Angus Street:  Named after James Angus who owned the land facing the Western side. He worked at the Babinda Mill and eventually had the land split up into building allotments.

Christian Street:  Named after John Evelyn Christian an early settler who owned a large area of land on the eastern side of the railway line. He died in 1971 and is buried in the Martyn Street cemetery in Cairns.

Clyde Road:  Unknown, but possibly after a cutter (a machine), the Clyde, that operated in the 1890s and was engaged in the beche-de-mer industry. It is thought that the cutter may have used the Russell and Mulgrave Rivers to berth at times.

Dickson Road:  Babinda. This road was named after a pioneering family in the area.

Eastwood Street:  Named after Joseph Greetham Eastwood, an early settler in the Babinda district and landowner in the East Russell area. He grew coffee. He was later librarian at the Babinda School of Arts and agent for the State Government Insurance Office. He died on 18 May 1943 and is buried in the Babinda Cemetery.

Frenchman Creek and Road:  North of Babinda. Named for the De Nas Tourris family from Mauritius of French extraction. Guy & Gustave were cane farmers in the Babinda district. They had adjoining blocks of 1 000 acres on either side of this creek. Blocks no. 382 & 383 were taken up on May 1883.

Jago Street:  Named after William Jago, who with his wife Martha (daughter of Thomas Henry Parry of Gordonvale) settled in Babinda in 1914 and worked in the Babinda Mill as a fitter. They had previously been hotel keepers at Mangana and O.K. He died on 12 March 1959 aged 79 years and Martha died 18 January 1961 aged 74 years.

King Street:  Named after Patrick and Eileen King who came to Babinda from Kuranda in 1914. They owned a boarding house near the railway station which was destroyed by the 1918 cyclone. Patrick King later worked at the Babinda Mill.

Kingston Street:  Formerly Nelson Street. Named after Douglas Kingston who married Bessie Cannon, (a niece of John Cannon who donated the land to the Cairns Jockey Club and which is now known as Cannon Park).

Knowles Street:  Named after Dr. George Knowles, medical doctor and Superintendent of the Cairns District Hospital from about 1910-1913, who at one time also owned a large tract of cane land in the Babinda area.

Martin Street:  Named after Miss Margaret Hart Martin, a half-sister of Miss J. T. Munro.

Mill Street:  So named because it is situated at the entrance to the Babinda Mill.

Moretto Street:  Named after Ivy Moretto, wife of Valero Moretto, who with Joyce Mary Jago, wife of George Stanley Jago, bought the land and developed it into dwelling allotments.

Munro Street:  Main street in Babinda. Named after Miss Janet Taylor Munro, sister of William John Munro, Chairman of the Cairns Shire Council from 1897 until his death in 1912. The Munro family also gave to the Council the land on the bank of Babinda Creek east of the Bruce Highway and now known as Rotary Park. He is the Munro in Munro Martin Park.

Nelson Road:  Named after George Nelson who lived in the immediate area.

Parry Street:  Named after John Jasper Parry, a son of Thomas Henry Parry who was a large cane grower in the Gordonvale district. John Parry owned a large area of land at Babinda on the western side of the railway line. The Queensland Government resumed many acres for town and home buildings and John Parry also had surveyed many building allotments.

Peever Road:  Named after the Peever family. The Peever brothers, Edward, Vernon and Vere came from Derby, Tasmania and engaged in cane cutting in the Babinda district. Edward owned the farm at the end of the road and later sold it to Vere, who was killed on 21 June 1939 and buried in the Babinda cemetery. Edward married Josephine Gallet. Another brother, Achilles Peever came to Babinda in 1927 and is buried in Cairns.

Pollard Road:  Named after James Pollard, an early land owner who settled in the area in the late 19th century. His son was Carl Pollard.

Quinlan Street:  Named after the Quinlan family who lived at its junction with Munro Street.

School Street:  Named because the Babinda State School (when it was in Church Street), was directly opposite it.

Short Street:  Named after Mr. Short, General Manager of the Central Sugar Mills before they were acquired by farmers in the various districts and run as co-operatives. He was based in Brisbane and made periodic visits to Babinda when the Government owned the mill.

Simmonds Street:  After Wilfred Mylchreest Simmonds, a cane farmer and one time Chairman of the Shire Council in 1932.

Stanwell Street:  Named after Stanwell Spry, a daughter of William Spry, a one time garbage contractor with the Cairns Shire Council who owned the land this street passes through.

Stovell Street: Named after William E. Stovell, who joined the Cairns Shire Council in September 1916. Born 5 August 1872, he was appointed acting Shire Clerk on 23 February 1917 and Shire Clerk in July 1919. He resigned from the Shire Council on 8 November 1937 and was acting Shire Clerk at Herberton from 1939-1945. He died in Herberton on 11 April 1953.

Weaver Street: Named after Arthur Weston Weaver, born 9 April 1864 in England. He worked in the Kooboora mines before coming to Babinda where he and his wife settled with their family.

Wilkie Street: Named after the Wilkie family, early settlers in the district, who lived at what is now the junction of Wilkie and Munro Streets.