Australian Capital Territory
Public Place Names (City) Determination 2004 (No 2)*

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Disallowable instrument DI2004-254
made under the 
Public Place Names Act 1989— section 3 (Minister to determine names)

I DETERMINE the names of the public places that are Territory Land as specified in the attached schedule and as indicated on the attached plan.

Neil Savery
Delegate of the Minister

8 November 2004

SCHEDULE 

Public Place Names (City) Determination 2004 (No 2)
Division of City – Aboriginal words, pioneers and capital cities
NAME	ORIGIN	SIGNIFICANCE	
William Clemens Street	Sir William Clemens 
(1873-1941)	Canberra Pioneer and Public Servant
Sir William Clemens was born in Beechworth, Victoria.  He entered the Victorian Public Service in 1889 and transferred to the Commonwealth Public Service in 1901. 
He was secretary to the Public Service Commissioner from 1903-1916, Commonwealth Public Service Inspector of Victoria and Tasmania from 1916-23 and was a Royal Commissioner appointed to report on the Public Service of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea.  
Other important positions held by Sir William were Secretary of the Department of Home and Territories between 1928 and 1929, Public Service Commissioner from 1929-1933 and Chairman of the Commonwealth Public Service Board of Commissioners 1933-1937.
He was president of the Canberra division of the Red Cross from 1939 to 1941.  
Sir William was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1934 and was created a Knight Batchelor in 1937.  He was also a Companion of the Imperial Service Order.
	
Wilden Street	Iris Sophie Carnall 
(nee Wilden) 
(1900-1998)	Canberra Pioneer
Iris Sophie Wilden was born in Blundell’s Cottage, Canberra, ACT.  She was schooled at St. John’s in Reid and the Cross Roads school where Manuka fire station now stands.
Iris spent most of her childhood at Mugga Mugga, where her father worked and the family lived, in an area that appeared on early Canberra maps as “Wilden’s Farm”.
Iris married Keith Carnall at Christ Church, Queanbeyan in 1919.  They had five children: Doreen, Gwen, Edwin, Edna and Alan.

SCHEDULE 

Public Place Names (City) Determination2004 (No 2)
Division of City – Aboriginal words, pioneers and capital cities
NAME	ORIGIN	SIGNIFICANCE	
Murden Street	Cyril Murray Murden 
(1893-1962)	Canberra Pioneer Early ACT resident, 
Cyril Murray Murden was born in Mildura and arrived in Canberra in 1922.  He was instrumental in the establishment of a number of sporting clubs and facilities in the region.  
He was honorary secretary of the Canberra Tennis Association 1926; honorary secretary of the Federal Capital Territory (FTC) Cricket Club 1936-37; and, treasurer Canberra Amateur Swimming Club 1931‑32.