List of streets in Crawley and Nedlands

Last updated October 11, 2024

This article details how the names of the streets in Crawley and Nedlands, Western Australia evolved along with the variations in use. The streets are within the City of Perth boundaries, which was amended in 2016 to include the University of Western Australia and Kings Park.


Name	Suburb	Date built	Name source	Other names	Note
Aberdare Road	Nedlands/Shenton Park (boundary-partial)^[1]		Aberdare (Clarence Napier Bruce)		Probably named after the Baron Aberdare (Clarence Napier Bruce) Barrister-at-Law Inner Temple 1911, served in W.W.1. 1914-19. Aberdare Road is shown on O.P. Perth 18/25 in 1883, so the above origin is not possible Named after coal mining town in South Wales, a colliery in NSW or an estate once owned by Sydney-based law firm International Investment Land and Building Co Ltd. (Williams p318) Named after coal mining town in South Wales, a colliery in NSW or an estate once owned by Sydney-based law firm International Investment Land and Building Co Ltd. (Williams p318)
Archdeacon Street	Nedlands^[2]
Australia II Drive	Crawley	By 1838	Australia II ^[3]
Baird Avenue	Nedlands
Barcoo Avenue	Nedlands	By 1838
Bay Road	Nedlands/Claremont (boundary-partial)
Bedford Street	Nedlands^[4]
Bessell Avenue	Nedlands^[5]
Betty Street	Nedlands
Birdwood Parade	Nedlands^[6]
Blumann Lane	Nedlands
Boronia Ave	Nedlands^[7]
Bostock Road	Nedlands
Broadway	Nedlands/Crawley (boundary)	by 1838			A broad way constructed by the Claremont Road Board to take trams and traffic from the old Perth – Fremantle Road to the Nedlands Baths, Nedlands Park Hotel and Nedlands Jetty in 1907.
Broome Street	Nedlands
Bruce Street	Nedlands^[8]
Bulimba Road	Nedlands	By 1838
Burwood Street	Nedlands
Campsie Street	Nedlands
Carrington Street	Nedlands/Karrakata (boundary-partial)^[9]	By 1838
Caporn Street	Crawley
Clark Street	Nedlands/Crawley
Clifton Street	Nedlands
Cook Street	Crawley
Cooper Street	Nedlands/Crawley
Crawley Avenue	Crawley		Anna Crawley
Crossleigh Court	Nedlands
Croydon Street	Nedlands
Dalkeith Road	Nedlands/Karrakatta/Dalkeith
Doonan Road	Nedlands
Drosera Lane	Nedlands
Edward Street	Nedlands/Crawley
Edward Bruce Foreshore Path	Nedlands/Crawley
Elizabeth Street	Nedlands
Esplanade	Nedlands
Everett Street	Crawley
Fairway	Crawley
Ferdinand Road/Street	Crawley			Now Winthrop Street circa 1917
Florence Road	Nedlands
Fraseriana Lane	Nedlands
Gairdner Drive	Nedlands
Gallop Road	Nedlands/Dalkeith
Gordon Street	Nedlands
Government Road(.1)	Crawley			Now Crawley Avenue
Government Road(.2)	Nedlands/Karrakatta
Government Road(.3)	Formerly Nedlands, now Swanbourne after rezoning			Now Narla Road in 2018
Granby Crescent	Nedlands
Hackett Drive	Crawley		Winthrop Hackett
Hampden Lane	Nedlands		John Hampden		John Hampden was an English patriot (1594 to 1653). Road extended from Subiaco.
Hampden Road	Nedlands/Crawley		John Hampden
Hardy Road	Nedlands
Hibbertia Lane	Nedlands
Hillway	Nedlands
Hospital Avenue	Nedlands
Jenkins Avenue	Nedlands
Kanimbla Road	Nedlands
Karella Street
Kingston Street	Nedlands
Kings Park Avenue					Not to be confused with Kings Park Road in West Perth.
Kingsway	Nedlands				Originally Highway, but renamed in 1960's to avoid confusion with Stirling Highway
Kinninmont Avenue	Nedlands
Kitchener Street	Nedlands
Langham Street	Nedlands
Laxum Lane	Nedlands
Leopold Street	Nedlands
Leura Street	Nedlands	By 1838
Loch Street	Nedlands/Claremont
Loftus Street	Nedlands
Loneragan Street	Nedlands
Louise Street	Nedlands
Lupin Hill Grove	Nedlands
Marita Road	Nedlands
Martin Avenue	Nedlands
Mattner Lane	Nedlands
Megalong Street	Nedlands
Melvista Avenue	Nedlands/Dalkeith
Meriwa Street	Nedlands
Micrantha Lane	Nedlands
Monash Avenue	Nedlands		Sir John Monash
Mountjoy Road	Nedlands
Mounts Bay Road	Crawley
Myers Street	Crawley
Napier Street	Nedlands
Narla Road	Formerly Nedlands, Swanbourne after rezoning			Formerly Government Road(.3)
Ord Street	Nedlands		Aboriginal for red gum favoured by Nomenclature Committee
Park Avenue	Crawley
Park Road	Nedlands/Crawley
Parkway	Crawley
Poole Avenue	Nedlands	By 1838
Portland Street	Nedlands
Princess Road	Nedlands/Crawley	By 1838
Quadrangle Point	Nedlands
Robinson Street	Nedlands	By 1838
Rockton Road	Nedlands
Rookstone Court	Nedlands
Smythe Road	Nedlands/Karrakatta	By 1838
Stanley Street	Nedlands	By 1838
Stirling Highway	Nedlands/Crawley			Perth-Fremantle Road^[10]
Tareena Street	Nedlands
Taylor Road	Nedlands
The Avenue	Nedlands/Crawley
Thomas Street	Nedlands
Tyrell Street	Nedlands
Verdun Street	Nedlands
Viewway	Nedlands	By 1838			Was unnamed upon its creation
Village Road	Nedlands
Vincent Street	Nedlands
Vix Street	Nedlands/Dalkeith
Waroonga Road	Nedlands
Webster Street	Nedlands
Weld Street	Nedlands
Williams Place	Nedlands
Williams Road	Nedlands
Wingfield Avenue	Nedlands
Winthrop Avenue	Nedlands/Crawley	By 1838	Winthrop Hackett
Withnell Drive	Nedlands	By 1838
Wyvern Lane	Nedlands

