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Seychelles St

NAME:

Seychelles St was part of Seymour St until 1938. The remainder of Seymour St was renamed Malvern Rd and Rocky Nook Ave.

The subdivision was undertaken by Robert W. Brown. It is not known why Seymour was significant to him.

The Seychelles are a group of islands in the Indian Ocean (Davenport, 1990, p.206).

DESCRIPTION:

Seychelles St is a short road that runs south west off Malvern Rd.

On the west side lies number 1. On the east side lies numbers 2 to 4.

FACTS ABOUT THIS STREET:


SOURCES FOR THIS PAGE:

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

Davenport, John. (1990). Street names of Auckland: Their story. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton.


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