Road/Laneway naming
Provide your feedback on the proposed naming of roads and laneways in the Bathurst Regional local government area.
Your feedback will assist Council to understand the level of community support for proposed names.
As naming proposals are submitted we will place the information on this page for your comment. You can tell us what you think by completing the submissions form below for each proposal and then track its progress.
Please note, your submission may be published in publicly available reports at the end of the consultation period.
Provide your feedback on the proposed naming of roads and laneways in the Bathurst Regional local government area.
Your feedback will assist Council to understand the level of community support for proposed names.
As naming proposals are submitted we will place the information on this page for your comment. You can tell us what you think by completing the submissions form below for each proposal and then track its progress.
Please note, your submission may be published in publicly available reports at the end of the consultation period.
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CLOSED: This survey has concluded.Take SurveyIn December 2017 Council approved a 25 lot large lot residential subdivision at 3991 O’Connell Road, Kelso (known as “Appledore”) and a 17 lot large lot residential subdivision at 4031 O’Connell Road, Kelso (known as “Littlebourne”).Both properties have frontage to O’Connell Road and Blue Ridge Drive. As a result of both subdivisions there will be lots with primary access fronting what is now known as Blue Ridge Drive.The road currently known as Blue Ridge Drive commences at O’Connell Road and extends for approximately 450 metres before entering what was historically the Blue Ridge Estate. Blue Ridge Drive then continues around the external perimeter of the site.Houses within the existing Blue Ridge Estate are numbered to Blue Ridge Drive commencing at No.1 through to No.187.In order to facilitate consecutive numbering of the proposed new lots fronting Blue Ridge Drive it will be necessary to rename the first 450 metres of Blue Ridge Drive (from O’Connell Road to the western boundaries of Lot 14, DP 1050220 and Lot 1, DP 867504). This avoids the need to renumber existing properties within the Estate or to adopt non-sequential street numbering.The owner of 3991 O’Connell Road has requested that the entrance road be renamed to Appledore Drive in recognition of the longstanding name of his property – “Appledore” also known as the Appledore Orchard.Appledore Drive complies with Bathurst Regional Council's Guidelines for the Naming of Roads
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CLOSED: This survey has concluded.Complete Form
Council has received a request from Mrs Robyn Waddell (Mr Russell Carrig's daughter) to name the walkway/cycleway which runs through the Saltram Creek Open Space adjacent to the Icely residential estate in Eglinton, in memory of Mr Russell William Carrig.
Detailed background information on the request and Mr Carrig's connection to the area is included in the document library.
In summary:
Mr Carrig purchased part of Alloway Bank on Eleven Mile Drive where he farmed crossbed sheep. At this time he became involved in the East Saltram Creek Landcare group. He taught sheep and wool classing at Bathurst Technical College and Oberon Technical College in the 1960s and 1970s.
He was recognised by the industry and was awarded with several Farmer of the Year awards.
The application by Mr Carrig's family has been supported by a former employee of the Soil Conservation Service who had been involved with the work Mr Carrig undertook in regards to landcare and conservation. Mr Chris Marshall advised "The proposal to name the new section of cycleway at Eglinton adjacent to Saltram Creek after Russ Carrig is entirely appropriate and I totally support it."
Location map:
The name is generally consistent with the naming policies of both Council and the Geographic Names Board (GNB).
Submissions can be made via the feedback form below or send to The General Manager, PMB 17, Bathurst 2795.
The proposal is on exhibition from Monday 9 May until Monday 23 May 2022
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CLOSED: This survey has concluded.Submission
At its Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 16 May 2018, Council resolved to grant Development Consent (No. 2017/396) for a 221 lot subdivision (incorporating 219 residential lots, 1 identified for a school, 1 open space lot and 1 rural lot) on land known as Lot 11 DP 872964, Freemantle Road Eglinton NSW 2795. As part of that Development Consent, six (6) new public roads were proposed to be constructed. Council has now received a proposal for the naming of those public roads.
The location map and approved Plan of Subdivision are available in the Document Library.
Road No. 1 – Jardine Drive
Road No. 1 of the subdivision is proposed to be named JARDINE DRIVE after Mr Thomas Arthur Jardine (First World War Embarkation Roll and Eglinton Roll of Honor). Thomas Jardine was born in Bathurst on 26 December 1876 to John Thomas Jardine and Fanny Arthur.
Names
Jardine, Thomas Arthur
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Place of Birth
Bathurst, New South Wales
Age
40
Trade
Grazier
Marital Status
Married
Address at Date of Enrolment
Inverell, NSW
Next of Kin and Address
Wife, Mrs. V. Jardine, “Roy” Illawarra Road, Marrickville, Sydney, N.S.W.
