Back to why the streets of Halifax were named as they were we will continue down the alphabet!
Begining with:
'E'
Echidna Street. The street name was approved in August 1974. the echidna is a quill-covered monotreme There are streets across the Shire named for flora and fauna. This is one of them.
Next we have:
'F'
Filippi Road. Albert Filippi. Filippi was born in Halifax in 1898 and attended the Halifax State School. He was only 17 years of age when he was one of the first Australians to volunteer for WW1 on December 21 1914. Army records show that he stated his age as 19. Private Filippi was killed sometime between August 16-23 1915.
Fudriga Road. Francesco Fudriga was an Italian immigrant and farmer in Halifax. He bought his farm in 1932. He was married to Maria (nee Danieli).
'H'
Herron Street. Francis Herron and his brother James immigrated to Australia from Ireland and took up land on the Lower Herbert at the same time as August Anderssen. Their properties were adjacent and while Francis called his property Drumcree, James called his Emma Vale. Francis was also in the Herbert River Farmers' Association foundational group. Francis married Mary (nee Stout). James married Jane (nee Rowe).
Hinchinbrook Court. Named for Hinchinbrook Island initially named Mount Hinchinbrook by Captain James Cook in June 1770 after the estate Hinchingbrooke of the Earl of Sandwich who was then the first lord of the Admiralty in 1763.
Hoffensetz Street. Harald Hoffensetz was a Norwegian immigrant to Australia. He was a cooper and farmer acquiring land in 1880. He called his property Rest Downs. He was a founding member of the Herbert River Farmers' Association. Harald married Augusta (nee Pedersen) who was a midwife and lady's nurse.
'J'
Jessup Avenue. According to a Hinchinbrook Shire Council document the street was named for WW2 casuality Robert William Jessup, son of Robert Eward and Katherine Jessup. He had four brothers also in active service.
Many streets were named for past councillors. As that HSC document appears to be a retrospective suggestion as to why the street was named it could also have been named for Eric Robert Jessup who was a councillor 1940-3 and 1946-7. Like fellow Halifaxian Willliam Joseph Argaet, Jessup was a member of the ALP. He was a founding member of the River Trust and had special interest in river erosion. He was married to Ellen Margaret (nee Keegan).
'M'
Macrossan Street. John Murtagh Macrossan was a Queensland politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Kennedy (1873-1878) and then Townsville 1879-1891). He visited Ingham in 1882 when Minister for Works. It is in a cluster of streets named for Queensland government ministers from the late 1800s.
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| John Murtagh Macrossan (Source: State Library of Queensland) |
Mambrini Street. The street name approved in August 1974. Father Severino Mambrini, OFM arrived in the district in 1923 at the behest of the Apostolic Delegate to make a report on the Italian immigrants. He made a census over a period of two months and made contact with 1902 Italians. He remained in the district for 10 years and was much loved for his dedication and generosity.
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Fathers Philip Murphy OFM and Severino Mambrini OFM, Auckland, New
Zealand 1936. (Source: Archives, Franciscan Provincial Office, Waverley, NSW). |
Mombelli Road.The road was named in 1991 for Giuseppe Mombelli. Mombelli was an Italian immigrant, married to Pierina (nee Marinoni). He farmed at Washaway Farm.
Mona Road. Mona was the name of the property selected by John Lely. Mona was down river from Hoffensetz's property, Rest Downs. Lely was an Oxford graduate who arrived in Townsville in 1879. He was a member of the Herbert River Farmers' Association and instigator of the formation of the Herbert River Farmers' League.
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| Melanesian labourers chipping at Mona Vale, Halifax, 1899. (Source: Hinchinbrook Shire Council Library, Photograph Collection). |
Musgrave Street.The street was named for Sir Anthony Musgrave, Governor of Queensland 1883-8.
Anthony Musgrave (Source: State Library of South Australia)
More Halifax street name mysteries to be solved.....
Sources: Australian National Archives, Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Hinchinbrook Shire Council: Naming of Roads, Streets and Parks etc., Hinchinbrook Cemetery Register, Bianka Vidonja Balanzategui: Herbert River Story; Portrait of Parish; Small Sugar Farmer Agency; Janice Wegner: Hinchinbrook.
