List of places named after William Birdwood
Appearance
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A list of places named after William Birdwood.
Towns
- Blumberg in the Adelaide Hills was renamed Birdwood in 1917.
- The soldier settler village of Birdwoodton, Victoria (near Mildura) was named after him when founded circa 1920.
Summits
- Mount Birdwood, a mountain in Alberta, Canada[1]
Avenue
- Birdwood Avenue, Belfield, New South Wales.
- Birdwood Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Birdwood Avenue, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
- Birdwood Avenue, Katoomba, New South Wales.
- Birdwood Avenue, Killara, New South Wales.
- Birdwood Avenue, Kings Domain, Melbourne, Victoria, site of the Shrine of Remembrance.
Block
- Birdwood Block, a destroyed block of the former Victoria Barracks, Hong Kong.[2]
Circus
- Birdwood Circus, Palmyra, Western Australia.
Crescent
- Birdwood Crescent, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand.
Parade
- Birdwood Parade, Dalkeith, Western Australia.
- Birdwood Parade, Hazelbrook, New South Wales.
Roads
- Birdwood Road in the city of Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
- Birdwood Road, Lahore, Pakistan.
- Birdwood Road, Brisbane, Queensland.
Street
- Birdwood Street, Balwyn, Melbourne, Victoria.
- Birdwood Street in the city of Ipswich, Queensland.
- Birdwood Street, Karori in the City of Wellington, New Zealand.
- Birdwood Street, Como, Perth, Western Australia
- Birdwood Street, Zillmere, Brisbane, Queensland
- Birdwood Street, Essendon North Victoria
Terrace
- Birdwood Terrace in the city of Brisbane, Queensland.
Army camps
- Birdwood Barracks, British army camp in northern Germany
References
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 20.
- ^ "12. What’s In A Name?" Conservation Newsletter, March 2006, RASHKB/AMO Volunteers, Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch, retrieved 2008-12-06.