Concord

To honour the Reverend Samuel Leigh (1785-1852), Methodist Clergyman, who arrived in Sydney in 1815 and established Methodism in Australia.

Named by Mary Ann Jane Neich, widow of Emanuel Neich, and probably after “Lansdowne House” in Hyde Park, London.

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Named to honour the famous British General of WWI and before – Herbert Horatio Kitchener (1850-1916).

Named to honour Charles Cameron Kingston (1850-1908). He was a famous politician and took part in the Premiers’ Conference which drafted the Federal Constitution, leading up to Federation.

Named to honour Augustus Keppel (born 1725) who had an exciting career in the British Navy, of which he became Vice-Admiral in 1770. Captain Cook commemorated his name by giving it to some geographical features along the Queensland coast in 1770.

Named after Mr. Kentwell, who was apparently very deeply involved with the establishment of the first Methodist Church in Concord in 1907. Many years later, on the 20th August 1927, the foundation stones of a new church (later Concord Wesley) were set by the Rev. J.G. Wheen and Mr. Kentwell

Named after Robert Josselyn, who served on an early Council in Concord. His daughter Lydia married Thomas Obed Correy, a Mayor of Concord Municipality.

Named after Elizabeth Jones, an early settler in Concord, who had been granted 20 acres of land somewhere near the present site of Edwards Park.

Named after Mr. John Dean, a local Builder; his father was an Alderman.

Patriotically named to honour one of the great British sailors of WWI. John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859-1935) was a British Naval Officer who was chosen to command the British Fleet at the Battle of Jutland, May 3l, 1916, which rendered the German Fleet ineffective for the remainder of WWl. Jellicoe became Admiral of the Fleet in…