Montefiore Street and Parkway are named after Jacob Levi Montefiore, a trader, banker and owner of multiple grazing properties. His family was connected to the Rothschild banking family who financed many European Governments.
Montefiore and his brother amassed extensive grazing properties, helped found the Bank of Australasia that later became the ANZ Bank, and assisted in the British Colonisation of South Australia.
Montefiore and Hale took out a mining lease on the southern end of CHB in 1873 and developed the New Wallsend mining company.
Lindsley Street was named after one of the Company’s principal shareholders, John Lindsley.
Clarke Street was named after the Rev William Branwhite Clarke who was an Anglican clergyman and a geologist. He is credited with being the first European to measure the Great North coal seam at Catherine Hill Bay in 1865.
Just to the north of the town the creek is named after the first mine manager Anders De Flon. He also constructed jetties for loading coal at Bellambi, Coalcliff and Woonona.