Religion
Church of England
Date of Joining
1 February 1916
Roll Title
7 Infantry Battalion - 13 to 23 Reinforcements (December 1915 - November 1916)
Conflict/Operation
First World War, 1914-1918
Date of Embarkation
17 November 1916
Place of Embarkation
Sydney
Ship Embarked On
SS Port Napier Fate
Returned to Australia 13 July 1919
Thomas Jardine was one of five brothers. His younger brother William Ralston Jardine (born in Bathurst) also served and was wounded.Road No. 2 – Mayberry Crescent
Road No. 2 of the subdivision is proposed to be named MAYBERRY CRESCENT after Mr Robert Alfred Mayberry (First World War Embarkation Roll and Eglinton Roll of Honor). Robert Mayberry was born in Bathurst to Robert and Harriet Mayberry.
Names
Mayberry, Robert Alfred
Rank
Lance Corporal
Place of Birth
Bathurst, New South Wales
School
Dunkeld Public School, New South Wales
Age
21
Trade
Labourer
Marital Status
Single
Address at Date of Enrolment
Post Office, Esrom, Bathurst NSW
Next of Kin and Address
Father, Robert Mayberry, Esrom, Bathurst NSW
Parents
Robert and Harriet Mayberry
Religion
Methodist
Date of Joining
5 April 1916
Roll Title
17 Infantry Battalion - 14 to 17 Reinforcements (August-October 1916)
Conflict/Operation
First World War, 1914-1918
Date of Embarkation
09 September 1916
Place of Embarkation
Sydney
Ship Embarked On
HMAT Euripides A14
Fate
Killed in action
Place of Death or Wounding
Mont St Quentin, France
Date of Fate
3 October 1918
There are several “Mayberrys” listed on the Eglinton Roll of Honor, at least two of those are known to have been Robert’s brothers Charles and Joseph (born in Bathurst) who served and returned to Australia in 1917.Road No. 3 – Dulhunty Drive
Road No. 3 of the subdivision is proposed to be named DULHUNTY DRIVE after Mr Norman John Dulhunty (First World War Embarkation Roll and Eglinton Roll of Honor). Norman Dulhunty was born in Wellington NSW and was a resident of Eglinton at the time of enlistment.
Names Dulhunty, Norman John Rank Company Sergeant Major, Private, Sergeant Place of Birth Wellington, New South Wales Age 23 Trade Farmer Marital Status Single Address at Date of Enrolment Boomerang, Eglinton P.O. via Bathurst NSW Next of Kin and Address Father, H. Dulhunty, Boomerang, Eglinton P.O via Bathurst NSW Town Eglinton, New South Wales Religion Roman Catholic Date of Joining 16 June 1915 Roll Title 17 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 13 Reinforcements (May 1915 - June 1916) Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918 Date of Embarkation 9 August 1915 Place of Embarkation Sydney Ship Embarked On HMAT Runic A54 Fate Killed in action Place of Death or Wounding France Date of Fate 31 August 1918 Description A farmer from Boomerang near Bathurst NSW, Pte Dulhunty enlisted on 16 June 1915. He embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 August 1915 and after advanced training in Egypt he embarked for Gallipoli, arriving on 8 December 1915 where he served for the final eleven days of the campaign. Promoted to Company Sergeant Major (CSM) he served for two years on the Western Front before being killed in action on 31 August 1918 and was buried at Hem Farm Military Cemetery in France. He was 26.
There are several “Dulhuntys” listed on the Eglinton Roll of Honor, at least one of these is known to have been Norman’s brother Hubert George who also served and returned to Australia in 1919.Road No. 4 – Hoskins Crescent
Road No. 4 of the subdivision is proposed to be named HOSKINS CRESCENT after Mr G.H. Hoskins who was one of the two committee members who made a decision in 1926 to build the Bathurst War Memorial Carillon in Kings Parade.
The following information is provided on the “Monument Australia” website in relation to the decision made to construct the War Memorial Carillon:
“In 1920 a committee was formed in Bathurst to construct memorial statuary commemorating soldiers from the Bathurst district who served in World War One. The idea languished due to the lack of financial support and public apathy. Later, while in Europe, Mr G.H. Hoskins heard a carillon and brought the idea of a memorial carillon back to Bathurst.
A meeting of the First World War Memorial Committee was convened for the evening of August 26th 1926 to decide between the two proposals. There was a torrential downpour that night and only two committee members were able to attend. They made the decision to have a carillon as the memorial instead of statuary.”
The name was previously nominated to be included in Council’s Database of Proposed Road Names due to the historical significance of the Carillon and the persons involved in its construction.
Road No. 5 – Atkins Drive
Road No. 5 of the subdivision is proposed to be named ATKINS DRIVE after Mr Harold Augustus Randolph Atkins (First World War Embarkation Roll). Harold Atkins was born in Bathurst to John and Mary Atkins.
