Fiddling on the roof - Norfolk Island house names

Title
Fiddling on the roof - Norfolk Island house names
Publication Date
2015-06
Author(s)
Nash, Joshua
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8312-5711
Email: jnash7@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jnash7
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Placenames Australia, Inc
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/53108
Abstract

Cascade Road is a one-kilometre stretch between the Norfolk Island Central School and its junction with New Cascade Road. In 2007 a Cascade Road resident erected a sign on another resident's fence that read 'Orange Roof', a reference to the colour of the house's roof. This name sparked a creative outburst which focused on the word roof . Soon there was an 'Orange Roof', a 'Blue Roof', a 'Red Roof' and a 'Redder Roof'. The residents of Cascade Road then took a new direction: from naming the roof colour they moved to naming some other aspect of the house or house occupants: 'Hipster Roof', 'Holy Roof', 'Rented Roof', 'Jazzy Roof'. The naming soon moved on again to a movie reference, 'Hot Tin Roof', a declaration of proud ownership, 'Leslie's Green Roof', and no doubt from the doggy sound sense, 'Roof Roof'.

Link
Citation
Placenames Australia, 2015(June), p. 3-3
ISSN
1836-7976
1836-7968
Start page
3
End page
3

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