New Canberra Suburb gets ex-convict name
Posted on May 15, 2009 by by Captcha
Canberra’s newest Industrial estate will be called Beard, after ex-convict Timothy Beard. Canberra Times
The 45ha was technically not a suburb, but more an industrial estate. The land is leased for 145 blocks for industrial purposes. ACTPL said.
In 1828 an ex-convict named Timothy Beard, who was known to be an innkeeper from Campbelltown, had a squattage called ‘Quinbean’ (said to mean Aboriginal for clear waters) on the Molonglo River. Beard was credited with having the first settlement close to the present site of Queanbeyan, though his occupancy was illegal. Queanbeyan museum
I found a few other suburbs in Australia with ex-convict names, I am sure there are many more in Australia.
Postans in WA, Named after George Postans who was one of the first settlers in the area. He arrived in the Colony as a convict in 1850 and bought 100 acres of land in 1882.
Ropes Crossing in Blacktown NSW, named after Anthony Rope, a convict who arrived with the First Fleet in 1788.
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Greenway was a convict.
And I’m sure Canberra is full of suburbs named after convicts.
Beard’s still a daft name for a suburb.
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and mark parton on 2CC got some bloke this morning having a shot at him about calling beard a wierd name for a suburb, had nothing to do with the fact the guy’s name was beard, did it? Mark handled him well, even pointing out that Parton would be another bad suburb name…
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How’s it pronounced?
I don’t see a problem with calling it after a convict. Actually, more accurately, he was an ex-convict (so a free man), and had a fairly active part in the development of the area.
As for weird suburb names, there’s plenty of them in the world.
L
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The Planning Office lost all credibility for selecting place names when they approved “James Kirk Drive” in Gungahlin.
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I like the idea of suburbs named after people etc..
but why beard? it just doesnt sound right at all..
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I did a quick skim of the list of Canberra suburbs, and I think Greenway is the only one named for a transported convict.
Beard still sounds like a dumb name though.
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as mark parton pointed out, who the hell would live in a suburb called parton? would we have blonde small women who can carry a tune?
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Meh. Every name is a stupid name for a suburb until it becomes one. Who would have thought that Page (only librarians allowed there), Forde (no Holdens!), Downer (what a bummer of a suburb that one is), Hackett (I just can’t hack it anymore!), Parkes (no roads), Fyshwick (fish? in a candle?), or Manuka (mah-noo-kar) were a good idea either? But you get used to them, and then you start thinking about them as a suburb, not just as silly name for a suburb.
I have no doubt you’ll get over a suburb called Beard just as easily as you’ve all gotten over a suburb called Holt (who goes there?)
L
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well done avoiding the parton suburb comment. i knew you wouldn’t touch that one…
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I considered it. And then I decided to leave well enough alone.
You’re welcome.
L
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Loquacity, That we have a suburb named Holt is nowhere near as funny as the fact that Melbourne has an “Aquatic Centre” named for the guy.
The International Comedy Festival isn’t in Melbourne by chance!
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Well, at least they can laugh at their amazingly homicidal swimming holes, anyway
L
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does the aquatic centre teach people on how to prepare for a sub extraction?
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