ALTONA
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Sign Text
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SARGOOD STREET
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SARGOOD STREET
Sir Frederick Thomas Sargood (1834-1903). Victorian Minister of Defence and Education, 1890-1892. Australian Senator, 1901-1903.
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BLYTH STREET
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BLYTH STREET
John Blyth (1824-1908). Commissioner for the Melbourne Harbour Trust.
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ROMAWI STREET
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ROMAWI STREET
A combination of Robert, Mary and William. Children of a founding member of the Altona Bay Estate Company.
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MILLERS ROAD
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MILLERS ROAD
Thomas Miller, local landowner. Purchased farmland at the north end of Millers Road in 1867.
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BENT STREET
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BENT STREET
Sir Thomas Bent (1838-1909). Politician and land speculator. Premier of Victoria, 1904-1909.
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RAYNER STREET
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RAYNER STREET
Rayner family were a pioneering family who settled in the area in the 1890s.
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UPTON STREET
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UPTON STREET
Henry Upton Alcock (1823-1912). Founder of Alcock & Co.
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ALTONA MEADOWS
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NEWLAND STREET
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NEWLAND STREET
Newland family were early settlers in Laverton. Four brothers attended Laverton State School and served together during the First World War.
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CAMERON AVENUE
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CAMERON AVENUE
Cameron family were early settlers in Laverton. Students at Laverton State School.
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LAVERTON
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BLADIN STREET |
BLADIN STREET
Air Vice Marshal Francis Masson Bladin (1898-1978), CB, CBE was a Senior Commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He underwent pilot training at RAAF Point Cook, and was stationed at RAAF Laverton.
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LOHSE STREET |
LOHSE STREET
William Henry Lohse (1900 - 1955) was the Werribee Shire President between 1938 and 1939.
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MAHER STREET |
MAHER STREET
Bernard Joseph Maher (died 1937) was a Laverton shopkeeper and Werribee Shire President in 1916-17.
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NEWPORT
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HALL STREET
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HALL STREET
William Hall, early settler and pioneer. Owned Hobson’s River Farm, sold for residential development in 1884.
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FARM STREET
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FARM STREET
Site of Hobson’s River Farm. Owned by William Hall, subdivided in 1884.
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RIVER STREET
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RIVER STREET
Site of Hobson’s River Farm. Owned by William Hall, subdivided in 1884.
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MASON STREET
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MASON STREET
Thomas Mason (1817/18-1896). First Mayor of Williamstown, 1856-1857. Member of Victorian Legislative Assembly.
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DURKIN STREET
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DURKIN STREET
Michael Durkin. Local landowner and owner of nearby Durkin’s Dairy.
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SCHUTT STREET
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SCHUTT STREET
John Schutt (1831-1919). Supreme Court Librarian. Councillor Williamstown Council.
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COLLINGWOOD ROAD
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COLLINGWOOD ROAD
Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1stBaron Collingwood (1748-1810). Admiral of the Royal Navy, served alongside Lord Nelson.
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ELPHIN STREET
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ELPHIN STREET
William, 15th Lord Elphinstone (1828-1893). Scottish peer. Visited Melbourne onRMS Indus,1884-1885.
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WILLIAMSTOWN
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FERGUSON STREET
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FERGUSON STREET
Captain Charles Ferguson (1813-1868) Master of the barqueRajah, 1852; Victoria’s first Chief Harbour Master.
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PASCO STREET
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PASCO STREET
Rear-Admiral John Pasco (1774-1853) served with Lord Nelson, 1805, Battle of Trafalgar.
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VERDON STREET
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VERDON STREET
Sir George Frederic Verdon (1834-1896) Councillor Williamstown Council 1856, Founder Royal Victorian Navy, Victorian Treasurer 1860.
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HANMER STREET
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HANMER STREET
Captain Richard Hanmer Bunbury (1813- 1857) Harbour Master Williamstown 1844, artist, pastoralist.
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COLE STREET
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COLE STREET
Captain George Ward Cole (1793-1879) Steamship owner and land developer.
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GIFFARD STREET
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GIFFARD STREET
Captain Henry Wells Giffard (1811-1854)HMS Tiger(1849) Crimean War.
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NELSON PLACE
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NELSON PLACE
Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson (1758-1805) British Naval Commander.
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ANN STREET
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ANN STREET
Anne Maria Bourke (1806-1884) daughter of Governor Richard Bourke.
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THOMPSON STREET
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THOMPSON STREET
Sir Edward Deas Thomson (1800-1879), Public Servant and Parliamentarian.
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LYONS STREET
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LYONS STREET
Admiral Edmund Lord Lyons (1790-1858), British Naval Commander.
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ELECTRA STREET
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ELECTRA STREET
HMS ELECTRA arrived in Williamstown in 1853 under Captain Morris to protect port waters.
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AITKEN STREET
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AITKEN STREET
Daniel Aitken (c.1828-1908), baker, hotelkeeper, Mayor of Williamstown 1875-1877
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CECIL STREET
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CECIL STREET
Lord Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1830-1903), Statesman and three time UK Prime Minister between 1885 and 1902.
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KANOWNA STREET
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KANOWNA STREET
S.S KANOWNA (1903) luxury liner, WWI troop and hospital ship, wrecked off Wilson’s Prom February 1929.
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SYME STREET
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SYME STREET
David York Syme (1844-1932), Manager of Williamstown Floating Dock; Chairman of Melbourne Steamship Company.
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COUNCIL LANE
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COUNCIL LANE
Original site of municipal offices for Williamstown Council.
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CHANDLER STREET
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CHANDLER STREET
Christopher Chandler, Councillor Williamstown Council, 1905-1914 and Mayor of Williamstown, 1910-1911.
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