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Street Name |
Locality |
Named after |
Details & Reference Sources |
| Waddells Road | Richmond | ||
| Wainai Road | Farleigh | ||
| Walkers Road | Meadowlands | ||
| Wall Street | Eimeo | ||
| Wallace Court | South Mackay | Wallace Solicitors (HCS pp.153) | |
| Wallace Street | Bucasia | ||
| Wallmans Road | Rural View | ||
| Walsh Avenue | Seaforth | ||
| Walters Avenue | Bucasia | ||
| Walzy’s Road | Bakers Creek | ||
| Wandoo Court | Beaconsfield | ||
| Waratah Street | Beaconsfield | ||
| Wardrop Street | West Mackay | ||
| Warland Street | South Mackay | Reef | Named after Warland Reef near Hydrographers Passage. The reef was named in the late 1920's by Commander Denys A. Henderson, RAN, in HMAS Moresby after Flying Officer Herbert Warland, a member of RAAF Flight 101 based at Bowen from 1926 to 1928 assisting Moresby with her surveys. Born in Horsham, England on 24 October 1894, Warland emigrated to Australia in July 1913. He served with the AIF in France in World War 1 where he was wounded three times, returning to Australia in 1919. He joined the Australia Air Corps in 1920 and in 1921 enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force, rising to the rank of Flying Officer by October 1924. He died on 7 March 1929 in an RAAF aircraft accident.(TWI pp222.) & (HCS pp.152) |
| Warner Street | West Mackay | ||
| Warrener Street | Andergrove | ||
| Watson's Lane | Mackay | original landowner | after family of Solomon Watson who owned the original portion of
land. Solomon was born in 1835 at Rosenhill, Armagh, Ireland. He arrived
in Queensland in 1861. He was one time publican of the School of
Arts Hotel in Wood Street from 1888 to 1889. He died on 2 May 1913 in
Mackay and was buried in the Mackay Cemetery on 3 May 1913.(see also Sophia
Street and James Street). (Correspondence from Bill Watson, great grandson of Solomon Watson , 20/6/2003) (HCS pp.152) |
| Wattle Street | Andergrove | ||
| Waverley Street | Bucasia | ||
| Wayne Street | Walkerston | ||
| Webberley Street | West Mackay | WW1 Casualty | William Webberley, Killed in WWI(AWM) (HCS pp.152) |
| Webster Street | South Mackay | ||
| Weir Street | East Mackay | Mayor | William
Crawford Weir, Mayor, 1919 & Town Clerk (HCS pp.152) |
| Wellby Court | North Mackay | ||
| Wellington Street | Mackay | Royal Family | Duke
of Wellington (HCS pp.152) |
| Wentford Street | Mackay | WW1 Casualty | Pte.
Jack Wentford, KIA, 1915, First Mackay Serviceman Killed WWI. (HCS pp.152) |
| Whinners Court | Eimeo | ||
| Whitney Street | Andergrove | ||
| Whitten Court | Mount Pleasant | ||
| Whittles Lane | Eimeo | ||
| Wicks Court | Erakala | ||
| Wigham Court | Beaconsfield | ||
| Wilga Court | Beaconsfield | ||
| Willetts Road | North Mackay | ||
| William Street | South Mackay | Original Landowner | Edward William McKenney, (see also Edward, McKenney) (HCS pp.152) |
| Williams Avenue | Bucasia | was named after Frederick Stanley Williams of F.S. Williams & Co. (later Poole Williams & Co.). The Williams family owned a beach house on the beach front a few blocks to the south of Williams Avenue. They were one of the first families to have a beach house at what was then Seaview.
(ELF-07/03/2004) | |
| Willis Street | North Mackay | ||
| Willow Court | Andergrove | ||
| Wills Street | Andergrove | ||
| Wilson Court | Eimeo | ||
| Wilson Street | West Mackay | ||
| Windsor Street | Glenella | ||
| Winifred Court | Ooralea | ||
| Wood Street | Mackay | ||
| Woodlands Drive | Eimeo | ||
| Woodman Parade | West Mackay | ||
| Woodwards Road | Richmond | ||
| Woodyard Avenue | Seaforth | ||
| Wooster Court | Mount Pleasant | ||
| Wrasse Court | Andergrove | Fish | |
| Wren Street | Slade Point | Australian Bird | |
| Wrights Road | Glenella |
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