Street names G-H

• Gabee Place, MALABAR
  Indigenous word meaning water.
• Gainford Avenue, MATRAVILLE
  Named for Judy Gainford, a former Miss Australia. The street was constructed about 1949.
• Gale Road, MAROUBRA
  George Gale, a Randwick Council alderman c.1898-1908. Mayor of Randwick 1902-1903.
• Galu Avenue, RANDWICK
  Indigenous word meaning brolga.
• Garden Street, MAROUBRA
  Possibly named because of its proximity to the nursery run by Herbert Garrett.
• Garie Place, COOGEE
  Aboriginal word meaning national park.
• Garnet Street, COOGEE
  Named for Garnet Wolseley (1833-1913), 1st Viscount Wolseley, British general.
• George Street, RANDWICK
  Named for George IV. (One of a group of streets with historic names of the same period, for example Pitt Street).
• Gibson Place, CHIFLEY
  Named for Alfred Gibson, explorer, a young member of Ernest Giles' 1874 expedition who disappeared in 1874 when searching for water near Alfred and Marie Range.
• Gilderthorpe Avenue, RANDWICK
  Named for TR Gilderthorp, a Randwick Council alderman 1908-1917. Originally called Orange Street, and changed in 1930. When the name change was first advertised it was spelt incorrectly and that spelling has remained.
• Giles Street, CHIFLEY
  Named for Ernest Giles (1835-1897), explorer. Dedicated in 1953.
• Gipps Avenue, LITTLE BAY
  Named for Sir George Gipps (1791-1847), 17th Governor of NSW 1838-1846. Gipps approved the plan for Coogee to be gazetted as a village.
• Glanfield Street, MAROUBRA
  Named in 1972 on the recommendation of Alderman AC Molloy. The Glanfield family had a long history in the Municipality, and Mr and Mrs Glanfield celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1972.
• Glebe Street, RANDWICK
  Part of the Glebe Estate, land originally belonging to the church.
• Glen Avenue, RANDWICK
  Formerly known as Dove Avenue.
• Glenugie Street, MAROUBRA
  Possibly for the northern NSW river. Dedicated in 1943.
• Glenwood Avenue, COOGEE
  Named by subdivider when land was subdivided on 22 September 1937.
• Gloucester Lane, KENSINGTON
  Based on the London suburb of Kensington.
• Gloucester Place, KENSINGTON
  Based on the London suburb of Kensington.
• Goodrich Avenue, KINGSFORD
  Named for Lord Goodrich, secretary of state for colonies.
• Goodwood Street, KENSINGTON
  Name of a racecourse in England.
• Goolagong Place, PHILLIP BAY
  Named for Evonne Cawley, née Goolagong, (1951- ), Australian tennis player.
• Goonda Avenue, LA PEROUSE
  Aboriginal word meaning dark, night, rain or cloud.
• Goora Street, LITTLE BAY
  Aboriginal word meaning long or tall.
• Govett Street/Lane, RANDWICK
  Formerly known as Flinders Street and Huddart Street. Named for William R. Govett (1807-1848), surveyor of the Blue Mountains.
• Gumara Street, RANDWICK
  Indigenous word meaning possum.
• Green Street, MAROUBRA
  Formerly known as Boyce Lane and changed to Green Street in 1972. Apparently not named for any resident.
• Greenstead Lane, RANDWICK
  Takes its name from the building owned by the Marist Brothers, Greenstead Hall, which in turn was named for a place near Colchester, Essex.
• Greenwood Avenue, COOGEE
  Named for William Greenwood, rector of St Nicolas Church, Coogee
• Gregory Street, COOGEE
  Constructed in 1943.
• Greville Street, CLOVELLY
  Portion of street formerly known as Seaview Street. Named for William C. Greville who bought 20 acres of land at Clovelly in 1834
• Grose Street, LITTLE BAY
  Named for Francis Grose (1754-1814), 1st Lieutenant-Governor of NSW Commanded the colony for three years after Arthur Phillip's departure.
• Grosvenor Street, KENSINGTON
  The family name of the Duke of Westminster.
• Haig Lane and Street, MAROUBRA
  Named for Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928), British commander during World War I.
• Hall Street, CHIFLEY
  Possible named for Charles Francis Hall (1821-1871),USA Arctic explorer.
• Hamel Road, MATRAVILLE
  Named for Hamel, the name of a village near the Somme in northern France which was devastated in World War I.
• Hampson Avenue, MAROUBRA
  Named for William K. Hampson, Randwick Council alderman c.1940-1950s.
• Hamilton Street, COOGEE
  Named for Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947), Commander-in-Chief of British forces at Gallipoli.
• Hannan Street/Lane, MAROUBRA
  Named for Francis Hannan, Randwick Council alderman c.1902. Constructed around 1943/5.
• Hargraves Place, MAROUBRA
  Named for Patrick R. Hargraves, a Randwick Council alderman in the 1960s. Formerly known as Pat Hargraves Place and shortened in 1970.
• Harper Street, RANDWICK
  Changed in 1961 from Harper Lane to Harper Street.
• Harrison Avenue, MAROUBRA
  Named for John Harrison, a former municipal engineer with Randwick Council.
