List of streets in Bayswater, Western Australia

Bayswater is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia which was established in the 1880s. This article is a list of streets in Bayswater, along with the origin of their names. Some common street name origins in Bayswater are places in the United Kingdom, particularly England, early residents of Bayswater and former councillors.

City of Bayswater street name signs in Bayswater

List of streets in Bayswater

Streets starting with A or B
Name Date built Name origin Notes Image
Adelia Street
Adelphi Street c. 1912 Adelphi, London.
Alderhurst Crescent c. 1970
Aldwych Street Aldwych, a street in London.
Almondbury Street Almondbury, England.
Anzac Street 1900s Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). Formerly known as Bauer Street.
Anzac Terrace 1960s Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). Formerly known as Railway Terrace and Gilbert Road.
Armada Street 1950s
Arundel Street c. 1912 Arundel, England.
Ashfield Parade c. 1913[1] Probably somewhere in the United Kingdom. The suburb of Ashfield, Western Australia was later named after Ashfield Parade.[1]
Aughton Street 1900s Probably one of the places named Aughton in England.
Avenell Road 1900s
Babington Crescent c. 1970 Possibly someone named Babington or a place in England.
Bassendean Road 1900s Perth suburb of Bassendean.
Batey Lane c. 2006 James Earl Batey, councillor on the Bayswater Roads Board in the 1930s. Formerly part of Thomas Street.
Bay View Street
Beard Elbow 2004 Robert H. Beard, chairman of the Bayswater Road Board in the 1900s.[2]
Bedford Street c. 1970
Beechboro Road North c. 1910 Perth suburb of Beechboro, which Beechboro Road leads to. In 1984, Beechboro Road was split in two by the construction of Tonkin Highway. Beechboro Road South is a local distributor in parts, with a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph).
Beechboro Road South
Belham Street c. 1970
Bellevue Street Late–1990s Street name has existed since before 1952, but the street was not constructed until the late–1990s.
Bowden Street 1880s–1890s Possibly someone named Bowden or a place in England.
Broadway 1900s
Brooks Drive Early–1990s
Burnside Street 1880s–1890s Robert Burnside, early resident of Bayswater.[3] Formerly known as Swan Street west of Coode Street.[3]

Streets starting with C or D
Name Date built Name origin Notes Image
Cabramatta Street Possibly Cabramatta, New South Wales.
Cannon Street c. 1970
Cantlebury Road 1900s
Catt Court Early–1990s Alfred Clifford Catt, early resident of Bayswater. Formerly part of Burnside Street, split off in the early–1990s.
Cedar Street c. 1970
Chalkley Place Mid–1970s Probably someone named Chalkley.
Christian Court
Clavering Road 1900s Clavering, Essex, a village in England.
Clune Street Possibly someone named Clune.
Cobden Street 1900s
Collier Link 2017 Constructed in 2017 as a realignment of Collier Road near Tonkin Highway. The road has a single point urban interchange with Tonkin Highway. It is a local distributor road with a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph).
Collier Road 1900s–1910s Local distributor with a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). Part bypassed by Collier Link is a local road with a speed limit of 50 kilometres per hour (31 mph).
Colwyn Road c. 1920
Coode Street 1880s Local distributor with a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph).
Coombe Street Probably somewhere in England named Coombe.
Constance Street
Copley Street Benjamin Copley, resident of Bayswater in the 1890s and owner of a slaughterhouse. His house is located on the corner of Copley and Coode Streets.[3]
Cosentino Place
Cossom Place
Cox Street
Crowther Street 1900s
Cullen Street
Dandy Place Early 1990s
Darby Street S. T. Darby.
Digwood Close
Donald Square c. 1966 Donald Traylen, relative of William Traylen, landowner in the 1890s who subdivided his land, naming various roads after family members.[4]
Donald Way c. 1966 Donald Traylen, relative of William Traylen, landowner in the 1890s who subdivided his land, naming various roads after family members.[4]
Drake Street 1880s–1890s William Henry Drake, early landowner in Bayswater and treasurer of Western Australia from 1838 to 1848.
Drynan Street 1900s
Duchess Court Late–1990s
Duffy Street
Dunkley Place Formerly known as Fashoda Street.
Dunstone Road 1988
Durham Road 1900s Durham, England, a town in England.

