HAVE you ever wondered how Clifton Park got its name?
The story dates back to the 1940s and starts with Bunbury man Fred Flanagan and the Bunbury Golf Club.
The club was built on the site of the old Punchbowl caravan park and in 1948 it was decided to acquire enough land to build an 18 hole golf course.
The current site in Australind was selected and the committee of the day approached the Clifton sisters to ask if they could buy a parcel of their property.
The sisters declined and it stayed that way until Fred Flanagan approached the sisters and suggested if they sold the land they would refer to the golf course as Clifton Park.
The sisters told Fred he could have all the land between Cristal Global, the Collie River and Old Coast Road but Mr Flanagan said 200 acres would be enough.
Now, Bunbury Golf Club vice president Warren Mezger wants to honour the man who did so much for the area by naming the private road into the club Flanagan Drive.
“As a club we are trying to embrace the history and traditions from our club and we would like a new entry statement,” Mr Mezger said.
“We hope to honour our heritage with a prestigious drive up Flanagan Drive to our clubhouse.”
The application also honours Mr Flanagan’s efforts in the Bunbury flood of 1964 where he piloted a boat full of supplies from the Bunbury Yacht Club to the Cristal Pigment factory in Australind for workers trapped for four days by the water.
The Shire of Harvey approved the application last month which will now proceed to Landgate’s Geographic Names Committee for final approval.