Changed Hobart Street Names

These have been gathered from a number of different sources which are listed at the end of this table. Accuracy cannot be guaranteed as not all sources are primary.

OLD NAME	SUB.	CURRENT NAME	YEAR CHANGED	NOTES	SOURCE
Adelaide Street	WH	Hamilton Street	1897	Avoid duplication with Adelaide Street, South Hobart	4 (p. 146); 9
Albert Terrace	SH	Freeman Street	1939		2
Alfred Street		Bedford Street, N-S section	after 1900		1
Ann Street	SH	Drummond Street	1939	Sounded too similar to Antill Street	2; 6
Arnold Street	NT	Hickman Street	1939	Avoid duplication with Arnold Street, Glenorchy	2; 5
Arthur Circus	H	Runnymede Street	1939	Avoid confusion with Arthur Street, North Hobart	2; 7
Arthur Street	NT	Carlton Street	1921	Avoid duplication with Arthur Street, North Hobart	1; 5
Auburn Avenue	NT	Burnside Avenue	1926		3; 5
Audley Place	NH	Audley Street (NW-SE part)	after 1890		1
Augustus Terrace	WH	Mortyn Street	by 1930s	Later Forbes Avenue	4 (p. 135)
Augustus Terrace	WH	Faraday Street	1939	Avoid confusion with Augusta Road, New Town	2; 4 (p. 134); 9
Barrington Street	NT	Marsh Street	1939	Sounded too similar to Harrington Street, Hobart	2; 5
Bath Street	WH	Carter Street	?	Later Gourlay Street	4 (p. 145)
Birch Avenue	SH	McKenzie Street	1939		2; 6
Burnett Place	NH	Condell Place	1939		2
California Street	NT	Bay Road	after 1890		1
Cameron Crescent	NH	Salier Crescent	1939		2
Carr Street (portion in line with Ryde Street)	NH	Ryde Street	1926		3
Carter Crescent	WH	Gourlay Street	1939		2; 4 (p. 145); 9
Catherine Street	NT	No longer exists.	after 1890	Absorbed into Brooker Avenue	1
Cedric Street	NH	Wignall Street	1939	Considered too similar to Frederick Street, West Hobart	2; 8
Central Street	H	Watchorn Street	1939		2
Chapel Street	H	Berea Street	1939		2; 4 (p. 117)
Clara Street	NH	Ryde Street	1894	Renamed by the Town Board, New Town	1; 8
Clark Parade	NT	Queens Walk	1939		2
Clyde Street	H	Criterion Street	1939		2
Coleman Street	SH	Crisp Street	1939		2
Colville Street	NH	Gormanston Street	1897	Avoid duplication with Colville Street, Battery Point	8
Congress Street	SH	Kooyong Glen	1949	Distinguish between sections either side Huon Road	6
Corby Lane	WH	Barton Avenue	1939	Avoid confusion with Corby Avenue	4 (p. 113); 9
Craigside Road (in the 1890s)	WH	Craigside Avenue	?		4 (p. 131)
Cross Street	BP	McGregor Street	1921	Avoid confusion with Cross Street, New Town	7
Crown Street	SB	Randall Street	1939		2
Derwent Street	H	Trumpeter Street	1939		2
Domain Road	H	Aberdeen Street	1939		2
Douglas Avenue	SB	Braddon Avenue	1939		2
Dunk Street	SH	Downie Street	1939	Sounded too similar to Dunn Place, Hobart	2; 6
Elphinstone Street	SH	Weld Street	1882	Avoid duplication with Elphinstone Road, North Hobart	6
Emma Street	NH	Newport Street	1894	Renamed by the own Board, New Town	1; 8
Forest Crescent	WH	Whelan Crescent	1939	Avoid confusion with Forest Road	2; 4 (p. 194); 9
Fort Nelson Road	SB	Folder Street	1939		2
Garden Crescent	H	Fitzroy Crescent	1939	Avoid confusion with Garden Road, Moonah	2
George Street	WH	Rennie Street	1939	Avoid duplication with George Street, North Hobart	2; 9
George Street	BP	Gladstone Street	1882	Avoid duplication with George Street, North Hobart	7
George Street	NH	Boa Vista Road	1905	Avoid duplication with George Street, North Hobart	1; 8
George Street (off Park Street near Domain)	NT	No longer exists.	after 1890	Absorbed into Brooker Avenue	1
Gilbert Avenue	LV	Doyle Avenue	1940	A tribute to the late Mr Leo Doyle	10
Gormanston Street	NH	Federal Street	1899	Avoid duplication with Gormanston Street, West Hobart	8
Grant Street	BP	Knopwood Street	1939	Recognise Robert Knopwood's association with this area	7
Hamilton Crescent	WH	Dalrymple Street	1939		2
Harold Street	SH	Degraves Street	1939	Avoid confusion with Harold Street, Glenorchy	2; 6
Harrington Street (part of)	BP	Kirksway Place	1954	Avoid confusion with Harrington Street Deviation	7
Hawthorn Avenue	NT	Oldham Avenue	1939		2; 5
Hay Street	NT	Clarendon Street	1943	Sounded too similar to Haig Street, Lenah Valley	5
Hickman Street	LV	Pickard Street	1940	Another Hickman Street in New Town	10
High Street	SB	Sandy Bay Road	1939		2
High Street	NH	Tasma Street	1921	Avoid duplication with High Street, Sandy Bay	1; 8
Hone Street	SH	Milles Street	1939	Sounded too similar to Hope Street, New Town	2; 6
Hope Street	WH	Roberts Street	1921	Avoid duplication with Hope Street, New Town	4 (p. 182); 9
Hugh Street	SH	Syme Street	1939		2; 6