Streets starting with E, F or G
Name Date built Name origin Notes Image
Elizabeth Street c. 1912
Embleton Avenue Perth suburb of Embleton, which was named after George Embleton, an early resident of Bayswater. Embleton Avenue is a local distributor with a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph).
Essex Street 1880s–1890s Essex, a county in England. Formerly known as Newtown Street west of Batey Lane.
Evans Place Early–1960s
Farley Way c. 1970 Possibly a place named Farley in England.
Foyle Road 1900s
Flinders Street
Flora Avenue c. 1965
Focal Way 2018 Part of the theme of "Centrality".[5] The Tonkin Highway Industrial Estate has a theme of "Centrality" due to its good location near Perth and next to Tonkin Highway.[5]
Francis Street
Frew Court Early–1990s
Frinton Street Frinton-on-Sea, a town in England.
Garratt Road 1890s Mary Anne Garratt, wife of William Traylen, landowner in the 1890s who subdivided his land, naming various roads after family members.[4] Garratt Road is a main road which forms part of State Route 55, and has a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). It crosses the Swan River at the Garratt Road Bridge.
Georgina Street
Gilbert Street c. 1912
Gilders Place
Gobba Court Mid–1970s Gobba Lake, which is in turn named after Gino Gobba, owner of a dairy in the 1930s.
Goldmead Street
Goongarrie Street Possibly named after Goongarrie, Western Australia, an abandoned town north of Kalgoorlie, which is an aboriginal word of unknown origin.
Gordon Street
Grafton Street 1880s–1890s Possibly a place named Grafton in England. Formerly named Crofton Street.
Grand Promenade 1880s–1890s Grand Promenade is a main road which forms part of State Route 55. It has a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph).
Grey Street 1900s Formerly known as Walker Road.
Grosvenor Road Possibly a place named Grosvenor in England.
Guildford Road 1830s Perth suburb of Guildford, which the road leads to. Guildford Road is a main road which forms part of State Route 51. It has a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph).

Streets starting with H, I or J
Name Date built Name origin Notes Image
Hackbridge Way c. 1970 Hackbridge, a suburb of London.
Haddrill Street
Halliday Street Henry Thomas Halliday and his family, residents of Bayswater from the 1880s onwards. Their house, Halliday House is located nearby at 114 King William Street.[3]
Hamilton Street 1890s John Hamilton, early landowner in Bayswater.[3]
Hardy Road c. 1920 Hardey Family.
Hayward Street
Henrietta Street 1900s
Hester Street
Higgins Way Late–1980s
Hill Street 1890s Street is located on a hill. Could also be possibly named after R.V. Hill, chairman of the Bayswater Road Board in the 1940s. Formerly known as Kennedy Street.[3]
Hobart Street 1880s–1890s
Horley Street c. 1970 Horley, a town in England.
Hotham Street 1880s–1890s
Headley Place c. 1970 Possibly a place named Headley in England.
Hudson Street 1900s T.A. Hudson, councillor on the Bayswater Road Board in the 1930s. Formerly known as Main Road.
Ingles Place 2010
Inner Court 2018
Irvine Street
Jackson Street
Jacqueline Street
James Street
John Street

Streets starting with K, L or M
Name Date built Name origin Notes Image
Katanning Street c. 1920 Town of Katanning, Western Australia.
Kenilworth Street Kenilworth, a town in England.
Kenmure Avenue
Kitchener Avenue 1890s
King Street
King William Street 1880s King William IV of the United Kingdom. Local distributor with a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph) in parts. In 2018, the speed limit was lowered to 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph) in the Bayswater town centre.[6]
Langley Road 1900s
Lawrence Street 1880s–1890s
Leake Street 1880s–1890s Leake Street was converted to a "bike boulevard" in 2017, with a speed limit of 30 kilometres per hour (19 mph).[7]
Letizia Lane 2006
Little Street
Lovell Way c. 1970
Mahdi Street
Maurice Street 1900s
May Street c. 1912 Formerly known as Queen Street. May Street was converted to a "bike boulevard" in 2017, with a speed limit of 30 kilometres per hour (19 mph).[7]
McGann Street
McWhae Gardens Late–1990s Douglas McWhae, medical officer.
Meakins Court Robert James Meakins, owner of a dairy on Coode Street.[3]
Memorial Drive 1997 Memorial to residents from the Bayswater area who served in World War I, World War II, Korea, Malaya, Bornea or Vietnam.[8] Speed limit is 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph).
Menmuir Place Mid–1990s Edward Menmuir, chairman of the Bayswater Road Board in the 1940s and 1950s.
Mills Avenue James Mills, resident of Bayswater in the 1880s.[3]
Milne Street 1900s
Moojebing Street c. 1920 Moojebing, Western Australia, a locality near Katanning.
Mooney Street P.J. Mooney, Bayswater Road Board councillor in the 1910s.
Moore Street Samuel Moore, builder and resident of Bayswater around the 1920s.
Morey Crescent Late 1990s.
Munt Street
Muriel Street
Murray Street 1890s. David Murray, resident of Bayswater in the 1880s and owner of Murray's Dairy. His house still stands at 7 Murray Street.[3]

Streets starting with N, O or P
Name Date built Name origin Notes Image
Nanhob Street
Neville Street
Newton Street
Nexus Way 2018 Part of the theme of "Centrality".[5] The Tonkin Highway Industrial Estate has a theme of "Centrality" due to its good location near Perth and next to Tonkin Highway.[5]
Nolan Place Early–1990s
Norco Way
Nutfield Street c. 1970
Olfe Street
Paddington Street Paddington, a district of London.
Paterson Street 1880s–1890s
Pearson Street c. 1920
Percy Road 1890s Percy Traylen, relative of William Traylen, landowner in the 1890s who subdivided his land, naming various roads after family members.[4]
Piaggio Court 1900s–1910s
Pickett Street George Squire Birkley Pickett, who was the second chairman of the Bayswater Roads Board.[9]
Purley Street c. 1970 Purley, London, a district of London.

