The street does not
exist in 1931. |
|
Grey Street, Moorooka,
Brisbane |
gone |
A 1956 map shows Grey Street
adjoining Toohey Road in what is now Toohey Forest Park. |
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Grosvenor Street, Toowong, Brisbane |
Bywong Street |
-27.4872, 152.9785 |
Can be seen as Grosvenor Street on this 1895
map but as Bywong Street on current maps. Appears as
Grosvenor Street in a 1948 street directory but as Bywong
Street in a 1956 street directory. Appears in the 1941
electoral roll as Grosvenor Street while the first entries
for Bywong Street are present in the 1949 electoral roll.
The last
newspaper mention of Grosvenor Street is December 1948
while the first
newspaper mention of Bywong Street is in January 1949.
This suggests the name change occurred about the start of
1949. |
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Grove Street, Ashgrove,
Brisbane |
Dalmore
Street |
-27.44143, 152.99282 | In the 1931 street directory
it is Grove Street (note the area was originally called
Grove Estate) but confusingly there is a Grove Parade nearby
(which is now Frobisher
Street). In the 1938 & 1948 street directories both Grove Street and
Grove Parade appear to have been renamed Frobisher Street;
this seems frankly unlikely and perhaps the map makers were
confused about which street had been renamed? In the 1956
street directory the original Grove Street is now called
Grove Street again, but the former Grove Parade is still
Frobisher Street. Looking at electoral rolls through the
period it seems the names in active use are Grove Street and
Frobisher Street, which support the theory that it was only
Grove Parade that was ever renamed Frobisher Street.
However, current maps show Grove Street as Dalmore Street (a
change that must have occurred after 1956), and this appears
to be the only name change that has actually occured. |
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Grove Parade, Ashgrove,
Brsibane |
Frobisher Street | -27.44182, 152.99991 | In the 1931 street directory it is Grove Parade (note the area was originally called Grove Estate) but confusingly there is a Grove Street nearby (which is now Dalmore Street). In the 1938 & 1948 street directories both Grove Parade and Grove Street appear to have been renamed Frobisher Street; this seems frankly unlikely and perhaps the map makers were confused about which street had been renamed? In the 1956 street directory Grove Parade is still shown as Frobisher Street, while original Grove Street is now shown as Grove Street again. Looking at electoral rolls through the period it seems the names in active use are Frobisher Street and Grove Street, which support the theory that it was only Grove Parade that was ever renamed Frobisher Street. | |
Guelph Street, Jubilee, Brisbane |
Jubilee
Park |
-27.45268, 152.98216 | Guelph Street appears on the Jubilee Estate
map of 1897 [source]
running east-west between Empress Terrace and Crown Street
(at about the point of the slight kink in Crown Street). It
appears on maps and street directories until at least 1938.
However, in a 1948 street directory Guelph Street has
disappeared and a unnamed park is shown. There is no
evidence in the electoral roll of anyone living in Guelph
Street although there is one newspaper reference to land at
Guelph Street in 1923 [source].
As all original streets in the Jubilee Estate had royal
connections (it was established at the time of Queen
Victoria's Diamond Jubilee), it is worth knowing that
"guelph" means a member of a
princely family of Swabian origin from which the British
royal house is descended through George I [source]. |
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Haddon Street, Chermside,
Brisbane |
St
Lawrence Street, Wavell Heights |
-27.38227, 153.05101 | There were too many Second Avenues in Brisbane and so Second Avenue in Chermside was renamed Haddon Street in 1938 [source][source] and this is confirmed by comparison of 1938 and 1948 street directories. However comparison between the 1956 street directory and current maps suggests Haddon Street has been subsequently renamed St Lawrence Street. | |
Hall Street, Fortitude
Valley, Brisbane |
McLachlan Street |
Windmell Street (from James Street to Brunswick Street) and Hall Street (from Brunswick Street to Bowen Terrace) were renamed into a single street called McLachlan Street in 1925 [source][source] | ||
Hall Street, North
Rockhampton |
Tomkins Street |
Renamed in 1925 to avoid
confusion with another Hall
Street on the south side of the city [source] |
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Halloran Street, Caboolture |
gone / never
built? |
-27.0835, 152.9557 |
A circa 1888 Caboolture estate map shows
Halloran, Sinnott and Lagoon Streets being east of Battersby
Street (courtesy of State Library of Queensland). These
streets are mentioned in the 1889
advertising of the land sale but, while Battersby
Street exists to this day), I cannot find any subsequent
mention of these other three streets and there are not 3
streets to the east of Battersby Street. Perhaps the land
sale was unsuccessful and the land was subsquently developed
in a different way. |
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Hamilton Place, Bowen Hill, Brisbane
(northern part) |
Mayne Road |
-27.4466, 153.0359 |
According to a circa 1885 map, there may have
been section of Hamilton Place north of Campbell Terrace
which is now Mayne Road (courtesy of Queensland State
Library). |
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Hamilton Road, Hamilton,
Brisbane |
Kingsford Smith Drive |
The road from Breakfast Creek
to the Pinkenba level crossing (known as Hamilton Road until
the junction with Racecourse Road and then Eagle Farm Road
beyond that) was renamed in 1953 in honour of Charles
Kingsford Smith. Ironically, that road had been
renamed Bailey Memorial Drive in 1938 after J.F. Bailey
(curator of the Botanic Gardens) but that name had not been
used. [source] |
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Hampson Street, Red Hill,
Brisbane |
Lower Clifton Terrace |
In 1921, Hampson Street was renamed Lower Clifton Terrace, the name it had be |