The street where you live – Rider Boulevard, Rhodes
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The street where you live – Rider Boulevard, Rhodes

Rider Boulevard in Rhodes, NSW, is named after the engineering manufacturer Rider and Bell Pty Ltd. The naming of the Boulevard likely commemorates the company’s presence and its contribution to the area. They established their operations in Rhodes in 1920 and played a significant role in the industrial history of Rhodes. Rider and Bell manufactured a…

The street where you live: Zoeller Street
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The street where you live: Zoeller Street

Daniel Zoeller was born in Darmstadt Germany in 1831. He emigrated to Australia in 1856 with his wife Katherine and their first child Elizabeth. They settled in Ada Street Concord, at the home called “Pine Cottage”. (NSW Government Gazette p1448 1883) Daniel was naturalised an Australian citizen at Government House, Sydney on 11 April 1866(NSW…