Probable or possible origin of name: Dr Godfrey Howitt, Crown grantee, 1840.
Location is approximate.
For more information, see: Bate, W., Broome, R., Davis, N., May, A. J., & Stitt, H. (2024). The story of Melbourne’s lanes: Essential but unplanned (pp. 160, 187). ISBN 978-1-875173-12-9.
