AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

PUBLIC PLACE NAMES ACT 1989

NO. 325 OF 2001

Pursuant to section 4 of the Public Place Names Act 1989, I determine the names of the public places that are Territory Land as specified in the attached Schedule and as indicated on the attached plan.

Dated the 9th day of October 2001.

								LINCOLN JAMES HAWKINS
								Delegate of the Minister

SCHEDULE

STREET NOMENCLATURE

Division of Dunlop:  Australian Inventors, Inventions and Artists

NAME
	ORIGIN
	SIGNIFICANCE
	
Buncle Place	John Buncle 
(1822-1889)	Australian Inventor and Manufacturer.
John Buncle established an engineering firm in Melbourne in 1853, supplying the ironwork for several large bridges for Melbourne and other parts of Victoria.  
The agricultural implements and machinery he invented were significant in the evolution of ‘extensive’ farming techniques in the nineteenth century.
He was twice Mayor of Hotham (North Melbourne).

Chater Place	Mr Gordon Maitland Chater AM
(1922-1999)	Australian Performing Artist
Gordon Chater was one of Australia’s most dedicated and accomplished performers in drama and review.  He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal AM in 1999 for service to the arts as an actor, and to the welfare of the artistic community through the Actors’ Benevolent fund.
	
Dexion Place	Dexion Shelving	Australian Invention
Dexion is a type of bent angle iron with 
pre-drilled and pre-slotted holes and slots which enable it to be bolted together at many angles and in many positions.  Dimitris Comino developed Dexion in the late 1930’s.  It is now found in factories, scientific laboratories and homes around the world.

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Division of Dunlop:  Australian Inventors, Inventions and Artists

NAME
	ORIGIN
	SIGNIFICANCE
	
Edgley Place	Ms Edna Teresa Edgley AM (1910-2000)	Australian Artist
Dancer, Soubrette, Ballet Mistress, Actress and Theatrical Manager.  Edgley and Dawe imported and presented every branch of theatre and the best artists in the world providing great cultural benefit to the whole of Australia.  Awarded an AM in the Arts and Entertainment Category in 1987.  Performed with the Australian Ballet as the nurse in Romeo and Juliet at the age of 78 in 1988.
	
Fitton Place	Dame Doris Alice Fitton (1897-1985)	Australian Artist
Actor and Theatrical Director. 
Began acting in 1914 with J.C. Williamson’s in Melbourne and in 1922 moved to Sydney.  In 1930 she and a group of other actors formed the Independent Theatre in Sydney.  She was created a Dame in 1981.

Ikara Close	Ikara Anti-Submarine Missile	Australian Invention
A complex weapon, it incorporates advances in computer technology and sonar equipment-enabling destroyers to locate and track a greater number of submarines – and the introduction of a small and fast homing torpedo.  Developed in the 1960s by the Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Maribyrnong, Victoria.

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SCHEDULE

STREET NOMENCLATURE

Division of Dunlop:  Australian Inventors, Inventions and Artists

NAME
	ORIGIN
	SIGNIFICANCE
	
Polwarth Circuit	Polwarth Sheep
	Australian Invention
A sheep breed developed in Victoria.  It is three quarters Merino and one quarter Lincoln.  It is heavily fleeced, carrying dense even wool of good length.  The carcass is large and suitable for fat lamb production and mutton.  Polwarths originated in the 1880s in three flocks, at Tarndwarncoort, Eeyeuk and Carr’s Plains near Colac in the County of Polwarth, Victoria.  The name became official in 1919.
	
Shoobridge Circuit	William Ebenezer Shoobridge 
(1846-1940)	Australian Inventor
Politician, agriculturalist and innovator.  William Shoobridge’s study of hydrostatics and engineering led to extensive new irrigation techniques.  He developed an irrigation system for hops and apples, which overcame dryness of the deep porous soil.
	
Shrivell Circuit	Stan Edward Shrivell OBE
(1909-1998)	Australian Inventor
Founder of the Inventors Association of Australia.  

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