Watagan Road
Is an Aboriginal word meaning "many ridges." (Source: Newcastle Herald 11 May 1993). Watagan Road was one of only two roads, which were named on a 1914 map of Martinsville. The sandstone outcrop called Paddys Shelf on Watagan Road is named after Patrick 'Paddy' Martin.
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