• Hastings Avenue, CHIFLEY
  Most likely named for Hastings in England, site of Norman victory over the Saxons in 1066.
• Havelock Avenue, COOGEE
  Named for Sir Henry Havelock (1795-1857), British soldier and hero of the Indian mutiny.
• Hayward Street, KINGSFORD
  Named for W. Hayward, Randwick Council alderman c.1900.
• Helena Street/Lane, RANDWICK
  Changed from Clarke Street in 1943. Renamed for Helena, a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream. Other streets nearby named for other characters in the same play: Titania and Oberon. A section was also originally called Elizabeth Street.
• Hendy Avenue, COOGEE
  Originally called Pirate Street. Renamed for Roy Hendy, a Randwick Council alderman c.1890-1900. Hendy became town clerk of Sydney.
• Hennegar Access, RANDWICK
  Indigenous word meaning shark.
• Henning Avenue, KINGSFORD
  Constructed in 1943.
• Henry Street, RANDWICK
  Possibly named for Henry Lee who owned land in the area in 1857. Originally called Perry Street.
• Herbert Street, MALABAR
  Possibly named for Herbert Dudley, real estate agent in the area.
• Hereward Street, MAROUBRA
  Named for  the iron clipper, Hereward, which was wrecked on the northern end of Maroubra beach in 1898.
• Higgs Street, COOGEE
  Originally a section of Melody Street, Coogee
• High Street, RANDWICK
  Popular street name in English villages and towns.
• Hillary Parade, MATRAVILLE
  Named for Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008), the first man to conquer Mount Everest (in 1953).
• Hincks Street, KINGSFORD
  Named for James Hincks, a Randwick Council alderman in the early 1900s and Mayor of Randwick 1904. See also Apsley Avenue; Baker Street.
• Hinkler Street, MAROUBRA
  Bert Hinkler (1892-1933), aviator who in 1928 became the first person to fly solo from Britain to Australia. Dedicated in 1943.
• Hitchcock Street
  Became Nagle Street, MAROUBRA on 25 September 1931.
• Hodgson Street, RANDWICK
  Named for Isaac B. Hodgson, a Randwick Council alderman from 1897 to the 1900s and Mayor of Randwick in 1900 and 1901.
• Holden Street, MAROUBRA
  Named for Leslie Hubert Holden (1895-1932), pioneer airman awarded the Military Cross in 1918. He later became the Sydney manager of Holden's Motor Body Builders, the company formed by his uncle HJ Holden. Les Holden was responsible for finding Kingsford-Smith and Ulm when they disappeared in 1929. The street was constructed in 1943.
• Holkham Avenue, RANDWICK
  Named for the town in Norfolk, England.
• Hooper Street, RANDWICK
  Originally called Orange Street. Renamed for George Hooper who build his home there in 1848. Hooper was a market gardener and an alderman and auditor of Randwick Council.
• Houston Road and Lane, KENSINGTON
  Named for William Houston, Randwick Council alderman c.1895-1908 and  Mayor of Randwick 1898.
• Howe Street, MALABAR
  Named for George William Howe, owner of Yarra Bay Pleasure Grounds, who was an alderman with Randwick Council c.1890s-1910, serving one term as Mayor. Died in 1916.
• Howell Avenue, MATRAVILLE
  Named for GJ 'Snowy' Howell who received the Victoria Cross for fighting in Bullecourt, France, in 1917.
• Huddart Lane, RANDWICK
  Named for JG Huddart, Randwick Council alderman 1903-1906.
• Hughes Avenue, MAROUBRA
  Named for Evan H. Hughes, a Randwick Council alderman in the 1950-1960s.
• Humes Street, CHIFLEY
  Named for Hamilton Hume (1797-1873), explorer. Dedicated in 1953.
• Hunter Avenue, MATRAVILLE
  Named in 1958 for the NSW river which was named for John Hunter (1737-1821), second governor of NSW (Clarence and Namoi Streets dedicated at the same time).
• Hurley Crescent, MATRAVILLE
  Captain James Francis Frank; Hurley (1890-1962), famous photographer who went to Antarctica and was an official photographer to AIF during the First World War.

Street names I-J

• Ian Street, KINGSFORD
  Constructed in 1943.
• Iluka Place, COOGEE
  Aboriginal word meaning near the sea.
• Ireton Street, MALABAR
  Possible named for Henry Ireton (1611-1651), English soldier and son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. (Cromwell Place is nearby).
• Isis Lane, KINGSFORD
  Local name for upper stretches of the River Thames, England (near Oxford).
• Jacques Street, KINGSFORD
  Part changed from Bird Gully and Byrd Avenue South on 25 November 1938. Named for the Jacques family who lived in the area and owned property in the Kingsford/Kensington area.
• Johnston Parade, MAROUBRA
  Named for NC Johnston, a Randwick Council alderman in the 1950s.
• Joongah Street, RANDWICK
  Indigenous word meaning octopus.
• Judge Street, RANDWICK
  Named for Judge Callaghan who lived nearby in his house, Avoca.

Street names K-L