Lake Macquarie Historical Place Names and Meanings

These are places mentioned in the book 'Lake Maquarie: past and present'. Refer to the suburb indicated for more information.

Amersham -- Cardiff
Anderson's Hill -- Belmont
Arcadia Vale : 'ideal rustic paradise' -- Arcadia Vale
Argenton: 'Argent is French for silver and ton short for town' -- Argenton
Awaba Park -- Booragul
Awaba Park Estate -- Marmong Point
Awaba Park Estate -- Teralba
Badge -- Dora Creek
Bailey's Lagoon ( c.1878) -- Morisset Park
Balcolyn : amalgam of the Scottish prefix Bal and the name Colyn -- Balcolyn
Barnsley : Town in the coalmining district of Yorkshire, England -- Barnsley
Barryowen -- Pulbah Island
Belmont Farm -- Belmont
Belmont: possibly from Belmont in the Shetland Islands -- Belmont
Bennetts Green -- Windale
'Big Hill' (also known as 'Billy Goat Hill') -- Teralba
Big Redhead -- Redhead
Black Adams Flat -- Swansea
Black Neds Bay -- Swansea
Blackalls colliery -- Fassifern
Blackalls Park: Tom Blackall, a Newcastle Dentist -- Blackalls Park
Blackfellow's Track -- Nords Wharf
Black's Colliery (1886-) -- Cockle Creek
Blacksmiths: Blacksmiths Shop that used to be situated on the channel -- Blacksmiths
Bluff, The -- Morisset Park
Bonnells Bay: Bonnell Family -- Bonnells Bay
Boolaroo Estate -- Boolaroo
Boolaroo Township -- Boolaroo
Borehole Colliery -- Cockle Creek
Boyce's Point -- Fennell Bay
Bramcote -- Barnsley
Brightwaters Estate (Brightwaters No. 1) -- Brightwaters
Brightwaters No. 2 -- Brightwaters
Brooks Estate -- Arcadia Vale
Brush Creek (Edgeworth) -- Speers Point
Brush Creek (Edgeworth) -- West Wallsend
Bulba -- Pulbah Island
Bulgonia -- Brightwaters
Burwood Estate -- Kahibah
Buttaba Hills -- Arcadia Vale
Camley Estate (c.1937) -- Pelican Flat
Cardiff Point -- Belmont
Cardiff: after Cardiff in Wales -- Cardiff
Charles' Pit -- Charlestown
Coalbrook -- Cardiff
Cocked Hat Creek -- Edgeworth
Cockle (or Sandy) Creek -- Barnsley
Coon Island -- Swansea
Coorumbung -- Cooranbong
Corumbong -- Cooranbong
Cowper, Village of (1875-) -- Catherine Hill Bay
Croudace Street, Edgeworth -- Edgeworth
Deega property -- Killingworth
Depot -- Blacksmiths
Dorah -- Dora Creek
Doree Private Village (subdivision) (1891-) -- Dora Creek
Dorri Brook -- Dora Creek
Ebenezer Estate -- Fennell Bay
Edden Park -- Pulbah Island
Estelville -- Holmesville
Evelien -- Cardiff
Five Islands -- Boolaroo
Five Islands -- Teralba
Flaggy Creek -- Barnsley
Flaggy Creek -- Kahibah
Fletcher Street, Edgeworth -- Edgeworth
Floraville: 'Latin word for flower' -- Floraville
Fresh Water Creek -- Teralba
Freshwater Creek -- Redhead
Galgabba Point -- Swansea
Garden Suburb: 'from the garden city movement' -- Garden Suburb
Gateshead: 'county of Durham, near Newcastle-on-Tyne' -- Gateshead
Glen Mitchell -- Teralba
Glendale: 'valley between hills' -- Glendale
Glenrock -- Whitebridge
Glenrock Lagoon -- Kahibah
Golden Mile -- West Wallsend
Gorrick's Point -- Sunshine
Gravel Pits -- Teralba
Green Point -- Valentine
Gully Line -- Charlestown
Gully Pit, The -- Charlestown
Halton (Thomas H.) Park -- Valentine
Hampton -- Argenton
Hampton Estate (c.1841) -- Argenton
Hansons Bay -- Sunshine
Hansons Bluff -- Sunshine
Hartley Point -- Valentine
Hawkins Masonic Village (1972-) -- Edgeworth
Highgate -- Barnsley
Hillsborough: After Dr. John James Hill of Lambton -- Hillsborough
Hole, The -- Wyee
Holy Flat -- Holmesville
Jonestown -- Cardiff
Kahibah -- Blacksmiths
Kendall Grange ( c.1878) -- Morisset Park
Killingworth in England and one in Connecticut, U.S.A. -- Killingworth
Kinnard Estate subdivision -- Kotara South
Kirkdale -- Arcadia Vale
Kuringbong -- Cooranbong
'Lake Macquarie' railway station -- Fassifern
Lewers Estate -- Belmont
