List of streets in Crawley and Nedlands

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.

City of Perth street signs in Nedlands
Name Suburb Date built Name source Other names Note Image
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

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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.