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Christchurch street names T - V - Christchurch City Libraries

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<strong>Christchurch</strong> Street Names: T to V<br />

Current<br />

name<br />

Former<br />

name<br />

Tara Street Named after the<br />

hill of Tara<br />

which was once<br />

the religious,<br />

cultural and<br />

political capital<br />

of Ireland.<br />

Taramea<br />

Place<br />

Tasman<br />

Place<br />

Elliott<br />

Street and<br />

Taramea<br />

Street.<br />

Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further<br />

information<br />

The name<br />

commemorates<br />

the first trans-<br />

Tasman flight<br />

from Sydney to<br />

<strong>Christchurch</strong> on<br />

10 September<br />

1928.<br />

Riccarton First appears in <strong>street</strong><br />

directories in 1943.<br />

Addington Elliott Street first appears in<br />

<strong>street</strong> directories in 1905.<br />

Re-named Taramea Street in<br />

1908. Becomes Taramea<br />

Place in 1983.<br />

Burwood Continues the aviation theme<br />

of <strong>street</strong>s in the area.<br />

First appears in <strong>street</strong><br />

directories in 1968.<br />

<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong> Page 9 of 95<br />

8 August 2013<br />

Altair Lane,<br />

Jean Batten<br />

Place,<br />

Kingsford<br />

Street,<br />

Mascot<br />

Place,<br />

Moncrieff<br />

Place, Ulm<br />

Place and<br />

Viscount<br />

Place.

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