Ian Street	SH	Luke Street	1927		6
James Street, E. to W. Section	H	Knopwood Street	1939		2
John Street	SH	Ian Street	1921	Avoid duplication with John Street, North Hobart	6
Kent Avenue	WH	Cato Avenue	1939		2; 4 (p. 125); 9
King Street	NH	Pitt Street	1921	Avoid duplication with King Street, Sandy Bay	1; 8
Laurence Street	NT	Meredith Street	1939	Sounded too similar to Florence Street, Moonah	2; 5
Lloyd Street	NT	Roope Street (between Swanston and Pirie Streets)	after 1890		1
Lord Street	SH	Wynyard Street	1921	Avoid duplication with Lord Street, Sandy Bay	6
Lord's Road	NH	Carr Street	1921	Avoid duplication with Lord Street, Sandy Bay	1; 5; 8
Lower Queen Street	NH	Lefroy Street	1881	A petition from the street's residents	8
Luke Street	SH	Hennebry Street	1939	Sounded too similar to Duke Street, Sandy Bay	2; 6
Macquarie Lane	SH	Apsley Street	1906	Avoid confusion with Macquarie Street	6
Macquarie Lane	SH	Macfarlane Street	1939	Avoid confusion with Macquarie Street	2; 6
Main road	NT	New Town Road (Augusta Road to Creek Road)	1939		2
Main Road	SB	Sandy Bay Road (Wellington Rivulet to City Boundary)	1939		2
Main Road (Risdon Road to Newtown Rivulet)	NT	New Town Road	after 1890		1
Marshall's Lane	NT	Sunnyside Road	after 1890		1
Melbourne Street	H	Victoria Street	1939		2; 4 (p. 147)
Mellifont Street (portion off Elphinstone Road)	MS	Strathern Street	1926		3
Milton Street	H	McKellar Street	1939		2; 6
Montagu Avenue	NT	Montagu Street	1939		2
Moore Street	NH	Lewis Street	1939		2; 8
Mortyn Avenue	WH	Forbes Avenue	1939	Avoid confusion with Mortimer Avenue, Mount Stuart	2; 9
Mt. Nelson Road	SB	Nelson Road	1939		2
Murrell Street	NT	Rattle Street	1939	Sounded too similar to Murray Street, Hobart	2; 5
Nelson Avenue	SB	Nile Avenue	1939		2
New Street	SH	Cameron Street	c1900	There were other New Streets in Hobart	6
New Street	WH	Cane Street	1939	It wasn't new any more	2; 9
New Wharf	BP	Princes Wharf	1902	It wasn't new any more	7
Newton Place	NT	Honora Avenue	after 1890		1
Norfolk Lane	H	Suffolk Lane	1939		2
Pier Street	SB	Marsden Street	1939		2
Pillinger Street	NT	Douglas Street	1921	Avoid duplication with Pillinger Street, Dynnyrne	5
Princes Street	WH	Cavell Street	1921	Avoid duplication with Princes Street, Sandy Bay	9
Princes Wharf	BP	Salamanca Place	1939	Avoid confusion with Princes Street, Sandy Bay	7
Princess Street (on George Frankland's map in the 1830s)	WH	Princes Street	?	Later Cavell Street	4 (p. 126,7)
Providence Valley	WH	Queen Street	?	Later Newdegate Street	4 (p. 174)
Providence Valley	WH	Newdegate Street (between Andrew and Mellifont Streets)	after 1890		1
Quarry Street	WH	Browne Street (between Arthur and Pine Streets)	after 1890		1; 4 (p. 122)
Queen Street	NH/WH	Newdegate Street (between Elizabeth and Andrew Streets)	1925	Avoid duplication with Queen Street, Sandy Bay	1; 4 (p. 174); 8; 9
Reform Street	SH	Lynton Avenue	1929	At request of residents	6
Ross Street	NT	Valentine Street	1939	Sounded too similar to Cross Street, New Town	1; 2
Ryder Street	NT	D'Emden Street	1939	Avoid confusion with Ryde Street, North Hobart	2; 4 (p. 132); 9
Scott Street	LV	Giblin Street	1921	Avoid duplication with Scott Street, Glebe	1
Scott Street	NH	Moore Street	1899	Avoid duplication with another Scott Street in New Town	8
Scott Street	NH	Lewis Street	after 1890		1
Short Street	NT	No longer exists.	after 1890	Was next to New Town Primary School	1
St Georges Street	BP	Logan Street	1921	Avoid confusion with St Georges Terrace	7
Stephen Street or Augusta Road	LV	Augusta Road	after 1890		1
Toarra Road	NT	Maria Street	1939		2
Trafalgar Street	NT	Midwood Street	1939	Avoid duplication with Trafalgar Place, Hobart	2; 5
Trinity Lane	NT	No longer exists.	after 1890	Was between Campbell Street and Park Street/Brooker Avenue beside old Trinity Cemetery	1
Upper D'Arcy Street	SH	Wellesley Street	1904	Avoid confusion with Darcy Street	6
Veterans Row	NH	Murray Street (between Burnett and Warwick Streets)	after 1890		1
Ware Street	NH	Feltham Street	1939		2; 8
Watch-House Lane	H	Chapel Street	early 1900s	Later Berea Street	4 (p. 117)
Wellington Buildings	WH	Pine Street	1899	A petition from the street's residents	4 (p. 117); 9
Wellington Crescent	BP	Waterloo Crescent	1921	Avoid confusion with Wellington Street, North Hobart	7
Williamson Street	NH	Burnett Street (between Argyle and Campbell Streets)	1921	Avoid confusion with William Street, West Hobart	1; 8
Windsor Street	SB	Nixon Street	1939		2

