Street Names
This is an edited excerpt from "Cockburn - Making of a Community" - copyright Town of Cockburn 1978
STREET NAMES IN BANJUP
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FRASER Rd: Malcolm Fraser, succeeded John Septimus Roe as Surveyor General in 1870.
MASON Rd: Mason and Bird were timber merchants in the Canning District who built the old Long Jetty at Fremantle in 1873.
COFFEY Rd: John Coffey was the original leaseholder of J.A.A. Lot 164 in 1895.
GAEBLER Rd: Waldemar Gaebler, owner of J.A.A. Lot 291 in 1904.
LIDDELOW Rd: J. Liddelow held a pastoral lease in the area in 1888.
OXLEY Rd: Surveyor J.O. Oxley who carried out surveys for the Jandakot Agricultural Area in 1889.
WOLFE Rd: Robert Thomas Wolfe, retired Colonel of Surrey, England and proprietor of the City Hotel, Perth owned J.A.A. Lots 215, 223 and 224 from 1891.
STREET NAMES IN JANDAKOT
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BANINGAN Rd: Baningan was one of the Jandakot settlers who petitioned for the proclamation of a townsite at Bibra Lake in 1897.
BRANCH Cs: Henry Branch, Storekeeper of Broad Arrow, held the lease of J.A.A. Lot 148 in 1897.
BRIGGS St: Thomas Henry Briggs, pioneer gardener at Jandakot on J.A.A. Lot 245 from 1893.
BUCKLEY St: Samuel Buckley received an Immigrant Grant, Co. Sd. Location 391, at Jandakot in 1883.
CHRISTIE Ave: Samuel Thomas Christie, confectioner and lease- holder of J.A.A. Lot 203 in 1895.
COOPER Rd: Joseph Cooper, Chairman of the F.D.R.B. 1953—1960 and first Mayor of the Town of Cockburn.
CUTLER Rd: D. Cutler, served in the Great War.
GADD St: William Gadd, pioneer at Jandakot on J.A.A. Lot 1 from 1897.
HAMMOND Rd: James Hammond was the original owner of Co. Sd. Loc. 458 in 1887.
HIRD Rd: J. Moyland and CM. Hird were Land Agents in Jandakot in the 1890s.
JOHNSTON Rd: Robert Johnston, gardener on J.A.A. Lot 414 from 1900.
KEMP Rd: George Kemp, leaseholder of J.A.A. Lot 193 in 1908.
LEEMING Rd: G.W. Leeming, surveyor working in the Jandakot Agricultural Area in 1886.
MAR Rd: A Jandakot settler from 1888.
MCKINNON St: Hugh McKinnon, original settler on J.A.A. Lot 146 in 1896.
MACLAGAN St: William Maclagan, leaseholder of J.A.A. Lot 225 in 1893.
PARKES St: The Parkes family were early poultry farmers on Forrest Rd, Jandakot.
PRINSEP Rd: Charles Robert Prinsep owned the Prinsep Estate at Leschenault Inlet from 1839.
SOLOMON Rd: Elias Solomon, Mayor of Fremantle 1889—1901 and first Federal Member for Fremantle.
SPENCER St: William E. Spencer, leaseholder of J.A.A. Lots 250 and 252 in 1901.
SULLIVAN St: Thomas Sullivan, original owner of J.A.A. Lot 173 in 1896.
THOMAS St: Hamlet John Thomas, early resident of Hamilton Hill whose services as a Vet’. were often called upon by Jandakot settlers.
TICHBORNE St: Teresa Tichborne, leaseholder of J.A.A. Lot 127 in 1896.
WAKELY Cr: Louisa Ann Wakely, leaseholder of J.A.A. Lot 297 in 1893.
WEARNE Rd: John Wearne, original owner of J.A.A. Lot 154 in 1892.
WEDGE Rd: Frederick Arundel Wedge, leaseholder of J.A.A. Lot 153 in 1892.
STREET NAMES IN ATWELL
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BARFIELD Rd: William Henry and John Henry Barfield took up the lease on J.A.A. Lot 204 in 1912.
GAEBLER Rd: Waldemar Gaebler, owner of J.A.A. Lot 291 in 1904.
FRANKLAND Ave: Frankland was a pioneer at Jandakot in 1893.
KINLEY Rd: R.W. Kinley was a member of the F.D.R.B. from 1921 to 1927.
LYON Rd: John McMurray Lyon took up the lease on J.A.A. Lot 214 in 1894.