Streets starting with Q or R
Name Date built Name origin Notes Image
Queen Street 1890s
Radius Loop 2018 Part of the theme of "Centrality".[5] The Tonkin Highway Industrial Estate has a theme of "Centrality" due to its good location near Perth and next to Tonkin Highway.[5]
Railway Parade 1880s–1890s Midland railway line, which Railway Parade runs alongside. Formerly known as Railway Crescent.[10]
Rain Place Early–1990s
Raleigh Road 1900s Formerly known as Raleigh Street.
Raymond Avenue
Redlands Street c. 1970
Reman Road 1900s Formerly known as Reman Street.
Rio Street
River Road c. 1920
Roberts Street 1900s
Rose Avenue 1880s Rose Smeed, wife of William Leonard Smeed, owner of a nursery in Bayswater during the 1880s and 1890s.[3]
Rosebury Street
Rosher Place
Rotary Place 2004
Rugby Street 1900s Formerly known as Johnson Road.
Rundal Street c. 1970

Streets starting with S, T, U or V
Name Date built Name origin Notes Image
Salisbury Street 1900s Salisbury, England.
Sang Place Early–1990s
Shaftesbury Avenue c. 1912 Shaftesbury Avenue in London.
Shalford Street c. 1970 Probably one of the places named Shalford in England.
Short Street
Skew Road 1900s
Skippers Row 2019 Road name has existed since before 1952, but the street was not constructed until 2019.
Slade Street 1880s–1890s
Spencer Street
Station Street
Stone Street 1880s Frederick Stone, resident of Bayswater in the 1880s and owner of a nursery. His house still stands at 78 Stone Street.[11] Formerly known as Mary Street, named after Mary Traylen, who was a relative of William Traylen. He was a landowner in the 1890s who subdivided his land, naming streets after family members.[3][4]
Sutherland Street Sutherland, place in Scotland.
The Strand c. 1912 Strand (also known as the Strand), a street in London.
Thomas Street c. 2007 Thomas Street was originally the name of Birkett Street, a street in Bedford just north of Thomas Street. The current Thomas Street was an unpaved laneway up until c. 2007, when it was sealed and turned into a road.
Toms Court Early–1990s Merv Toms, councillor on the Bayswater Road Board from 1944 to 1971, member of parliament for Maylands, Bayswater and Ascot between 1956 and 1971.[12]
Tonkin Highway 1984 John Tonkin, former Premier of Western Australia. Tonkin Highway was opened north of Railway Parade on 11 July 1984, and south of Railway Parade on 16 April 1988.
Toowong Street 1880s–1890s Formerly known as Kooroong Street.
Traylen Road William Traylen, landowner in the 1890s who subdivided his land, naming streets after family members.[4]
Union Street
Veitch Street

Streets starting with W, X or Y
Name Date built Name origin Notes Image
Vincent Street 2018 D.F. Vincent, Bayswater Road Board councillor in the 1910s. Road has been named since before 1916, but was not constructed until 2018.
Walter Road East 1880s Formerly known as Government Road.
Walton Street Possibly a place named Walton in England.
Warren Avenue
Whatley Crescent John and Anne Whatley, residents of what would become Bayswater briefly in 1830.[3] Known as South Crescent until c. 1946.[9]
White Street
Whittaker Street c. 1912 John Whittaker, Bayswater Road Board councillor in the 1910s. Formerly known as Little Street.
Wholley Street 1900s
Wicks Street 2018
Williamson Street R.A. Williamson, 1960s business owner in Bayswater.
Wills Street c. 1912 Formerly known as Bourke Street.
Wisbech Street 1890s Wisbech, town in England.
Witley Street c. 1970 Witley, village in England.
Winifred Road 1900s
Wotton Street Formerly part of Broadway.
Wotzko Court 2000 Christian John Wotzko, councillor on the Bayswater Roads Board in the 1950s.
Wright Crescent Bert Wright, Shire of Bayswater councillor and local business owner. Bert Wright Park is also named after him.
Wright Street
Wyatt Road
Young Street

See also

References
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  2. White, Simon. "The best, worst (and even worse) of Perth street names". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. "Bayswater Thematic Framework April 2020". City of Bayswater. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. Heritage Council of Western Australia (March 2010). "Register of Heritage Places – Assessment Documentation: Garratt Road Bridge". Government of Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  5. "Proposed New Road Names - Subdivision of former CSBP site". Engage Bayswater. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. Lim, Kristie. "Bayswater Council slows down speed limit to 40km/h in town centre". Perth Now. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  7. "Bayswater to Morley Bike Boulevard". Engage Bayswater. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  8. "Centennial Memorial Drive". Monument Australia. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  9. "Bayswater Heritage Survey March 2020". City of Bayswater. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  10. "Western Australia Post Office Directory Map of Perth & Fremantle and their suburbs". State Library of Western Australia. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  11. "78 Stone St Bayswater". Heritage Council of WA. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  12. "John Mervin Toms". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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