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Central Estate, Glen Waverley, 1951

Flyer advertising land sales by auction at Central Estate, Glen Waverley. Note continuous spelling of Glen Waverley.

 

The estate plan includes road names of Ada Street, Bridget Street and John Street (now Batten Street). The land had previously been owned by the late John O'Dea. See locale with Google Maps

 

The Waverley Streets database notes the following about these streets:

 

Ada Street:

Ada Petter was the mother of John O'Dea II

 

Bridget Street:

Bridget was the grandmother of John O'Dea II.

 

Batten Street:

Named after the Batten family who lived in the area. West end being part of the 25 lots in the Central Estate auctioned on 26.5.1951 by Hammand Olsen and TG Newton. Being part of the estate of the late John O'Dea. East end being part of 97 lots in the Syndal Heights Estate auctioned on 3.3.1951 at 2.30pm in a seated marquee by H P Knight and Richard Somers. Originally shown as John St on the auction notice.

 

Text source: Waverley Streets Database

 

The Monash Public Library Service holds the original material at the Monash Federation Centre, 3 Atherton Road, Oakleigh

Classification code: H23/CEN

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