Map, Streets of Melton, 1963

Historical information

MELTON’S STREETS Heritage Week 2014 What’s in a Name?

Alphabetical List

Aboriginal place names, Early Family Names and landowners, Agricultural, Shop and Commercial premises, Places and Events



Melton & District Historical Society Street Naming Project 1972 – c 1998

Suburb Name – KURUNJANG - Kirkton, 1972, Brookfield, West, 1988 Melton and Town Centre - A joint collaboration with the Shire of Melton and Subdivision Developers





ARNOLD Court – Family house - Arnolds Creek



ALKEMADE Drive Family – Lime kilns Coimadia



ALEXANDRA Street 1902 – Corination of King Edward VII and Queen

Alexandra

AVIATOR Place Event, location of plane crash – Jimmy Melrose 1936



Adina ?Annibee - Anniba? Agricultural



Avon court .. ..





BAKERY Square - Location of Jongebloed shop, bakehouse and stables



BALUK Place Aboriginal



BARLEYCORN Place Agricultural



BILLING Place Name of Jimmy Melrose Uncle Noel Pemberton Billing



BLACKWOOD Drive - Alexander Blackwood 1860c Registrar



BARRIES Road C. E. Barrie “Darlingsford” farmer 1911, chaff mill owner



BROOKLYN Road Staughton family residence. 1875 – Dismantled c 193?





CAHILL Drive Family - Glenville Dairy



CAMERON Court Family



Canopus Place ?



CANALLAN Drive Early Surveyor



CAMPBELL Court Aviation – Melrose passenger 6th July 1936



CARBERRY Drive Michael, early landowner family



CAREW Court Edward and Michael. Royal Hotel. Vera (Carew) Forran

Singer - Opera

CASEY Court Family



CASHIN Court Family



CHEVIOT Court Agriculture, breed of sheep



CHESNEY Road was re named ( Minns Road being duplicated c 1973)



CHRISTINA Crescent Christina McPherson, daughter of James and Mary

Mary McPherson. Died 1955 aged 85 years



COLLYER Close a deleted street (parallel to Yuille) re-used



CORRIEDALE Road Breed of sheep



CORR Court Teacher at first school, landowner



CROXTON Court Name of the Hornbuckle and Knox family home







DALEY Court - William Daley and family 1865 Bootmaker High Street



DARLINGSFORD Boulevard - Name of early homestead Thomas B Darling 1853



DJERRIWARRH Court - Parish County of Bourke - very early map.



DODEMAIDE Place Early land owners - Melton Football Team had 6 brothers

playing c 1924



DONALD Court McPherson family 6 generations in Melton in 1936



DOUGAL Court



DUNCAN Court .. ..



DUNVEGAN Circuit Home of the McPherson family, castle Isle of Skye

Name of bluestone house Smith Street (now at Willows)





EMIL Court Jongebloed family

EXELL Avenue Farming family Melton Sth- Closer Settlement 1907

EXFORD Road Exe former name of the Werribee river

FARMER Court Name of early postmistress

FERRIS Road John Ferris Farmer

HANNAH Close First name of Hannah Watts – midwife

HAYBALE Place Agricultural

HELDER Court Early surveyor J Helder Wedge map

HEWSON Street Winston Hewson Shire Engineer – check title c 1960

HENRY Street Township map c 1860

HESTON Street Heston Phoenix – C.J. Melrose plane

HILDEGARDE Court Jimmy Melrose’s mothers name

HOMESTEAD Close

HORNBUCKLE Cres Farmers. Three members of family - Shire Presidents

HURLEY Street Farmers

IAIN Court Descendent of James and Mary McPherson

JAMES MELROSE Drive Name appears on 2013 Melton information map

JANG Place KURUN – jang

KIRKTON Drive Name of the McPherson family home Toolern Vale Road

KIRWIN Street Michael early landowners (deleted for freeway construction)

KILPATRICKS Road Deleted when Barries Road was extended across Station Rd

KOROROIT Court Early map, Parish of Kororoit. Creek name



KNOX Circuit Family – Hornbuckle “Croxton Park”



KURRUNJANG Drive Aboriginal name for people of the red earth – Suburb name





Lara Place ?



LLOYD Court Garage owners High Street. Laura lived to 100 years D 1955



LUBY Court John Luby – Crown Grant Land Title



LITTLE Court





MANNING Avenue Richard, hotel owner 1891



MARGARET Drive McPherson family



McDONALD Street Melton South family name



McKENZIE Street Township c1860



MORROW Street Early name



MOWBRAY Crescent Name of English Melton, popularly believed origin of Melton



MYERS Court Early setters c 1866 Crown Grant Land Title





NIMMO Street Early name



NIXON Street Name submitted by Mary nee Nixon Collins c1985





OLDERSHAW Road Early builder





PALMERSTON Street Early township map c 1860



PEART Court Early name



PENNYROYAL Avenue Plant growing by the creek. Early name used for the

Toolern Toolam Creek



PINKERTON Street Family name and early street map



PINNACLE Crescent Agricultural - type of wheat



PHOENIX Circuit C.J. Melrose Phoenix Heston Plane 2013 map



PRATT Family



PRIOR Court



PYKE Place Brothers – early settlement 1838







RADFORD Court Land owners and business operators. Former Royal Hotel

Grocer High Street demolished 1970



RAGLAN Court Hotel 19th century Lord Raglan



RALEIGHS Road Oliver Reierson family (Norweigen) Shopkeeper –

Dressmakers



RIDDELL Drive (misspelt Riddle) Resident and land owner



RODERICK Road McPherson family – a re occurring name



ROLLAND Court Jones family



ROSS Court Daniel. Landowner. Agnes Ross music teacher



RUSSELL Court Robert. Early land surveyor of Melton 1853



RYAN Court Family early landowner. Member of the 1862 Road Board

SHEBLER Place Augustus early Melton resident – Golden Fleece Hotel

SHEEPFOLD Court Farming

SHERWIN Court Sherwin Street earliest Township map– became Golf course

SMITH Street Early township map.

STRATHULLOH Circuit Strathtulloh Homestead.

STAUGHTON Street Family – LARGE land owners
Strachan ?

SWANEY Court Marie Swaney earlier resident of Strathtulloh.

SUTHERLAND Family name

TOOLERN Street TOOLAM – TOOLERN Creek

TULLIDGE St Road marked on 1861 map

UNITT Street Early Township c 1860

WALLACE Square Cr Jack Wallace 5 terms as President 46 years unopposed

WATTS Court Hannah Watts – midwife, cottage hospital

WALSINGHAM Name of house of Minns family. From Walsingham

Norfolk England

WESTLEY Place Name of Jimmy Melrose Percival Gull Plane

WESTLAKE Drive Early resident

WHICKHAM Street Family Name Melton South

WILSON Road Albert, Melton South

YUILLE Street William Cross, early landowner, Rockbank run

Physical description

Zoomed in section of Melton Streets including Church and High Street

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