Names
Atkins, Harold Augustus Randolph
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Place of Birth
Bathurst, New South Wales
School
Bathurst Superior Public School, New South Wales
Age
26
Trade
Customs Officer
Marital Status
Single
Address at Date of Enrolment
109 George Street Bathurst NSW
Next of Kin and Address
Father, J. Atkins, 109 George Street Bathurst NSW
Parents
John and Mary Atkins
Religion
Church of England
Date of Joining
16 September 1915
Roll Title
1 Infantry Battalion - 13 to 23 Reinforcements (December 1915 - November 1916)
Conflict/Operation
First World War, 1914-1918
Date of Embarkation
01 April 1916
Place of Embarkation
Sydney
Ship Embarked On
SS Makarini
Fate
Killed in action
Place of Death or Wounding
Pozieres, Somme Sector, France
Date of Fate
23 July 1916
Thomas Atkins also had a brother David Douglas Atkins (born in Bathurst), who served and was wounded.Road No. 6 – Ovens Drive
Road No. 6 of the subdivision is proposed to be named OVENS DRIVE after Mr James Morton Ovens (First World War Nominal and Eglinton Roll of Honor). James Ovens was born in Boorowa NSW and was a resident of Bathurst at the time of enlistment.
Names
Ovens, James Morton
Rank
Lieutenant
Place of Birth
Boorowa, New South Wales
Age
21
Trade
Salesman
Marital Status
Single
Address at Date of Enrolment
Bathurst, New South Wales
Next of Kin and Address
Mother, Mrs Mary Ovens, Esrom, NSW
Religion
Roman Catholic
Date of Joining
11 December 1916
Roll Title
Australian Flying Corps Details
Conflict/Operation
First World War, 1914-1918
Date of Embarkation
2 August 1917
Place of Embarkation
Sydney
Ship Embarked On
HMAT A28 Miltiades
Fate
Effective abroad (still overseas)
Date of Fate
1 November 1919
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CLOSED: This survey has concluded.Make a submission
During the recent Pyramul/Sallys Flat bush fire a road name anomaly in the locality caused confusion when fire crews were being dispatched.
The subject road, mapped as Doughertys Junction Road, starts approximately 200 metres to the north of the intersection of Hill End Road and Sally’s Flat Road in the Bathurst Region Local Government Area (LGA). The road runs generally in a northerly direction to Green Valley Creek which is the Local Government boundary between Bathurst Regional Council and Mid Western Regional Council. After crossing Green Valley Creek, the road continues on for a further 6 kilometres before it intersects with another road also known as Doughertys Junction Road. This other Doughertys Junction Road, in the Mid Western Regional LGA, connects Hill End Road to the west and Sallys Flat Road to the east.
An aerial location plan and annotated cadastral map are provided in the document library.
Mid Western Regional Council recently gazetted the name “Old Coach Road” for the 6 kilometres of the subject road within its LGA.
There are only two properties in the Bathurst Region LGA addressed to the subject road. It is noted that one of the property owners has previously requested a review of road name. That request was deferred pending Mid Western Regional Council undertaking consultation with the larger number of affected property owners in its LGA and gazetting the new name. Mid Western Regional Council gazetted the new name on 24 March 2023.
It is therefore recommended that Council adopt the name “Old Coach Road” for that section of the subject road in its LGA to ensure consistency with Mid Western Regional Council’s recent name gazettal.
The name complies with Bathurst Regional Council's Guidelines for the Naming of Roads.
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CLOSED: This survey has concluded.Submission
In 1991 Council approved a Development Application for an 18 lot residential subdivision of Lot 6 DP 255968 off Weeronga Way in the suburb of Kelso. Subsequent to the Development Application being approved, the land (with the consent in place) was purchased by Bruce Kerr Pty Ltd. Works on the subdivision commenced and accordingly the consent did not lapse. Works pursuant to the 1991 consent have now recommenced and are substantially complete.
A location map and plan of subdivision are available in the document library.
Sadly, Mr Kerr passed away on 21 October 2022 before the subdivision reached final completion. The family of Mr Kerr have requested that the new cul-de-sac be named in his honor.
There is already a Kerr Place in Kelso (named after Dr WJ Kerr – no connection to Leslie Bruce Burdett Kerr). The family have therefore requested Mr Kerr’s middle name “Burdett” be used as the name for the new cul-de sac.
The name complies with Bathurst Regional Council's Guidelines for the Naming of Roads.
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CLOSED: This survey has concluded.Submission
On 28 April 2021 Council approved a Development Application for a 205 lot residential subdivision off Richardson Street and Governors Parade in the suburb of Windradyne. The subdivision includes six new roads as well as the extension of Richardson Street and Governors Parade.
