trees'. Elder Street. Named for Thomas Elder (1818–1897). Elimatta Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'my home'. Elouera Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'pleasant place'. Farrer Street. Named for William James Farrer (1845–1906). Fawkner Street. Named for John Pascoe Fawkner (1792–1869). Gilchrist Gardens. Named for John Gilchrist (1938–1998), a Canberran Town Planner. Girrahween Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'place of flowers'. Gooreen Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'wind'. Helemon Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'a shield'. Henty Street. Named for Edward Henty (1810–1878). Ijong Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'water'. Ipima Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'two'. Limestone Avenue. Named for 'Limestone Plains', an early name of the Canberra district. Lonsdale Street. Named for William Lonsdale (1800–1864). Mort Street. Named for Thomas Sutcliffe Mort (1816–1878). Northbourne Avenue. Name comes from the combination of the words 'north' and 'bourne', north because the road is on the northern side of Canberra and bourne from an old French word meaning limit or boundary. Sulman Gardens. Named for John Sulman (1849–1934). Torrens Street. Named for Robert Torrens (1814–1884). Wakefield Avenue. Named for Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796–1862). Wise Street. Named for Bernhard Ringrose Wise (1858–1916). Geology Calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation are overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This rock is the limestone of the original title of Canberra "Limestone Plains". References External links Suburbs of Canberra