Conceived during the bicentenary of Cook’s discovery of the east coast of Australia, Endeavour Hills narrowly missed being called Piney Ridge or Pine Hills and was named in honour of James Cook and the crew and scientists aboard HMS Endeavour. Endeavour Hills was proclaimed as a suburb on 28 October 1974.
Consequently, many streets in Endeavour Hills bear Cook’s name or those of the crew or scientists on board the Endeavour during the expedition.
Charles Green Avenue
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Daniel Solander Drive
Swedish botanist Daniel Solander (1733–82) was employed by Joseph Banks to collect and describe plant specimens on Cook’s first Pacific voyage, using the new classification system developed by his teacher, Carl Linnaeus.
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Isaac Smith Crescent
Born in London in 1753, cousin of Captain Cook’s wife Elizabeth. Enlisted in the navy at 13 years of age and as an able seaman sailed with Captain Cook on HMS Grenville and then at 14, joined Captain Cook aboard the Endeavour.
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James Cook Drive
Captain of the Endeavour, James Cook was an explorer, navigator and accomplished cartographer.
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John Edgcumbe Way
Sergeant of Marines aboard the Endeavour.
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Robert Molyneux Avenue
Ship’s master.
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Sydney Parkinson Drive
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William Perry Close
Surgeon’s mate / Surgeon aboard The Endeavour.
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Zachary Hicks Crescent
Zachary Hicks was the 2nd Lieutenant on The Endeavour and the first to sight the East Coast of Australia.
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Some Endeavour Hills streets are named after people who came to Australia on the First Fleet.
Arthur Phillip Drive
Captain Arthur Phillip as the commander of the First Fleet and the first Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of New South Wales from 26 January 1788 to 10 December 1792.
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David Collins Drive
David Collins in his role as the first Judge-Advocate of New South Wales read the King’s proclamation declaring Arthur Phillip to be Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of New South Wales at Sydney Cove on the morning of 26 January 1788. He later established the first European settlement in Victoria at Sorrento in 1803 but this was abandoned in favour of Tasmania in 1804.
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John Hunter Drive
John Hunter was Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of New South Wales from 11 September 1795 to 28 September 1800. John Hunter had sailed with the First Fleet as second in command but returned to England in 1792. In 1795 he returned to New South Wales as Arthur Phillip’s successor.
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Other streets are named after early explorers.
George Bass Avenue
Surgeon, sailor, explorer and trader. Explored Australia’s south-eastern coast in 1997 discovering Western Port, the following year, together with Matthew Flinders discovered Bass Strait.
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Matthew Flinders Avenue
Sailor, navigator, cartographer, hydrographer and scientist. First to circumnavigate Australia, credited with the naming of the Australian continent in his book A Voyage to Terra Australis, published in 1814.
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Thomas Mitchell Drive
Explorer, inventor and surveyor-general of New South Wales. Thomas Mitchell explored large areas of western Victoria.
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William Hovell Drive
Sailor, explorer and settler from Norfolk, England who went to sea as a boy. Settled in New South Wales in 1813. In October 1824 Hovell together with Hamilton Hume mounted an expedition to discover Western Port. In December they arrived at what they thought was Western Port, but in fact it was Corio Bay, near Geelong.
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And other streets are named after pioneers and early settlers such as…….
John Fawkner Drive
John Fawkner’s father was sentenced to 14 years transportation and sent to Sorrento in 1803 under David Collins’ command. His wife, daughter and son, John accompanied him to Sorrento and then to Tasmania when the Sullivan Bay site was abandoned. John Fawkner returned to Victoria as a young adult and became one of the founders of Melbourne.
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