Council at its Ordinary Meeting held 18 October 2023 adopted the names Astley Close and McMillan Avenue, amongst others, for the subdivision. The names Astley Close and McMillan Avenue were rejected by the Geographic Names Board (GNB) because of their similarity to existing road names in the Bathurst Regional LGA (Apsley and McGillan respectively).
The following names have therefore been chosen to replace to two names rejected by the GNB.
Name Suffix Significance Keightley Avenue Caroline Keightley
Born: 1840
Died: 1898On her death in December 1898, newspapers across Australia remembered Caroline Keightley, the “Heroine of Rockley”, and the dramatic story of her dash on the night of 24 October 1863 to ransom her husband from bushrangers holding him on their Dunn’s Plains property. While the facts of the story vary with the telling, all agree that the Ben Hall gang threatened a revenge killing of Henry Keightley for the shooting of one of their fellow bushrangers. Caroline pleaded for his life and a bargain was struck that Henry would be spared for a £500 ransom. With a noon deadline to meet, she raced to Blackdown near Kelso to seek the help of her father, Henry Rotton. The ransom was duly raised with a 4 am visit to Bathurst’s Commercial Bank and Henry’s life was spared. For Caroline, life was never again quite the same. Rolf Boldrewood wrote her into his classic, Robbery Under Arms, and for a time Caroline took to the stage starring in a drama, Bail Up, re-enacting her midnight race to save her husband.
Source: The Pillars of Bathurst
Roberts Close Mary Ann Roberts
Born: 1792
Died: 1868Mary Ann Roberts was the first colonial wife and mother to live in the Bathurst Settlement. With her three small children, she arrived in late 1816 on the completion of the family’s house, the first built in the Settlement. She was at the time the only woman living among the men employed building the settlement. Mary Ann’s partner and father of her children was Richard Lewis, the Settlement’s Superintendent. (They married in 1825.) In February 1817, Mary Ann Roberts gave birth to Louisa, the first colonial child born in inland Australia. The basic details of her life after arrival in Bathurst are not difficult to track. Widowed, she remarried in 1829, was the mother of six children born in the Bathurst area and became a woman of property. However, an enduring question remains – who was Mary Ann Roberts? Colonial records indicate she was born in the colony in 1792, but there is no record of her parentage. There are claimants offered by family historians linking her to their own convict ancestry, together with a theory her mother was Aboriginal and another that she was Jane Roberts, a convict on the transport Mary Ann. But, all lack credible evidence.
Source: The Pillars of Bathurst
A location plan and annotated plan of subdivision are available in the document library.
The names all have historical association with the area or district and comply with Bathurst Regional Council's Guidelines for the Naming of Roads.
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CLOSED: This survey has concluded.Submission
On 28 April 2021 Council approved a Development Application for a 205 lot residential subdivision off Richardson Street and Governors Parade in the suburb of Windradyne (Windy 1100). The subdivision includes six new roads as well as the extension of Richardson Street and Governors Parade.
The following names have been chosen for the six new roads within the approved subdivision.
Name Suffix Significance Mulholland Parkway Charles St John Mulholland
Born 1903
Died 1984Born in Bathurst in 1903, Charles St. John Mulholland was educated at St Stanislaus College, where he became forever known as ‘Tim’ to friends and family. In 1925, following study at the University of Sydney (B.Sc. 1924), Tim Mulholland joined the NSW Department of Mines as a geologist with the Geological Survey. He would remain with the department until his retirement in 1963, establishing a highly regarded reputation as a hands-on geologist. Early in his career, he successfully undertook the search for groundwater sources throughout the state. During the Great Depression, with unemployed men encouraged to try gold prospecting, Mulholland returned to the Bathurst Region to offer practical assistance. In the late 1930’s, his survey of Snowy Mountains geology helped lay the groundwork for the Snowy Mountains Scheme. In 1947, he was appointed the NSW State Geologist, with subsequent promotion to Assistant Under-Secretary for Mines (1954-57), and then Under-Secretary (1957-63). From these positions, Mulholland oversaw a number of significant departmental projects, including work for the Snowy Mountains Scheme, pioneering airborne radiometric surveying and detailed geological mapping of the State. Away from work, Tim Mulholland was known to occasionally indulge in Charlie Chaplin impersonations.
Source: The Pillars of Bathurst.
McMillan Avenue Donald McMillan
Born 1856
Died 1938Born at Evans Plains in 1856, Donald McMillan’s life was dedicated to farming. He achieved recognition as one of Australia’s champion wheat farmers through the crops grown on Meadow Glenn, his farm on the Orange Road. McMillan took up the farm in 1885, persevering through many challenges before establishing a reputation in the first decades of the 20th century as a consistent prize-taker for his wheat in agricultural shows, including the Sydney Royal Show. His prizewinning expertise extended as well into other farming areas, not only with other crops such as oats and maize but notably with his dairy cattle. Donald McMillan was also an early proponent of what today is known as organic farming, as in his ingenious employment of “small black spiders” to keep his fruit trees free of insect pests. His successful use of fowls in his orchard in place of insecticide sprays drew the appreciative attention of the experts at the Bathurst Experiment Farm. Whether through his long-standing membership on the Bathurst Show Committee or by way of personal contact, Donald McMillan generously shared his practical farming wisdom and so contributed to the Bathurst Region’s agricultural development.
