Toowong Cemetery Road Signs and Names

Some Toowong Cemetery road signs need to be replaced or repaired:

some signs have not been updated to reflect road name changes.
some signs are unreadable due to weathering.
some signs have been bent or moved down the post by vandals.

Additional road signs could be added to make wayfinding in the cemetery easier.

The 4 maps on display at the cemetery enteries and the Shelter Shed at the start of Federation Drive have not been updated to reflect the new road names.

Prioritised improvements

The sortable table below is our prioritised recommendations for road sign improvements in Toowong Cemetery.

Intersection	Current Sign	Recommendation	Priority
Richer St & 9^th	Boundary Road	Replace with Dr. Lilian Cooper Drive sign	1
Richer St & 9^th	9^th Avenue	Replace with new format sign	6
Richer St & 9^th		Add Dr. Lilian Cooper Drive sign pointing towards Federation Ave.	5
Pat Hill & Pride of Erin	Dr. Lilian Cooper Drive		n/a
Pat Hill & Pride of Erin	Pat Hill Drive		n/a
Pat Hill & Pride of Erin	Pride of Erin Drive		n/a
Walter Ralston & Pride of Erin	Pride of Erin Drive		n/a
Walter Ralston & Pride of Erin	Walter Ralston Avenue		n/a
Walter Ralston & Francis Forde	Francis Forde Avenue		n/a
Francis Forde & 2^nd	Boundary Road	Replace with Francis Forde Avenue sign	1
Francis Forde & 2^nd	2^nd Avenue	Replace unreadable sign	2
Francis Forde & 5^th	Francis Forde Avenue		n/a
Francis Forde & 5^th		Add 5^th Avenue sign	5
5^th & Steele Rudd	5^th Avenue	Replace damaged sign	2
5^th & Steele Rudd	4^th Avenue	Replace with Steele Rudd Avenue sign	1
Steel Rudd & Peter Jackson	Steel Rudd Avenue		n/a
Steel Rudd & Peter Jackson	Peter Jackson Parade		n/a
Steel Rudd & 6^th	Steel Rudd Avenue	Straighten sign	3
Steel Rudd & 6^th	6^th Avenue	?	n/a
6^th & 3^rd	6^th Avenue	Replace with taller pole and new format sign	6
6^th & 3^rd	3^rd Avenue	Replace with taller pole and new format sign	6
3^rd & Peter Jackson	3^rd Avenue	Replace unreadable sign	2
Peter Jackson & 2^nd	2^nd Avenue	Replace unreadable sign	2
Peter Jackson & 2^nd	Boundary Road	Replace with Peter Jackson Parade sign	4
Peter Jackson & 1^st	1^st Avenue	Replace unreadable sign	2
Peter Jackson & 1^st		Add Peter Jackson Parade sign	4
Garland & 1^st	Garland Avenue		n/a
1^st & 2^nd	2^nd Avenue	Replace unreadable sign	2
1^st & 2^nd	1^st Avenue	Replace unreadable sign	2
2^nd & Elizabeth Dale		Add Elizabeth Dale Walk sign	4
2^nd & 3^rd		Add 3^rd Avenue sign	4
2^nd & 3^rd	2^nd Avenue	Replace unreadable sign	2
2^nd & Walter Ralston		Add Walter Ralston Avenue sign	4
Second & Walter Ralston		Add 2^nd Avenue sign	4
Elizabeth Dale & O'Doherty	O'Doherty Avenue		n/a
O'Doherty & 10^th		Add 10^th Avenue sign	5
O'Doherty & 10^th		Add O'Doherty Avenue sign	5
10^th & Pat Hill	10^th Avenue	Replace unreadable sign	2
10^th & Pat Hill	8^th Avenue	Replace with Pat Hill Drive sign	1
9^th & Pat Hill		Add 9^th Avenue sign	5
O'Doherty & Pat Hill	O'Doherty Avenue		n/a
Pat Hill & Charles Heaphy	Pat Hill Drive		n/a
Pat Hill & Charles Heaphy	Charles Heaphy Drive		n/a
Charles Heaphy & Elizabeth Dale	Elizabeth Dale Walk		n/a
Charles Heaphy & Emma Miller	Charles Heaphy Drive		n/a
Charles Heaphy & Emma Miller	Emma Miller Avenue	Add Emma Miller Avenue sign	5
Emma Miller & Walter Brown	Walter Brown Avenue		n/a
Emma Miller & Walter Hill	Emma Miller Avenue		n/a
Emma Miller & Walter Hill	Walter Hill Drive		n/a
Walter Hill & Lilian Cooper	Walter Hill Drive		n/a
Walter Hill & Lilian Cooper	Dr. Lilian Cooper Drive		n/a
Federation & Walter Brown	Walter Brown Avenue		n/a
Federation & Walter Brown	Federation Avenue		n/a
Entrance & Soldiers Parade	Soldiers Parade		n/a

Priorities:

Sign has the wrong road name.
Sign is unreadable and/or damaged.
Sign is readable but damaged.
New sign to help significantly with way finding.
New sign to help with way finding.
Sign is readable but in old format.

