Australian street names stumbled upon in Canada as homesick Aussie tries to find connection to home updated 6 Dan Schaumann found a cluster of streets named after Australian cities. ( Print text only Cancel Key points: In one subdivision names include Townsville Court, Adelaide Avenue and Brisbane Boulevard, among others Brantford's city council has no record to explain how the names came about Former Townsville man Dan Schaumann has lived in Canada for the last 7 years. The keen cyclist used a break in lockdown to get on his bike and cycle around the city of Brantford, Ontario. "I'm very interested in geographical place names," Mr Schaumann said.