Source: The Pillars of Bathurst.
Neville Dawson Drive Neville Alfred Dawson
Born 24/03/1933
Died 13/11/2022Neville Dawson was a well-known and well-respected member of the Bathurst community. Neville was born in Bathurst and lived in the Central West his entire life.
Neville was an active member of many community and sporting organisations – notably he was a co-founder of the St Patrick’s Sporting Club, a member of Bathurst Rotary for over 55 years (including being a past Club President) and a member of various committees for the Catholic Church.
Neville was the founder of Dawson’s Removals & Storage – now a nationally recognised company synonymous with Bathurst. After leaving school in 1948 Neville undertook an apprenticeship as a motor mechanic and upon completion of his training, started his career in the transport industry where he stayed until he retired in 2001. Dawson’s Removals & Storage is now owned and operated by Neville’s son Peter and Peter’s wife Bernadette.
Neville was a family man. He was married to Johanna for over 65 years and they had four children – Judy, Deb, Peter and Bernadette.
Source: Dawson family, Dawson’s Removals & Storage website and Western Advocate.
Note that Council officers have consulted with the representatives of the Dawson family in support of the nomination.
Meranda Place Wolla Meranda
Born 1863
Died 1951Wolla Meranda was the name chosen late in life by Isabella Gertrude (Gert) Ada Poyitt. Gert Poyitt was born at Sunny Corner, leaving at age eighteen to begin a teaching career. By the early 1890s, living again in Sunny Corner, Gert’s life seemed assured a happy trajectory as schoolteacher, wife and mother. But a succession of personal tragedies transformed Gert into a different persona, that of Wolla Meranda, whose introspections as a poet, columnist and novelist provided insights into Australian society, notably the challenges offered women.
Her literary mentor was a French poet, Julien de Sanary (1859-1929), who in 1920 came to live with her in Sunny Corner. It is likely through him that her first novel was published in France in 1922 before its 1930 English version, Poppies of the Night. Wolla Meranda achieved some literary recognition in her time, although her writings are unknown today. She was also an artist (1922 Archibald finalist) and a pioneer environmentalist, a keen opponent of pine plantations. Wolla Meranda challenged societal conventions through her writings and lifestyle. Her gravestone, in French and English, is shared with de Sanary, with her son Roy (1893-94) buried alongside. Wolla Meranda dared to be different.
Source: The Pillars of Bathurst.
Eyre Close Hal Eyre
Born 1875
Died 1946Born in Sofala, Henry Leo Eyre became one of Australia’s leading newspaper political cartoonists. He made his public debut as a cartoonist as a Bathurst schoolboy - with a comic caricature of his schoolmaster. At age 16, Eyre went to Sydney to study art under Julian Ashton, who encouraged him to submit his work to the Bulletin. For a time, Eyre followed a freelance career, sometimes in partnership with Lionel Lindsay, selling sketches and cartoons to Australian newspapers and magazines. He worked under several aliases before settling on “Hal Eyre”. In 1908, as Hal Eyre, he became the Sydney Daily Telegraph’s regular political cartoonist, where his cartoons proved to be a popular and enduring feature. Eyre skilfully distilled complex situations into simple visual statements, invariably humorous and often satirical. This was especially true with the cartoons he drew for the Daily Telegraph through World War I. Wartime leaders on both sides were unflatteringly caricatured, particularly Prime Minister Billy Hughes, and animals served as metaphors for nations, with an emu or a kangaroo representing Australia. The NSW State Library holds an extensive collection of Eyre’s original wartime cartoon drawings.
Source: The Pillars of Bathurst.
Astley Close William Astley
Born 1855
Died 1911Born in England, William Astley came to Australia with his family in 1859. By the age of 21, he had embarked on a life-long career as a journalist. Prior to his employment by the Bathurst Free Press in the mid-1890s, Astley had worked for many newspapers and journals, including the Bulletin. An ardent supporter of Federation and well known to key politicians of the day, Astley, as its secretary, was the key organiser of the successful People’s Federal Convention held in Bathurst in November 1896. It was at the Convention the proposal for a popularly elected Senate was first raised. Following Federation, Astley worked tirelessly as an advocate for Bathurst as the site for the new nation’s capital. In addition to his work as a political journalist and Federation activist, Astley is remembered, under the pseudonym of Price Warung, for his evocative stories of convict Australia. His personal story, however, was not a happy one. Troubled by poverty and recurrences of mental illness, William Astley died at Rookwood Benevolent Asylum.
