StreetBaldwin AvenueSuburbAsquithDetailsBaldwin Avenue, was initially called Government Road, which was a common name and practice adopted in that era as a temporary measure until roads were formally named. It was originally used as a bullock track by timbercutters.
The Asquith Progress Association recommended to Council in July 1927 that the name be changed to Baldwin Avenue and this was approved.
Baldwin Avenue was named after Lord Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947), a British statesman who dominated the British Government as a Conservative during the years of WWI. He served three times as British Prime Minister from 1923-24, 1924-29 and 1935-37.
The Sands Directory of 1930 shows that there were nine families living in Baldwin Avenue. In the late 1930s it was still a dirt road that led to the pottery site and a clay and shale quarry in the gully. The eastern end was not sealed until the 1950s.
SourceA History of Asquith NSW, Volume 1/Robert Green pp.67-68Map[1]
