List of streets in Bayswater, Western Australia
# List of streets in Bayswater, Western Australia

Bayswater is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia which was established in the 1880s. This article is a list of streets in Bayswater, along with the origin of their names. Some common street name origins in Bayswater are places in the United Kingdom, particularly England, early residents of Bayswater, soldiers in World War I, and former councillors.

## List of streets in Bayswater

### Streets starting with A or B

| Name | Date built | Name origin | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Adelia Street | | Adelia Fleming, landowner. The family sold the land under the condition that a street be named after her. | |
| Adelphi Street | c. 1912 | Adelphi, London. | |
| Alderhurst Crescent | c. 1970 | | |
| Aldwych Street | | Aldwych, a street in London. | |
| Almondbury Street | | Almondbury, England. | |
| Anzac Street | 1900s | Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). | Formerly known as Bauer Street. |
| Anzac Terrace | 1960s | Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). | Formerly known as Railway Terrace and Gilbert Road. |
| Armada Street | 1950s | | |
| Arundel Street | c. 1912 | Arundel, England. | |
| Ashfield Parade | c. 1913 | Ashfield District, Nottinghamshire, England. | The suburb of Ashfield, Western Australia was later named after Ashfield Parade. |
| Aughton Street | 1900s | Probably one of the places named Aughton in England. | |
| Avenell Road | 1900s | | |
| Babington Crescent | c. 1970 | Possibly someone named Babington or a place in England. | |
| Bassendean Road | 1900s | Perth suburb of Bassendean. | |
| Batey Lane | c. 2006 | James Earl Batey, councillor on the Bayswater Roads Board in the 1930s. | Formerly part of Thomas Street. |
| Bay View Street | | | |
| Beard Elbow | 2004 | Robert H. Beard, chairman of the Bayswater Road Board in the 1900s. | |
| Bedford Street | c. 1970 | | |
| Beechboro Road North | c. 1910 | Perth suburb of Beechboro, which Beechboro Road leads to. | In 1984, Beechboro Road was split in two by the construction of Tonkin Highway. Beechboro Road South is a local distributor in parts, with a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). |
| Beechboro Road South | c. 1910 | Perth suburb of Beechboro, which Beechboro Road leads to. | In 1984, Beechboro Road was split in two by the construction of Tonkin Highway. Beechboro Road South is a local distributor in parts, with a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). |
| Belham Street | c. 1970 | | |
| Bellevue Street | Late–1990s | | Street name has existed since before 1952, but the street was not constructed until the late–1990s. |
| Bowden Street | 1880s–1890s | Possibly someone named Bowden or a place in England. | |
| Broadway | 1900s | Named due to the road's large width. It was built that way so that carriages could turn without being unhitched. | |
| Brooks Drive | 1990 | Harry and James Brooks, early residents of Bayswater. Alfred William Brooks, soldier at Gallipoli and the Middle East. | |
| Burnside Street | 1880s–1890s | Robert Burnside, early resident of Bayswater. | Formerly known as Swan Street west of Coode Street. |

