Streets of Tanilba Bay
A Tribute to World War 1
Naming of Most Streets after World War 1
On 4 December 1918, G D Allen, surveyor, submitted plans for a proposed subdivision to be called Tanilba Bay Estate. The survey was completed in December 1919. Henry F Halloran & Company was selling the estate but did not own the land.
The estate was a Garden City development with a curvilinear symmetrical layout but features both curved and straight streets; L-shaped, angled, and curved street corners; both rectangular and irregularly-shaped blocks.
The main road through the estate was named Avenue of the Allies and measured a grand 46 metres wide. In 1929, Henry planted a row of Norfolk Island Pines on either side of the Avenue of the Allies.
Of the 24 streets in the estate 19 were named as a tribute to World War 1 with 4 streets named Success, Conquest, Victory & Peace to celebrate the winning of the war by the Allied forces.
Most of the streets in this estate owe their names to the jingoistic fervour (extreme patriotism) of the post-World War era.
8. Foch Forum (Open Area)
9. Haig Hexagon (Open Area)
12. Monash Close
13. Navy Nook
14. Peace Parade
Streets of Tanilba Bay
Our History
Street Names Celebrate the History of the Area
In 1920 Henry F Halloran submitted a plan to Port Stephens Shire Council for his second subdivision at Tanilba Bay which he had named Tanilba House Estate.
His choice of street names always had meaning even if only to himself. He celebrated the history of the area by naming Caswell Crescent after Lt William Caswell the first white settler, Pomona Parade (the site of Tanilba House orchard), Rigney Road for an early settler, and Tanilba & Tilligerry Tracks. A few of the early residents complained to the council about the name of Tanilba Track and petitioned the council to change the name to Tanilba Avenue. This is disappointing as all the streets named by Henry used alliteration e.g. Diggers Drive, Admiralty Avenue, etc.
2. Pomona Place
3. Rigney Road
4. Tanilba Avenue (Originally named Tanilba Track by Henry F Halloran)