Source: The Pillars of Bathurst.
A location plan and annotated plan of subdivision are available in the document library.
The names all have historical association with the area or district and comply with Bathurst Regional Council's Guidelines for the Naming of Roads.
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CLOSED: This survey has concluded.Submission
In July 2021 Council approved Development Application 2020/180 for a 187 residential lot subdivision for land at Kelso.
The initial stages of the approved subdivision are currently under construction and the developers have nominated the four road names in the table below. Additional names will be submitted when the later stages are developed.
Name Origin Doyle Street The 1888 Parish of Kelso map identifies Mr Peter Doyle as an owner of numerous parcels of land in Frome Street in the Village of Raglan.
Source: 1888 Parish of Kelso map.Gregory Street Albert Edward Gregory (1857-1940)
Collectively, Charles and Horace Beavis, South Australian born brothers, and English born Albert Gregory recorded through their photographs the unfolding story of Bathurst for over fifty years. Arriving in the mid-1880’s, the Beavis brothers soon established themselves as professional photographers, initially in partnership and later separately. Gregory’s studio operated from 1895 until 1937.
The three brought both modern technology as well as innovative ideas to their work, ensuring that images of Bathurst’s private and public lives were skillfully and imaginatively recorded for posterity. Gregory’s studio portraits often included people in their work clothes with tools at hand or sometimes in fancy costume ready for an evening of fun. Soon after arriving, “Messrs. Beavis Brothers” had a buggy fitted up for outdoor photography used not only for public events but also for the unexpected, such as the 1889 Macquarie Flood.
Fortunately, a significant portion of this photographic record is preserved in the Bathurst District Historical Society's collection. The Gregory Collection, with over 4,500 original glass plate negatives from ‘The Premier Studios’, is deemed to be of national significance. Bathurst’s photographers, Charles Beavis, Horace Beavis and Albert Gregory have given us a fascinating insight into our community’s history.
Source: The Pillars of BathurstParry Street Annie Bertha Parry MBE (1886-1959)
Born in Hill End, Annie Bertha Parry qualified as a nurse in 1910. By 1920, Bertha, her given name of choice, had acquired an impressive range of nursing experience, including hospital, private and school nursing, as well as military nursing with the Australian Army Nursing Service (Egypt 1915). In 1918 Bertha Parry travelled to California for further training, a journey which led to unanticipated professional opportunities, including caring for Alaskan Inuit influenza victims and joining a nursing journal’s editorial staff.
Purposeful application of her expertise came with her appointment in 1921 as the first full-time secretary of the St John Ambulance Association NSW, a position held until 1939. The Association benefited from Sister Parry’s enthusiasm and guidance. Parry organized first-aid courses statewide and wrote essential training manuals. She initiated useful relationships with other organisations, ranging from sporting bodies to the CWA. Parry’s publicity campaigns brought public awareness for the Association, while her fund-raising auxiliary gained generous Sydney ‘Society’ financial support.
From 1939 until retirement in 1945, she was wartime NSW’s women’s training supervisor for National Emergency Services.
Bertha Parry was awarded the MBE in 1954.
Source: The Pillars of BathurstWilton Drive The 1888 Parish of Kelso map identifies Mr T T Wilton as an owner of a parcel of land in Cross Street in the Village of Raglan.
Thomas Talbot Wilton and his brother Edward George Wilton were the proprietors of the Bathurst Times newspaper published from 1858 to 1904. The newspaper was published at a premises in lower George Street, Bathurst.
The Wilton brothers were also active All Saints parishioners.
Source: “A History of Bathurst” Theo Barker & National Library of Australia.
A location plan and annotated plan of subdivision are available in the document library.The names all have historical association with the area or district and comply with Bathurst Regional Council's Guidelines for the Naming of Roads.
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CLOSED: This survey has concluded.Submission
In October 2019 Council approved Development Application 2018/350 for a 122 residential lot subdivision for land at Kelso.
The initial stages of the approved subdivision are currently under construction and the developers have nominated the four road names in the table below.
Name Origin Bunyan Drive Named after Lieutenant Commander Andrew Veitch Bunyan RANR(S) who was the first Commander of HMAS Bathurst which took to the water for the first time at Cockatoo Island on 1 August 1940.
HMAS Bathurst was commissioned in Sydney on 6 December 1940 under the command of Lieutenant Commander A V Bunyan RANR(S).
The Bathurst’s were popularly referred to as Corvettes. HMAS Bathurst was the first of sixty vessels built in Australia for WWII. Fifty-six regional towns and cities of Australia had their names on the Corvettes. The towns helped finance them through War time community fund raising.