### Streets starting with C or D

| Name | Date built | Name origin | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cabramatta Street | | Possibly Cabramatta, New South Wales. | |
| Cannon Street | c. 1970 | | |
| Cantlebury Road | 1900s | | |
| Catt Court | Early–1990s | Alfred Clifford Catt, early resident of Bayswater. | Formerly part of Burnside Street, split off in the early–1990s. |
| Cedar Street | c. 1970 | | |
| Chalkley Place | Mid–1970s | Probably someone named Chalkley. | |
| Christian Court | | | |
| Clavering Road | 1900s | Clavering, Essex, a village in England. | |
| Clune Street | | Matthew Daniel Clune, who leased an estate in Bassendean. | |
| Cobden Street | 1900s | | |
| Collier Link | 2017 | | Constructed in 2017 as a realignment of Collier Road near Tonkin Highway. The road has a single point urban interchange with Tonkin Highway. It is a local distributor road with a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). |
| Collier Road | 1900s–1910s | Philip Collier, Premier of Western Australia from 1924 to 1930. | Local distributor with a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). Part bypassed by Collier Link is a local road with a speed limit of 50 kilometres per hour (31 mph). |
| Colwyn Road | c. 1920 | | |
| Coode Street | 1880s | John Coode, who wrote two reports on the proposed construction of Fremantle Harbour. | Local distributor with a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). |
| Coombe Street | | Probably somewhere in England named Coombe. | |
| Constance Street | | | |
| Copley Street | | Benjamin Copley, resident of Bayswater in the 1890s, owner of a slaughterhouse, member of the Bayswater Roads Board, and chairman in 1901. His former house is located on the corner of Copley and Coode Streets. | |
| Cosentino Place | | | |
| Cossom Place | | W. Cossom, soldier killed in World War I. Named in 1968. | Formerly part of River Road. |
| Cox Street | | | |
| Crowther Street | 1900s | Frederick Powell Crowther, a director of Gold Estates of Australia Pty Ltd, a company that bought and subdivided land in Bayswater and across Perth. | |
| Cullen Street | | | |
| Dandy Place | Early 1990s | | |
| Darby Street | | S. T. Darby. | |
| Digwood Close | | | |
| Donald Square | c. 1966 | Donald Traylen, relative of William Traylen, landowner in the 1890s who subdivided his land, naming various roads after family members. | |
| Donald Way | c. 1966 | Donald Traylen, relative of William Traylen, landowner in the 1890s who subdivided his land, naming various roads after family members. | |
| Drake Street | 1880s–1890s | William Henry Drake, early landowner in Bayswater and treasurer of Western Australia from 1838 to 1848. | |
| Drynan Street | 1900s | | |
| Duchess Court | Late–1990s | | |
| Duffy Street | | Jarlath Stephen Duffy | |
| Dunkley Place | | | Formerly known as Fashoda Street. |
| Dunstone Road | 1988 | | |
| Durham Road | 1900s | Durham, England, a town in England. | |

### Streets starting with E, F or G

| Name | Date built | Name origin | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Elizabeth Street | c. 1912 | | |
| Embleton Avenue | | Perth suburb of Embleton, which was named after George Embleton, an early resident of Bayswater. | Embleton Avenue is a local distributor with a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). |
| Essex Street | 1880s–1890s | Essex, a county in England. | Formerly known as Newtown Street west of Batey Lane. |
| Evans Place | Early–1960s | | |
| Farley Way | c. 1970 | Possibly a place named Farley in England. | |
| Foyle Road | 1900s | | |
| Flinders Street | | | |
| Flora Avenue | c. 1965 | | |
| Focal Way | 2018 | Part of the theme of "Centrality". | The Tonkin Highway Industrial Estate has a theme of "Centrality" due to its good location near Perth and next to Tonkin Highway. |
| Francis Street | | | |
| Frew Court | Early–1990s | | |
| Frinton Street | | Frinton-on-Sea, a town in England. | |
| Garratt Road | 1890s | Mary Anne Garratt, wife of William Traylen, landowner in the 1890s who subdivided his land, naming various roads after family members. Alternatively, W. J. Garratt, who was a resident of the area from 1899 to 1934. | Garratt Road is a main road which forms part of State Route 55, and has a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). It crosses the Swan River at the Garratt Road Bridge. |
| Georgina Street | | | |
| Gilbert Street | c. 1912 | | |
| Gilders Place | | | |
| Gobba Court | Mid–1970s | Gobba Lake, which is in turn named after Gino Gobba, owner of a dairy in the 1930s. | |
| Goldmead Street | | | |
| Goongarrie Street | | Possibly named after Goongarrie, Western Australia, an abandoned town north of Kalgoorlie, which is an aboriginal word of unknown origin. | |
| Gordon Street | | | |
| Grafton Street | 1880s–1890s | Grafton Estate, an early land sale in the area. | Formerly named Crofton Street. |
| Grand Promenade | 1880s–1890s | | Grand Promenade is a main road which forms part of State Route 55. It has a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). |
| Grey Street | 1900s | George Grey, who explored the north west coast of Western Australia. | Formerly known as Walker Road, which was named after Thomas Walker, who was a politician, and Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1924 to 1930. |
| Grosvenor Road | | Possibly a place named Grosvenor in England. | |
| Guildford Road | 1830s | Perth suburb of Guildford, which the road leads to. | Guildford Road is a main road which forms part of State Route 51. It has a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). |

