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Douglas Ave

NAME:

Douglas Ave was probably named after Ronald Douglas McLean. He was the son of Murdoch McLean, Mayor of Mt Albert (1914-17) (MAHS, 2007, pp. 5-6)

DESCRIPTION:

Douglas Ave runs south east from Allendale Ave to Weston Ave.

Duart Ave runs off it.

Numbers on the south west side run 1 to 9. On the north west side numbers run from 2 to 24.

FACTS ABOUT THIS STREET:

1937: “described as 200 yards long and with 11 residences” (Auckland Libraries, n.d.).


SOURCES FOR THIS PAGE:

Auckland Libraries. (n.d.). Auckland city street nameshttp://www.akcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/streets/streets.html

MAHS. (2007, July). Our streets. Mt Albert Historical Society Newsletter, 4, 5-6.


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