DescriptionOriginally known as Government Road. A 1901 Lands and Surveys map shows Simpson Street, which in this case superceded Government Road. The same map shows a deletion of Simpson Road and York Street pencilled in. Gazetted as a public highway, 1940. [Council Minutes, 16/9/1940]. This street originally formed part of the Duke of York Estate. See Central Avenue. [Caldwell, K.].