### Streets starting with H, I or J

| Name | Date built | Name origin | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Hackbridge Way | c. 1970 | Hackbridge, a suburb of London. | |
| Haddrill Street | | | |
| Halliday Street | | Henry Thomas Halliday and his family, residents of Bayswater from the 1880s onwards. Their house, Halliday House is located nearby at 114 King William Street. | |
| Hamilton Street | 1890s | John Hamilton, early landowner in Bayswater. | |
| Hardy Road | c. 1920 | Hardey Family. | |
| Hayward Street | | | |
| Henrietta Street | 1900s | | |
| Hester Street | | | |
| Higgins Way | Late–1980s | | |
| Hill Street | 1890s | Street is located on a hill. Could also be possibly named after R.V. Hill, chairman of the Bayswater Road Board in the 1940s. | Formerly known as Kennedy Street. |
| Hobart Street | 1880s–1890s | | |
| Horley Street | c. 1970 | Horley, a town in England. | |
| Hotham Street | 1880s–1890s | | |
| Headley Place | c. 1970 | Possibly a place named Headley in England. | |
| Hudson Street | 1900s | T.A. Hudson, councillor on the Bayswater Road Board in the 1930s. | Formerly known as Main Road. |
| Ingles Place | 2010 | | |
| Inner Court | 2018 | | |
| Irvine Street | | | |
| Jackson Street | | Cyril Jackson, first Chairman of the West Guildford Roads Board (predecessor to the Town of Bassendean), and prominent educationalist in Western Australia. | |
| Jacqueline Street | | | |
| James Street | | | |
| John Street | | | |

### Streets starting with K, L or M

| Name | Date built | Name origin | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Katanning Street | c. 1920 | Town of Katanning, Western Australia. | |
| Kenilworth Street | | Kenilworth, a town in England. | |
| Kenmure Avenue | | | |
| Kitchener Avenue | 1890s | | |
| King Street | | | |
| King William Street | 1880s | King William IV of the United Kingdom. | Local distributor with a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph) in parts. In 2018, the speed limit was lowered to 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph) in the Bayswater town centre. |
| Langley Road | 1900s | | |
| Lawrence Street | 1880s–1890s | Stephen Lawrence, arrived in Bayswater in 1902. His three sons served in World War I. | |
| Leake Street | 1880s–1890s | | Leake Street was converted to a "bike boulevard" in 2017, with a speed limit of 30 kilometres per hour (19 mph). |
| Letizia Lane | 2006 | | |
| Little Street | | | |
| Lovell Way | c. 1970 | | |
| Mahdi Street | | | |
| Maurice Street | 1900s | | |
| May Street | c. 1912 | | Formerly known as Queen Street. May Street was converted to a "bike boulevard" in 2017, with a speed limit of 30 kilometres per hour (19 mph). |
| McGann Street | | | |
| McWhae Gardens | Late–1990s | Douglas McWhae, medical officer. | |
| Meakins Court | | Robert James Meakins, owner of a dairy on Coode Street. | |
| Memorial Drive | 1997 | Memorial to residents from the Bayswater area who served in World War I, World War II, Korea, Malaya, Bornea or Vietnam. | Speed limit is 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph). |
| Menmuir Place | Mid–1990s | Edward Menmuir, chairman of the Bayswater Road Board in the 1940s and 1950s. | |
| Mills Avenue | | James Mills, resident of Bayswater in the 1880s and owner of a nursery. | |
| Milne Street | 1900s | Charles Williamson Milne, a director of Gold Estates of Australia Pty Ltd, a company that bought and subdivided land in Bayswater and across Perth. | |
| Moojebing Street | c. 1920 | Moojebing, Western Australia, a locality near Katanning. Wesley Maley, who subdivided land in Bassendean, owned land at Moojebing. | |
| Mooney Street | | P.J. Mooney, Bayswater Road Board councillor in the 1910s. | |
| Moore Street | | Samuel Moore, builder and resident of Bayswater around the 1920s. | |
| Morey Crescent | Late 1990s. | | |
| Munt Street | | C. A. Munt, civil servant. | |
| Muriel Street | | | |
| Murray Street | 1890s. | David Murray, resident of Bayswater in the 1880s and owner of Murray's Dairy. His house still stands at 7 Murray Street. | |