Notes

↑ "Nedlands Road Board". The West Australian . Vol. 53, no. 16, 023. Western Australia. 4 November 1937. p. 9. Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Domestic Architecture". The West Australian . Vol. XLIX, no. 9, 764. Western Australia. 14 October 1933. p. 6. Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.
↑ Walking Subiaco (PDF), City of Subiaco, 8 September 2017, pp. 12, 20, retrieved 26 May 2018
↑ "Footpaths Needed In Nedlands". The Workers Star . No. 244. Western Australia. 14 May 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "A Nedlands Home Sold For £11,500". The West Australian . Vol. 68, no. 20, 664. Western Australia. 11 October 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "South Nedlands". The West Australian . Vol. XXXVI, no. 5, 563. Western Australia. 11 February 1920. p. 8. Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Suburban Residences". The West Australian . Vol. 52, no. 15, 614. Western Australia. 11 July 1936. p. 8. Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Nedlands Affairs". The West Australian . Vol. 62, no. 18, 790 (Second ed.). Western Australia. 3 October 1946. p. 20. Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "£1000 Loan for Nedlands". Daily News . Vol. LIV, no. 18, 543. Western Australia. 22 August 1934. p. 5 (Late City). Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "The Land Act, 1898. Change of Name of Street. "Perth-Fremantle Road."" (PDF). Western Australia Government Gazette. 24 March 1932. p. 394.

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[1] "Nedlands Road Board". The West Australian . Vol. 53, no. 16, 023. Western Australia. 4 November 1937. p. 9. Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.

[2] "Domestic Architecture". The West Australian . Vol. XLIX, no. 9, 764. Western Australia. 14 October 1933. p. 6. Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.

[3] Walking Subiaco (PDF), City of Subiaco, 8 September 2017, pp. 12, 20, retrieved 26 May 2018

[4] "Footpaths Needed In Nedlands". The Workers Star . No. 244. Western Australia. 14 May 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.

[5] "A Nedlands Home Sold For £11,500". The West Australian . Vol. 68, no. 20, 664. Western Australia. 11 October 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.

[6] "South Nedlands". The West Australian . Vol. XXXVI, no. 5, 563. Western Australia. 11 February 1920. p. 8. Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.

[7] "Suburban Residences". The West Australian . Vol. 52, no. 15, 614. Western Australia. 11 July 1936. p. 8. Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.

[8] "Nedlands Affairs". The West Australian . Vol. 62, no. 18, 790 (Second ed.). Western Australia. 3 October 1946. p. 20. Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.

[9] "£1000 Loan for Nedlands". Daily News . Vol. LIV, no. 18, 543. Western Australia. 22 August 1934. p. 5 (Late City). Retrieved 26 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.

[10] "The Land Act, 1898. Change of Name of Street. "Perth-Fremantle Road."" (PDF). Western Australia Government Gazette. 24 March 1932. p. 394.

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