Named afterF.J. McLaren was Mayor of Fremantle, 1912-1914. [Ewers]See alsoEdward StreetSilas Street, South FremantleDescriptionFormerly Edward Street, then Silas Street. Was surveyed as part of the subdivison of Fremantle sub lot 16 as shown on Land Titles Office Plan 365 in 1912. At that time Silas Street was a private road, the name being applied to the road by approval of Plan 365 on June 10, 1912. On 07/09/1922, the Town Clerk of the Fremantle Municipal Council sought to change the name as it was duplicated in East Fremantle. Dedication (to make the road public) and change of name was approved on 03/10/1923, but not gazetted until 13/03/1931. Lands and Surveys Department. Edward Street to Silas Street, 1901/1902