### Streets starting with N, O or P

| Name | Date built | Name origin | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Nanhob Street | | | |
| Neville Street | | R Nevill Roberts, a director of Gold Estates of Australia Pty Ltd, a company that bought and subdivided land in Bayswater and across Perth. | |
| Newton Street | 1962 | F. R. Newton. Arrived in Bayswater in 1888. Killed in World War I. | |
| Nexus Way | 2018 | Part of the theme of "Centrality". | The Tonkin Highway Industrial Estate has a theme of "Centrality" due to its good location near Perth and next to Tonkin Highway. |
| Nolan Place | Early–1990s | | |
| Norco Way | | | |
| Nutfield Street | c. 1970 | | |
| Olfe Street | | | |
| Paddington Street | | Paddington, a district of London. | |
| Paterson Street | 1880s–1890s | | |
| Pearson Street | c. 1920 | John Pearson Learmonth, who owned land in the area. | |
| Percy Road | 1890s | Percy Traylen, relative of William Traylen, landowner in the 1890s who subdivided his land, naming various roads after family members. | |
| Piaggio Court | 1900s–1910s | | |
| Pickett Street | | George Squire Birkley Pickett, who was the second chairman of the Bayswater Roads Board. | |
| Purley Street | c. 1970 | Purley, London, a district of London. | |

### Streets starting with Q or R

| Name | Date built | Name origin | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Queen Street | 1890s | | |
| Radius Loop | 2018 | Part of the theme of "Centrality". | The Tonkin Highway Industrial Estate has a theme of "Centrality" due to its good location near Perth and next to Tonkin Highway. |
| Railway Parade | 1880s–1890s | Midland railway line, which Railway Parade runs alongside. | Formerly known as Railway Crescent, but was renamed in 1946. |
| Rain Place | Early–1990s | | |
| Raleigh Road | 1900s | | Formerly known as Raleigh Street. |
| Raymond Avenue | | | |
| Redlands Street | c. 1970 | | |
| Reman Road | 1900s | | Formerly known as Reman Street. |
| Rio Street | | | |
| River Road | c. 1920 | | |
| Roberts Street | 1900s | | |
| Rose Avenue | 1880s | Rose Smeed, wife of William Leonard Smeed, owner of a nursery in Bayswater during the 1880s and 1890s. | |
| Rosebury Street | | Lord Rosebery, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1894 to 1895. | |
| Rosher Place | | | |
| Rotary Place | 2004 | | |
| Rugby Street | 1900s | Rugby School, a school in England that prospector Harry Anstey attended. | Formerly known as Johnson Road. |
| Rundal Street | c. 1970 | | |

