Melrose Park Precinct Naming Project

Project overview

The City of Parramatta Council is currently undertaking community consultation around names proposed for new roads and pedestrian links for Stage Two of the Melrose Park Precinct. Council would like to ensure that the proposed names reflect current community values.

Melrose Park Precinct is located to the north of Parramatta River and south of Victoria Road. The surrounding suburbs include Ermington, West Ryde, Meadowbank and Denistone West. The site is surrounded by the following existing roads: Victoria Rd, Wharf Rd, Hughes Ave and Hope St. Covering approximately 30 hectares when completed, the Melrose Park Precinct will include around 6,000 apartments, a new town centre, community amenities and around 5 hectares of public green open spaces and parklands.

In late 2020, Council conducted extensive community engagement around several names proposed for the roads and open spaces of the Melrose Park Precinct as part of the Stage One naming process.

Stage Two road naming for the Melrose Park Precinct is now underway. Council collaborated with the developer to research the Melrose Park area to find suitable names. Extensive research into the area's history, including its people, industry, flora, and fauna, has been undertaken to propose names that align with Council and NSW Geographical Names Board policies. Those names reflect the heritage, cultures and identity of Melrose Park which makes the place distinctive and memorable for residents and the wider community.


Have your say!

The Council is inviting community feedback on the nine proposed road names to ensure they are respectful and not offensive before they are officially endorsed. Feedback on the proposed names is welcome until 5pm on Tuesday 1 July 2025.

You can have your say using the online submission form. For other ways to provide feedback, please scroll down.

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Proposed street names & meanings

Please read the contextual information below to find out why each name was proposed and refer to the Melrose Park Precinct Map to see where the proposed streets will be located.

These names have been submitted to the NSW Geographical Names Board for pre-approval prior to this public exhibition.

Sea Eagle Walk

Sea Eagle Walk

Context and meaning

Recognising the Haliaeetus leucogaster (commonly known as the White-bellied Sea Eagle). The stretch of foreshore vegetation along the river and in this case Melrose Park, is Sea Eagle habitat. Recorded in Council’s 2017...

Hildergarde Boulevard

Hildergarde Boulevard

Context and meaning

Named after a plane flown by James Melrose. Melrose Park was named after aviator, Charles James “Jimmy” Melrose. Hildergarde is the name of Melrose's plane (which he named in honour of his mother Hilda). Flown by Melrose in...

Golden Champion Street

Golden Champion Street

Context and meaning

Named after a grape variety that was grown in the area. Grapes were one of the produces grown in the area. Some grape varieties grown include Golden Champion.

Abelia Walk

Abelia Walk

Context and meaning

Recognising the Abelia x Grandiflora (commonly known as Abelia) flora species recorded in Melrose Park in a 2018 flora/fauna study.

Crystal Walk

Crystal Walk

Context and meaning

Named after crystals associated with aeroplane jelly. Adolphus Appleroth, the founder of Aeroplane Jelly first made jelly crystals at home in his bathtub and began distributing them along his Sydney tram route. Aeroplane...

Camden Street

Camden Street

 

Context and meaning

Named after an apricot fruit variety that was grown in one of the first orchards in this area.

Melrose Park was originally farmland owned by Mr. Atkins, with ten acres of orchard and eight acres of nursery. His...

Nursery Street

Nursery Street

Context and meaning

In recognition of the history of the site. From the 1850s to 1940s there were several nurseries that were based in the area. Swanes Nursery (already named in a nearby street); Southeron’s Nursery, Edwards' Rose Nursery and...

Colethread Lane

Colethread Lane

Context and meaning

Named after an early land grant owner. The suburb of Melrose Park comprises the land that was originally granted to two ex-marines, John Colethread and Isaac Archer, on 3 January 1792. Colethread was a marine private with...

Muscat Lane

Muscat Lane

Context and meaning

Named after a grape variety that was grown in the area. Grapes were one of the produces grown in the area. Some grape varieties grown include Muscat Alexandre.

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Subject: Melrose Park Precinct Naming Project

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City of Parramatta Council
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Subject: Melrose Park Precinct Naming Project
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