Little Lake ( c.1878) -- Morisset Park
Lochend -- Speers Point
Lorne -- Fassifern
Lorne (subdivision) -- Fennell Bay
Lymington -- Cardiff
Lymington -- Warners Bay
Manering Creek -- Dora Creek
Mannering Creek -- Wyee
Marksville -- Belmont
Mawson -- Caves Beach
Middle Camp (c.1910) -- Catherine Hill Bay
Millers Wharf (c.1876) -- Cockle Creek
Mine Camp (c.1890) -- Catherine Hill Bay
Mirraview -- Mirrabooka
Monkey Town -- Teralba
Moreton Bay Gardens -- Charlestown
Morisset Park - See Morisset. -- Morisset Park
Morisset township (1887-) -- Morisset
Morisset: Morisset, James Thomas (Lieut-colonel, Commandant of Newcastle) ( c.1818) -- Morisset
Mosey's Beach -- Nords Wharf
Muddy Lake -- Dora Creek
Narrows -- Wangi Wangi
Nekinda -- Dora Creek
Nellinda -- Dora Creek
Newport -- Dora Creek
Newstan (1950-) -- Fassifern
Old House Road -- Tingira Heights
Oldstan -- Fassifern
Osborn Estate -- Arcadia Vale
Parbury Estate -- Caves Beach
Pelican Flat: 'after the many pelicans which used to be seen there' -- Pelican Flat
Plains Beach -- Caves Beach
Plains, The -- Caves Beach
Plains, The -- Caves Beach
Point Wollstonecroft was called 'Little Wangi' -- Wangi Wangi
Quigley Estate -- Booragul
Quigley Estate -- Teralba
Ramsgate -- Wyee
Raspberry Gully -- Charlestown
Rathmines: 'after the Hely Family's home-town near Dublin, Ireland' -- Rathmines
Redhead: 'derived from the reddish coloration of the headland' -- Redhead
Reids Mistake -- Swansea
Reid's Mistake -- Coal Point
Saltwater Creek -- Rathmines
Sandy (or Burke's) Creek -- Barnsley
Scrubby Creek -- Mount Hutton
Scrubby Creek -- Windale
Shaggy Point -- Belmont
Shingle Splitters Point -- Balcolyn
Snake Creek -- Tingira Heights
South Beach -- Nords Wharf
South Pacific colliery c.1926 -- Fassifern
South Waratah -- Charlestown
Speers Point: 'named after William Speer' -- Speers Point
Spoon Rocks -- Caves Beach
Stoney Creek -- Blackalls Park
Stoney Pinch (ridge) -- Hillsborough
Styles Point -- Rathmines
Sugar Bay -- Brightwaters
Sunderland -- Blackalls Park
Sunshine Estate -- Sunshine
Sunshine Extended -- Sunshine
Surprise Town -- Windale
Surprise Township -- Windale
Swansea: changed from Pelican Flat to Swansea (1887) -- Swansea
Teralba: 'place where edible bush grows' -- Teralba
Teralba: Tirelbah 'three white things' -- Teralba
Teralba: Trialba -- Barnsley
Terzeny Park -- Blackalls Park
Thomas H. Halton Park -- Valentine
Thriftdale Estate -- Mount Hutton
Tickhole Tunnel -- Cardiff
Tingira Heights: 'open sea' -- Tingira Heights
Tingira: name of a sailing ship -- Tingira Heights
Tingira: name of an aboriginal tribe -- Tingira Heights
Toronto: In honour of Edward Hanlan, world champion sculler, who came from Toronto in Canada -- Toronto
Turnbull Street, Edgeworth -- Edgeworth
Ulinga (Cardiff South Post Office) -- Cardiff
Valentine Estate -- Valentine
Village of Scarborough -- Bonnells Bay
Violet Town -- Tingira Heights
Violet Township -- Tingira Heights
Wangi Wangi: water, night owl or dark green tree -- Wangi Wangi
Warners Bay: named after Jonathan Warner -- Warners Bay
West Wallsend Extended -- Killingworth
West Wallsend: after Wallsend on the River Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom -- West Wallsend
Whitebridge: said to have received this name when the bridge over the Belmont railway line was painted white -- Whitebridge
Windale: named after an early settler Vere James Winn -- Windale
Winding Creek -- Cardiff
Wonde Wonde -- Wangi Wangi
Woods Point ( c.1878) -- Morisset Park
Wyee Creek -- Wyee
'Wyee' railway station (1887-8) -- Fassifern
Wyee: 'place of bushfires' -- Wyee
Wyee: 'Whyee' in early days -- Wyee
Yarrawonga Park -- Balcolyn
Young Wallsend -- Edgeworth
Young Wallsend subdivision -- Edgeworth