Named afterMews family - early residents - first boat buildersDescriptionName submitted to Lands and Surveys Department by Fremantle City Council on 23/01/1950. 1967 - Department of Lands and Surveys requested Council to give consideration to the allocation of a street name for the newly-constructed service road created off Marine Terrace and adjacent to the Fishing Board Harbour. The City Engineer, Mr. K.E., Bott, suggested Mews Road. The Committee (Works & Lighting) recommended that the submission to the Nomenclature Advisory Committee be made. (Council Minutes 17/04/1967, p.167). Department of Lands and Surveys Advised of the Counil'c approval of name on 27/04/1967.