Born: 17 February 1902, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
Retired: 16 February 1952
Died: Unavailable
Father and Mother: John Hume Bunyan & Annie VeitchEmmett Drive Named after Robert Emmett.
Born: 16 November 1890 at Hill End
Schooling: Hill End Public School
Occupation: With the Railway Department as a goods shed porter and sheet metal worker
Service No: 2901
Enlisted: 3 April 1916 at Bathurst
Rank: Private
Embarkation: 3 November 1916, Sydney, HMAT Africa
Unit: 57th Australian Infantry Battalion, Service in the Australian Imperial Force, WWI
Died: 30 August 1918, aged 27 years, killed in action at La Chapelette near Peronne, France
Cemetery: Re-interred at Assevillers New British Cemetery, Assevillers, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour. Hill End Public School Honor Board for Ex-pupils and others who served in the Great War which has the wording “For King, For Country” with the Rising Sun badge in the middle, being the Third Pattern – May 1904 Rising Sun badge and the words “Australian Commonwealth Military Forces”.Robert Emmett’s name is located at panel 163 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial. His name will be projected onto the exterior of the Hall of Memory on, 15 November 2023 at 9:05pm, 31 January 2024 at 11:09pm, Wednesday 7 May 2024 at 2:18am.
Foskett Drive Named after the Foskett family from Sofala. The following five Foskett’s were Veterans. George Samuel Foskett, Hamilton James Foskett, L J Foskett, M J Foskett and M S Foskett.
All five names are displayed on the Sofala Memorial Hall and Honour Roll. The Foskett name is listed on the Bathurst Regional Council Database of names, Centenary of Anzac 1915- 2015 with the nomination from “The Gregory Photographic Collection” and with the note “Bathurst thanks you ….”.
FOSKETT, George Samuel
Born: 18 June 1887, Sofala, NSW
Schooling: Sofala Public School
Occupation: Coal Miner
Service No: 3175
Enlisted: 1 March 1917, Bathurst NSW after receiving a “white flower”
Embarkation: 10 May 1917, Melbourne, aboard HMAT Boorara A42
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 1st Light Horse Regiment, Service in the Australian Imperial Force, WWI
Died: of wounds, Ottoman Empire, Jordan Valley, Palestine, 20 June 1918 aged 31 years
Cemetery: Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel. Ref H33
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sofala Honour RollSamuel was the eldest of the children of John William and Mary Jane Foskett.
George Samuel Foskett’s name is located at panel 2 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial. His name will be projected onto the exterior of the Hall of Memory on 16 November 2023 at 4:47am, 20 January 2024 at 10:24pm and 15 May 2024.
FOSKETT, Hamilton James (Ham)
Born: 29 November 1889, Sofala, NSW
Hamilton James Foskett was wounded in action on the Western front on 12 May 1917, convalesced in the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, England and returned home after the War concluded. Discharged on 12 September 1919. Hamilton was the eldest of child of John William and Mary Foskett (Walker) and the brother of George Samuel Foskett.
Schooling: Sofala Public School
Service No: 2896
Enlisted: 19 June 1916, Bathurst NSW
Embarkation: 25 October 1916, Sydney, aboard HMAT Ascanius A11
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 54th Infantry Battalion – 6th to 9th Reinforcements (October 1916 – January 1917) Service in the Australian Imperial Force, WWI
Occupation: Railway Porter
Married: Ethel Cole on 5 March 1924 in Bathurst, Ethel died 22 December 1946 aged 45 years
Died: Natural causes, Bathurst, NSW, 22 August 1973 aged 83 years
Cemetery: Sofala General Cemetery, Family plot
Memorials: Sofala Honour RollTanner Drive Named after Arthur Basil Tanner.
Born: 1896 at Cobar
Schooling: Hill End Public School
Occupation: Railway Employee at Bathurst
Service No: 393
Enlisted: 18 August 1914 aged 18 years in Sydney
Embarkation: 20 October 1914, Sydney, aboard HMAT Euripides
Initial Rank: Private
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion, Service in the Australian Imperial Force, WWI
Landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915
Died: 20 September 1917 of wounds whist being carried from the battlefield to the dressing station aged 21 years at Westhoek, Belgium.
Cemetery: Menin Road, South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Ref II A1 6
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour. Hill End Public School Honor Board for Ex-pupils & others who served in the Great War which has the wording “For King, For Country” with the Rising Sun badge in he middle, being the Third Pattern – May 1904 Rising Sun badge and the words “Australian Commonwealth Military Forces”.Arthur was the son of William Thomas and Ada Tanner who were married in Sofala in 1895.
Arthur Basil Tanner’s name is located at panel 38 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial. His name will be projected onto the exterior of the Hall of Memory on 7 August 2023 at 9:23pm, 2 November 2023 at 1:34am, 11 February 2024 at 4:01am, Wednesday 8 May 2024 at 5:30am.