In the 'SUBURB' column, the following abbreviations are used:

BP = Battery Point
H = Hobart
LV = Lenah Valley
MS = Mount Stuart
NH = North Hobart
NT = New Town
SB = Sandy Bay
SH = South Hobart
WH = West Hobart

Note that some streets may now be in a different suburb due to boundary changes since the name change. In the 'NOTES' column, most of the reasons given were researched by Donald Howatson. The 'SOURCES' column indicates –

1.  Raynor, Tony. (1999) New Town Historical Walk – Guided Tour by historian Tony Raynor. (Photocopied notes.) These notes, issued to participants on the walk, contain part of a map dated 1890.  Changes have been worked out by comparing this map with the current Tasmanian Street Atlas.

2. The Mercury newspaper, Hobart.  Saturday 30 September, 1939, p. 12, retrieved from TROVE. A notice which read (in part), "NOTICE IS GIVEN that by a resolution passed by the City Council, on 18th. September, 1939, the following alterations have been made in the names of certain streets of the City of Hobart". (Thank you to Ray Hayes for providing a copy of this notice.)

3. The Mercury newspaper, Hobart. Thursday 1 July 1926, p. 1, retrieved from TROVE. A notice which read (in part), "NOTICE IS GIVEN that, by a Resolution of the Hobart City Council, passed on 28th day of June, 1926, the following Alterations have been made in the names of certain streets of the City of Hobart".

4. Goodrick, Joan. (1993) The West Hobart Story. Sandy Bay, Tasmania: Shearwater Press. Although this book has an extensive bibliography, unfortunately sources are not quoted in the text.

5. Howatson, Donald (2011) The Story of New Town – Street by Street 

6. Howatson, Donald (2012) The Story of South Hobart – Street by Street

7. Howatson, Donald (2012) The Story of Battery Point – Street by Street 

8. Howatson, Donald (2013) The Story of North Hobart – Street by Street

9. Howatson, Donald (2014) The Story of West Hobart – Street by Street
(Thank you to Donald Howatson for providing his lists from the above publications. More information about how, when and why many of these changes were made can be found in these books.)

10. The Mercury newspaper, Hobart. Tuesday 26 November 1940, retrieved from TROVE. Article headed 'HOBART STREET NAMES - Changes Approved'