Pioneers, business leaders, councillors to be honoured with Murray Bridge road names

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Eighty-five business and community leaders, pioneers and riverboats are in line to be honoured in Murray Bridge by having roads named after them.

The Murray Bridge council has published a list of pre-approved names for future roads in an effort to speed up housing development while paying tribute to important local families.

Included on the list are well-known local names like Beauchamp, Finlayson, Haines, Offe and Staiff – scroll down to see the complete list.

Until now, developers have decided all new road names in the district: they would suggest names and staff or councillors would approve them.

The new list, created by four long-standing community members, will speed up the process by allowing developers to pick and choose names they like without having to go through an approval process.

Developers will still be able to propose their own names if they would prefer.

But first, community members will have a chance to offer feedback.

So, what do you think – are there any names missing from the list, or names on there that don’t deserve to be?

• Have your say: Fill in the survey at letstalk.murraybridge.sa.gov.au/draft-property-identification-policy by 5pm next Tuesday, September 3.

Future road names for Murray Bridge

• Australien: A riverboat
• Beauchamp: For Harry Beauchamp senior, who owned a show store and cafe, was chair of the hospital board and served as an elected member
• Breschi: For Carlo Breschi, an elected member who served at least three terms, and was involved in volunteering
• Brooks: For the bike shop, still operating
• Bussell: William John Bussell was a missionary priest who travelled the River Murray aboard the Etona
• Buttle: Graham Buttle has long volunteered with local organisations, including Murray Bridge Lawn Tennis Association and as a HACC driver
• Canberra: A riverboat
• Channon: Bob Channon OAM was significant in The Murray Valley Standard and the RSL
• Coolawin: Associated with Willow Point Wines, established 1969
• Coventry: For Ken Coventry OAM, a past councillor and CEO, electoral commission representative for more than 50 years, and Justice of the Peace for more than 50 years
• Cowham: For Dr Bob Cowham, a long-serving GP in Murray Bridge
• Dutton: A car yard, formerly a group of local shops
• Eisen: Bob Eisen has spent more than 60 years volunteering within Murray Bridge
• England: For Bob England, an elected member who served at least three terms
• Etona: A floating mission boat which provided pastoral care assistance and carried material to isolated communities
• Faehrmann: Involved in the Lions Club of Murray Bridge
• Fegan: An elected member who served at least three terms
• Finlayson: For the milk factory
• Fischer: For Doug Fischer, a builder
• Foster: For Brian Foster, a long-standing business identity
• Geisel: A soft drink manufacturer
• Gem: A riverboat
• Gerard: The Gerard Group owned Willow Point Wines and Clipsal Switchgear; Robert Gerard was the principal
• Gilbert: A greengrocer
• Guiney: They ran the newsagency prior to the Hallandals
• Haines: For Dr David Haines, a long-serving GP in Murray Bridge
• Hallandal: For Graham Hallandal, a newsagent
• Hansen: A grocery store
• Harvy: For the jewellery store run by the family from 1947-95
• Helps: For Raymond Helps, a mayor of Murray Bridge and long-serving councillor
• Hero: A riverboat
• Hirschausen: For Eve Hirschausen who, alongside Rhonda Minge, became the first female elected member in Murray Bridge
• Johnson: For Brian Johnson, a past mayor of Murray Bridge
• Jones: A butcher
• Kleinig: A local bus company
• Kohlberger: For a boarding house and Evelyn Kohlberger, a blind woman who was very active in the community
• Kookaburra: A riverboat
• Laubsch: For Barrie Laubsch, an elected member who served at least three terms
• Leahy: For John and Dorothy Leahy and their son John junior, who owned the Murray Bridge Hotel from 1956 until the mid 1990s
• Lewis: For Bob Lewis, maker of memorial headstones, Brenton Lewis, the former mayor, or Peter Lewis, an MP and Speaker of the House
• Light: Lloyd Light was the founder of Coolawin Winery, now Willow Point Wines
• Lloyd: Lloyd Light was the founder of Coolawin Winery, now Willow Point Wines
• Lucas: A greengrocer
• Marion: A riverboat
• Mayflower: A riverboat
• Melbourne: A riverboat
• Mobbs: Had a lot to do with Murray Bridge Rowing Club
• Murrumbidgee: A riverboat
• Neindorf: For Bob Neindorf, a teacher at Murray Bridge High School
• Newell: For Dennis Newell, owner of a tank manufacturing business and maker of the Murray Bridge bunyip in 1972; his wife Marlene was a school teacher at Mypolonga for 30 years
• Nolan: Shirley Nolan was awarded an OBE for her contribution to netball in Murray Bridge
• Noske: For the former flour mill
• O’Neil: Involved in sport and as business owners
• Offe: The family ran the jewellery business bearing its name from 1947-95; Mrs Offe was also a teacher at Murray Bridge High School
• Oscar: A riverboat
• Parker: Lyall Parker was very much involved in the River Murray Football League; a shield for the club which accumulates the most points across all grades is named in his honour
• Penley: A butcher
• Penta: An Italian-Australian market gardener
• Pevensey: A riverboat
• Pyap: A Farmers Union boat
• Riches: A riverboat used in the 1956 flood
• Riverside: Suggested by the owner when renaming Off Hann Road
• Robinson: For Toni Robinson AM, a mayor of Murray Bridge and dairy farmer
• Rothbury: A riverboat
• Ruby: A riverboat
• Ruge: For the former arcade in Bridge Street
• Sharrad: A maker of memorial headstones
• Showboat: Captained by Albert Jantke
• Simmons: Keith Simmons was an elected member who served at least three terms
• Smyth: Owners of Freesia ice cream
• Springett: Dr Victor Springett was a long-serving GP in Murray Bridge
• Staiff: For Elliott Staiff, a market gardener
• Thacker: For Lyn Thacker and her 21 years volunteering within the Rural City of Murray Bridge
• Thompson: For Dr Robert Thompson, a long-serving GP in Murray Bridge
• Toogood: For Fred Toogood, a current elected member who previously owned a shoe store and grocery – after he retires
• Twigden: An elected member who served at least three terms
• Vanstone: A local optometrist
• Wanera: A riverboat
• Webb: Katrina Webb OAM won medals at three Paralympics, in 1996, 2000 and 2004
• Weinert: Milton Weinert was an elected member who served at least three terms
• Weinmann: Theo Weinmann became Murray Bridge's second-longest-serving elected member, with nine terms
• Wilhelm: Maurice Wilhelm OAM served the council, Lerwin and the Lutheran Church
• Wilkinson: Basil Wilkinson was town clerk from 1958-77, then executive advisory officer from 1977-84, prior to amalgamation
• Wilmshurst: A soft drink manufacturer
• Wilson: For Jerry Wilson, an elected member who served at least three terms

Another 29 names were also suggested, but there were already roads with those names within the district.