A location plan and annotated plan of subdivision are available in the document library.The names all have historical association with the area or district and comply with Bathurst Regional Council's Guidelines for the Naming of Roads.
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CLOSED: This survey has concluded.Submission
In 2017 Council approved a seven (7) lot rural subdivision of a large rural holding off Houses Lane, The Rocks and off Ophir Road, Rock Forest.
The holding comprises the following lots:
- Lots 30, 42, 51, 72, 73, 74, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 92, 96, 98, 105, 113, 117, 120 127, 134 & 148 in DP 750394;
- Lot 1 in DP 126001; and
- Lot 1 in DP 126019.
The subdivision required the construction of a new public road off Ophir Road to provide access to the proposed lots.
A location map and annotated plan of subdivision are available in the Document Library.
The developers have nominated the name “Range Hills Road”. The name reflects the elevated position of the proposed lots and the view to the ranges to the east across the Macquarie River valley that the lots benefit from.
The name complies with Bathurst Regional Council's Guidelines for the Naming of Roads in that it relates to the physical character of the area.
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Council has received a request to name a new road at Kelso as Stait Drive after John Alexander Stait who was also known as “Jack” or “J A “.
Construction of the road has commenced as part of the Marsden Heights Estate. The road commences at Marsden Lane and heads generally north west providing a connection through to Laffing Waters Lane and Sofala Road (refer to Bathurst Regional Development Control Plan 2014 Map No.4 Kelso in the Document Library).
The following is the historical background to Mr Stait provided by the developer:
Born: 29-08-1926 Portland NSW Australia
Died: 09-03-2016
Husband of Clare Pauline Stait (Shumack) and father of 6 children.
Moved his family to Bathurst from Portland in 1967 to the property they named “Clairvaux” at Kelso.
Prominent Earth Moving Contractor and Grazier.
Bathurst Rotarian for many years and during this time he helped raise significant funds. In early 1982 he hosted at the family property “Clairvaux” two highly successful events referred to as “The Dogs Night Out’. Each night raised sufficient funds to buy and train two guide dogs.
Successfully stood for Bathurst City Council in 1980. While a Councillor he was very instrumental in:
- Council buying land opposite the Scott’s School Bathurst on the Oberon Road to establish an Industrial precinct away from the flood plain.
- Persuaded Council to grant the Catholic Church proper access off Gilmour Street – Sofala Road to what is now known as Paddy’s Hotel.
- Bathurst Council upgrading the standard of their machinery, especially trucks.
- Raising of the Ben Chifley Wall.
- Building of what was the Southern Mitchell County Council building in Russell Street Bathurst.
Jack was a major contributor to St Stanislaus College Bathurst via donated Earthworks for their new Olympic pool and numerous new sporting ovals (in today’s value in excess of $250,000.00)
Jack was a major employer in Bathurst for that time. (50 employees at one stage).
Jack was a well-known and highly respected businessman, Grazier, friend and Bathurstian.
The above information has been supplied by Moria Stait being the daughter of Jack Stait.
Jim Inwood comments as follows via the Glanmire - Walang Bush Fire Brigade website:
“Our first dedicated full time tanker was a 4 x 4 International truck which we bought second hand. It had been used by the Electricity Commission and suited our purpose. To fund this truck and equipment several of us put in $100 each and Jack Stait who was a Bathurst City Councillor at the time put it to Council that as we were a back-up brigade for the Bathurst Airport it would be helpful if they contributed. Bathurst Council was agreeable and contributed $2500.”
The name complies with Bathurst Regional Council's Guidelines for the Naming of Roads.
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Council has received a request from the Wright family to name the walkway between 41 and 43-45 Keppel Street and connecting Keppel Street with the BINC Carpark “Alan Wright Walkway” in recognition of Mr Wright’s service and commitment to the Bathurst community.
The following background information has been provided by the Wright family with the nomination:
Alan Wright (1943-2020) was the founding owner of Central Commercial Printers and bought the premises of “Wright Heaton”, before tastefully converting it into the Central Commercial Printers building as it is today. As the walkway is adjacent to the building it is fitting for recognition in this location.
Mr Wright and his family lived in Bathurst for many years and Alan was a well-respected businessman in the Bathurst community. Central Commercial Printers (CCP) has been in Bathurst under Alan’s stewardship since 1977 and remains a strong, viable business. CCP was awarded “Most Outstanding Business of the Year” at the 2013 Bathurst Business Awards.
Alan was also heavily involved with community groups such as the Bathurst Lions Club and the Bathurst Harness Racing Club, volunteering on the Boards of both organisations.
The name is generally consistent with the naming policies of both Council and the Geographic Names Board (GNB).
Location Plan
The proposal is on exhibition from Monday 22 November to Monday 6 December 2021.
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