The perils of naming Australian streets after Game of Thrones characters

A Victorian developer has drawn inspiration from Game of Thrones, naming more than a dozen streets at a residential community after the popular TV series.

This image released by HBO shows a scene from an episode of "Game of Thrones," which aired Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. The series continued its ratings reign with a best-yet audience of 10.2 million. (HBO via AP)

This image released by HBO shows a scene from an episode of "Game of Thrones," which aired Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. Source: HBO

Game of Thrones has sparked a battle at a Victorian housing development where streets have been named after characters and locations from the high-rating TV show.

The developer of Charlemont Rise in Geelong says he was forced to change the name of Lannaster Road, because of the link to the incestuous Lannister siblings from Game of Thrones.

"The name was knocked back by the developers next door because of the relationship between the Lannister brother and sister on the show," project manager Gary Smith told AAP.

"I even changed the spelling to make it not as obvious."

There have been no complaints about the other street names in the estate, with more than a dozen inspired by the show, Mr Smith said.

Among the street names are Stannis, Winterfell, Greyjoy, Baelish and Tywin.

The most popular, however, is Snow Street - named after fan-favourite Jon Snow.

"The only big mistake we've made was naming a small street Snow Street. We thought Jon Snow was going to be dead but then he came back to life in the next season," Mr Smith said.

"He's everybody's favourite, we should've given him a large avenue."
In this photo provided by HBO, Kit Harington portrays Jon Snow in a scene from the seventh season of HBO's "Game of Thrones."
In this photo provided by HBO, Kit Harington portrays Jon Snow in a scene from the seventh season of HBO's "Game of Thrones." Source: HBO
In this photo provided by HBO, Kit Harington portrays Jon Snow in a scene from the seventh season of HBO's "Game of Thrones."

Lannaster Road is now Precinct Road, in a move away from the theme.

Mr Smith said it was very hard to come up with new and original street names in a big city like Geelong.

"You've got to think outside the box, we were getting so many names rejected."

"That's why we went for Game of Thrones."


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