Renaming Roads

Where the signs above need to be replaced, we should consider renaming roads. We should: - avoid road names that already exist in Toowong or nearby suburbs. - try achieve gender equity in road names.

Proposed priority changes based on the number and condition of signs needed to fully rename a road, and the availability of candidates with stories on fotc.au.

10^th Avenue - replace 1 unreadable sign.
5^th Avenue - replace 1 damaged sign.
1^st Avenue - replace 2 unreadable signs.
2^nd Avenue - replace 2 unreadable signs.
3^rd Avenue - replace 3 unreadable signs.
6^th Avenue - replace 2 signs.
9^th Avenue - replace 1 sign. No candidates

1^st Avenue

Candidates would come from:

Portion 1
- Sections 34-44a, 81, 83, 85, 88, 91, 95, 99.
Portion 2a
- Sections 1-6a, 14, 23, 24.
Portion 2
- Sections 9-11. No stories.

Potential Candidates:

Emily Owen (1-39-5)
Benjamin Harris Babbidge (1-44-9)
George Rogers Harding (1-82-15)
Walter Horatio Wilson (1-84-22)
John Jennings Imrie 1-85-9
Vera Evelyn James (2A-23-16)
William Henry Warman (2A-25-27/28)

Road type: the road is curved:

Cresent
Avenue

For example:

Babbidge Cresent
Emily Owen Avenue

2^nd Avenue

Candidates would come from Portions 1, 2, 2a, 5, 7A, 20, 22 or 28.

Potential Candidates:

Leontine Mary Jane Cooper (2A-29-11)
John Higson (2A-31-16)
Ernest Eglinton (2A-31-22)

Road type: the road is long:

Way
Avenue

For Example:

Leontine's Way

3^rd Avenue

Candidates would come from:

Portion 5, Sections 72, 74-76, 100, 102, 104, 106-109.
Portion 20, Sections 3-18.

Potential Candidates:

Agnes Susan MacLean (5‑107‑19)
Thomas Hinch (20‑18‑23)

For Example:

Kable Avenue
Agnus Avenue

5^th Avenue

No candidates identified. Candidates would come from:

Portion 29, Sections 1, 4, 11, 12, 22, 36, 53.
Portion 30, Sections 13, 20, 27a, 35, 43, 51.

Generic name to represent the steep hill:

Ascension Way
Ascension Avenue
Heavenly Ascent
Eternal Ascent
Heussler Rise (Previous name for Birdwood Tce)
Silent Rise (Out of breath going up the hill)
Steeple Drive (Steep Hill - Drive!)

6^th Avenue

Candidates would come from:

Portion 20, Sections 1, 58, 58a
Portion 21, Sections 1a, 13a

Candidates include:

Emily Sophia Pickett** (21-1-55)
Henry Tom Pickett (21-2-31)
Thomas Macer** (21-14-3)

9^th Avenue

No candidates identified. Candidates would come from:

Portion 18, Sections 197-198
Portion 25, Sections 1-3

Generic name for short, straight, gentle sloped road near a dam that was filled with headstones from Padding Cemetery and the cemetery nursery. Headstones from Archaeolgically digs may be displayed here.

Nursery Lane
Reconciliation Avenue
Memory Lane
Stillwater Way
Name of the creek
Whispering Waters Lane
Grave Waters Way
Langville Creek Lane

10^th Avenue

Candidates include:

Susan Woulfe (7A‑74‑15/16) - founder of Woulfe and Son, tailors. Beside the road.
Kathleen Sheehy (7A‑135‑12) - first Head Teacher of the Dutton Park Opportunity School.
James Rylatt (7A-33-12) - jockey killed in a racing accident at Kedron Park. Beside the road. (There is a Rylatt Street in Indooroopilly)

Road type: the road is short and narrow: - Lane

For Example: - Woulfe Lane

Toowong Cemetery Road Signs and Names

Prioritised improvements

Renaming Roads

1st Avenue

2nd Avenue

3rd Avenue

5th Avenue

6th Avenue

9th Avenue

10th Avenue

Toowong Cemetery Map

1^st Avenue

2^nd Avenue

3^rd Avenue

5^th Avenue

6^th Avenue

9^th Avenue

10^th Avenue