Talk:Russell, Australian Capital Territory

Eponym of Russell

I raised the following query at Talk:Canberra, but it never produced the answer I was after, so I've decided to try again here. JackofOz 13:06, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Although I lived in Canberra for many years, one thing I never knew was, who was the Russell after whom the suburb Russell is named? JackofOz 06:19, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Most suburb and street names can be found on this website but unfortunately there is no information about Russell. -- Adz 07:28, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I checked the website about Russell - N/A. I also checked the street name Russell Drive, and it says "Name associated with the locality for many years; the name was given to an adjacent trigonometrical station by Surveyor Scrivener in c. 1910, and later adopted as the name for an early settlement in the locality." But this only deepens the mystery. Just who was this "Russell" that Scrivener knew or knew of? What did he/she do to deserve having a trig station named after them? JackofOz 11:09, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Could it be one of the Earl of Bedfords as listed at the Russell disambig page? ---- Astrokey44|talk 11:22, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

I guess it could be. But surely someone must know for certain. JackofOz 13:06, 21 May 2006 (UTC)