Sign Posts To History
Many of the streets and thoroughfares around The
Entrance have historical significance.
Listed below are the streets
with their meanings:
Manning Road: Named after John Dye Manning.
Registrar of the Supreme Court. Owner of The Entrance in the early
1930's.
Battley Avenue: Named after John Thomas
Cade Battley. Owner of The Entrance from 1936. Built first brick
homestead.
Taylor Street: Named
after Pioneer Taylor. Owners of The Entrance from 1854.
Richard Street: Named after Richard Brown
Taylor. Pioneer who resided at The Entrance in 1885.
Norberta Street: Named after Norberta
Maria Gertrude Taylor (nee Watkins) and wife of Richard Brown Taylor.
Dening Street: Named after Henry and Adele
Dening (nee Taylor). Original proprietors of Bayview Guesthouse.
Bayview Avenue: Named after the Bayview
Guesthouse.
Ozone Street: Named after the Ozone Guesthouse.
McGirr Avenue: Named after Dr. John McGirr.
Son in law of Mr Ray Taylor.
Duffy Avenue: Named after Charles Duffy.
First store keeper at The Entrance.
Ambler Parade: Named after Mr and Mrs J
Ambler. Later proprietors of the Bayview Guesthouse.
Victoria Street: Named after Mrs Victoria
Denniss (nee Taylor). Owner of Tuggerah House.
Torrens Avenue: Named after Torrens Title,
the land title system.
Coral Street: Named after a large coral
tree that once grew there.
Bent Street: The original road had a right
angle bend.
Short Street: Because it was
short.
Norfolk Street: Named after large
Norfolk pines that grew in the locality of Old Taylor Homestead.
Willow Street: Named after the
creek of the same name adjoining road.
Warrigal Street: Aboriginal
name for dingo.
Benelong Street: Named after
a young Aboriginal boy named Benelong who fraternised with early
settlers of the colony.
Nimbin Street: Aboriginal
name meaning "big
stone"
Boondilla Street: Aboriginal
name meaning "meeting
of waters"
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