### Streets starting with S, T, U or V

| Name | Date built | Name origin | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Salisbury Street | 1900s | Lord Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom several times in the late 19th century and early 20th century. | |
| Sang Place | Early–1990s | | |
| Shaftesbury Avenue | c. 1912 | Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury | |
| Shalford Street | c. 1970 | Probably one of the places named Shalford in England. | |
| Short Street | | | |
| Skew Road | 1900s | | |
| Skippers Row | 2019 | | Road name has existed since before 1952, but the street was not constructed until 2019. |
| Slade Street | 1880s–1890s | A family that settled in Guildford in the 1840s. | |
| Spencer Street | | | |
| Station Street | | A Latitude Station was located on the street, at what is now Hamilton Reserve. | |
| Stone Street | 1880s | Frederick Stone, resident of Bayswater in the 1880s and owner of a nursery. He was a member of the Bayswater Roads Board, and Secretary of the board from 1898 to 1904. He played a prominent role in lobbying the Board of Education for a primary school to be built in Bayswater. His house still stands at 78 Stone Street. | Formerly known as Mary Street, named after Mary Traylen, who was a relative of William Traylen. He was a landowner in the 1890s who subdivided his land, naming streets after family members. |
| Sutherland Street | | Sutherland, place in Scotland. | |
| The Strand | c. 1912 | Strand (also known as the Strand), a street in London. | |
| Thomas Street | c. 2007 | | Thomas Street was originally the name of Birkett Street, a street in Bedford just north of Thomas Street. The current Thomas Street was an unpaved laneway up until c. 2007, when it was sealed and turned into a road. |
| Toms Court | Early–1990s | Merv Toms, councillor on the Bayswater Road Board from 1944 to 1971, member of parliament for Maylands, Bayswater and Ascot between 1956 and 1971. | |
| Tonkin Highway | 1984 | John Tonkin, former Premier of Western Australia. | Tonkin Highway was opened north of Railway Parade on 11 July 1984, and south of Railway Parade on 16 April 1988. |
| Toowong Street | 1880s–1890s | | Formerly known as Kooroong Street. |
| Traylen Road | | William Traylen, landowner in the 1890s who subdivided his land, naming streets after family members. | |
| Union Street | | | |
| Veitch Street | | | |

### Streets starting with W, X or Y

| Name | Date built | Name origin | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Vincent Street | 2018 | George Vincent, Chief Draughtsman in the Lands Department c. 1876. Road has been named since before 1916, but was not constructed until 2018. | |
| Walter Road East | 1880s | There are conflicting reports as to the origin of the name. One option is Walter Browne, who was born in Bayswater in 1903 and lived there for some $time.^{:204}$ Another possibility is Edgar Walter Hamer, who worked for Gold Estates, a property development company, and was Chairman of the Perth Road Board (precursor to the City of Stirling). Another possibility is Walter Padbury, who was a pioneer and politician. | Formerly known as Government Road. |
| Walton Street | | Possibly a place named Walton in England. | |
| Warren Avenue | | | |
| Whatley Crescent | | John and Anne Whatley, residents of what would become Bayswater briefly in 1830. | Known as South Crescent until c. 1946, as the road was shaped like a crescent. |
| White Street | | | |
| Whittaker Street | c. 1912 | John Whittaker, Bayswater Road Board councillor in the 1910s. | Formerly known as Little Street. |
| Wholley Street | 1900s | | |
| Wicks Street | 2018 | Charles R. Wicks, who was a foundational member of the West Guildford Roads Board. | |
| Williamson Street | | R.A. Williamson, 1960s business owner in Bayswater. | |
| Wills Street | c. 1912 | | Formerly known as Bourke Street. |
| Wisbech Street | 1890s | Wisbech, town in England. | |
| Witley Street | c. 1970 | Witley, village in England. | |
| Winifred Road | 1900s | | |
| Wotton Street | | | Formerly part of Broadway. |
| Wotzko Court | 2000 | Christian John Wotzko, councillor on the Bayswater Roads Board in the 1950s. | |
| Wright Crescent | | Bert Wright, Shire of Bayswater councillor and local business owner. Bert Wright Park is also named after him. | |
| Wright Street | | Bert Wright, Shire of Bayswater councillor and local business owner. Bert Wright Park is also named after him. | |
| Wyatt Road | | | |
| Young Street | | I. J. Young and A. Young. Killed in World War I. | |
