Expressions Of Interest – Road Naming

14 January, 2021

Council is seeking expressions of interest for the renaming of the following road located within the Lithgow Local Government Area.

Existing Road Name: Unnamed

Extent description: Private Road off the Castlereagh Highway Capertee

Proposed Road Name: Theobalds Lane

Reasoning: To name this road in memory of a family that has lived and contributed to the community over a very long period of time. The proponent’s great grandmother, Ollie Theobald, took up two 1/4-acre miners rights which are now LOT98 and LOT99, with one being for the house and one for a horse. When Excelsior mine closed there were houses for sale, and one was purchased and transported to the location where it stood until 2018. A previous mud brick house was the family home and was located about 500 metres from where Bertie Fuller later lived. The mud brick house was dilapidating and hence the reason for buying the house from the mine. The proponent’s great grandmother told the proponent’s grandmother Edna Fuller to take the new house and move into it for safety. These homes have been in the family since the end of the Second World War. The proponent’s Uncle Bert Fuller (son of Ollie Theobald) was born on July 2nd, 1937 and lived all his life in Capertee and in his working life gave most of his earnings to his mother to look after the household. Bert Fuller worked on the railroads looking after and grading the fire trails in the Capertee area. Bert met and later married the proponent’s Auntie Rose, who worked for many years at the Capertee Hotel. During their married life Bert and Rose often camped in a caravan on the fire trails of Capertee to ease the burden of travel in the late 1960’s and throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s. Bert Fuller was very active in the community playing cricket for Capertee and lawn bowls for Portland and Lithgow later in life. Bert Fuller was also a volunteer fire fighter for the Capertee Bush Fire Brigade.

Should any person wish to have input into the renaming of this road, then written submissions will be accepted by Council up until Wednesday 21st January 2021. Please send your submissions to PO Box 19, Lithgow 2790. Any new proposals made should be in accordance with Section 6.7 of the NSW Addressing User Manual.

Please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Samantha Brown who is available on Monday and Tuesday on (02) 6354 9999, in Council’s Infrastructure Services Department, should you have any further queries in relation to this matter.