| Place name | Origin & meaning | Source |
| Pacific Highway (Adamstown) | Portion of Brunker Road between Chatham Road to the intersection of the current Pacific Highway and Scenic Drive. | Gov Gaz No 131 Folio 981 14.11.1947. |
| Pacific Highway (Broadmeadow) | Former name for Belford Street between the present Belford Street to Chatham Road. | Gov Gaz No 131 Folio 2621 14.11.1947. |
| Pacific Highway (Hamilton) | Former name for Tudor Street between Hunter Street west at Railway Street to Belford Street,. | Gov Gaz No 131 Folio 2621 14.11.1947. |
| Pacific Park (Newcastle) | Overlooking the Pacific Ocean. | Parks MDS A/C:NPMD - 04.01.1988. |
| Pacific Street (Newcastle) | Overlooking the Pacific Ocean - A. A. Co. granted an allotment in the street in 1833 | Newcastle - Streets folder |
| Pacific Street (Stockton) | As the streets fronts onto the Pacific Ocean. | NMH 25.03.1978. |
| Pacific Way (Muswellbrook) | Theatre of war. | Muswellbrook Chronicle 28.01.1983. |
| Pages River | Early name for the settlement of Murrurundi | Telfer,W: Wallabaddah Manuscript p 206 |
| Pages Way (Muswellbrook) | A tributary of the Hunter River. | Muswellbrook Chronicle 28.01.1983. |
| Pambulong Forest | Subdivision opposite Holmesville created in 2000 by Tynesdie Property Devlopers. Named after the local aboriginal tribe | NH 14.10.2000 p24 |
| Parading Ground | Early name for Williamtown, but actually east of the current location of Williamtown. Actual location shown on LH Map B333.3/20 dated 26.07.1927. Parish of Stowell, County Gloucester. | LH Vertical File LHD 919.442/WIL |
| Park Avenue (Kotara) | Was formerly known as Lake Macquarie Road and was part of the main road to Lake Macquarie. | Adamstown Public School Centenary Booklet 1877 -1977 |
| Park Street (Merewether) | The road to the block of land bounded by Park, Short, Pell and Bank Streets, which was intended for a park but later subdivided. | Lake Macquarie Past & Present |
| Parkinson Avenue (Muswellbrook) | Alderman W.V. Parkinson, Mayor 1923 - 25. | Muswellbrook Chronicle 28.01.1983. |
| Parks Avenue (Islington) | Robert Street from Norfolk Avenue to Milford Street. | Gov Gaz No 39 Folio 1257 08.03.1940. |
| Parkville (Scone) | Orginally known as "Park", but since it was constantly confused with Parkes, it was changed to Parkville. | NMH 24.12.1953 |
| Parkway Avenue (Hamilton) | An American roadway | Newcastle - Streets folder |
| Parnell Park (Scott St. Newcastle) | Parnell Pace was names after Dr. Parnell, so it is assumed that Parnell Park was as well. | "City of Newcastle" 1929 (Street Section) |
| Parnell Place (Newcastle) | Named after Dr Parnell, one of the early medical officers. | Souvenir of Civic Week, 1929 |
| Parry Street (Newcastle) | After Sir Edward Parry, Arctic Explorer, an early dirctor of A.A. Co., Port Stephens. Arrived in 1829 | F. A. Cadell (Newcastle - Streets folder) |
| Pat Journal Oval (Carrington) | Named after Patrick John Jordan because of his efforts in establishing the oval | NS 07.08.1970 |
| Paterson | After Col. William Paterson of N.S.W. Corps, 1795 | Lake Macquarie Past & Present |
| Paterson Place (Muswellbrook) | A tributary of the Hunter River. | Muswellbrook Chronicle 28.01.1983. |
| Paterson River | After Lt. Col William Paterson who explored the river and surrounding area in 1801. | Lake Macquarie Past & Present |
| Paterson Street ( East Maitland) | After Capt William Paterson when he was administator of N.S.W. | MM 19.11.1964. |
| Paterson Street (Bolwarra) | East Maitland - Thought to be named after Captain William Paterson | Maitland - Streets folder |
| Patonga | Aboriginal - the small wallaby | NMH 11.12. 1954 |
| Patricia Avenue (Charlestown) | Charlestown - Replaced names of Park St., Hallvert Cres. and Bank St. | Charlestown - Streets folder |
| Patrick Street (Merewether) | After Alexander Patrick an old resident of that street, for many years employed as an engineer of the Estate. | Dixon,J: History of Merewether. |
| Patrick Street (Newcastle) | Name given to Newcomen Street in the colonial settlement of Newcastle in Commandant Morissset's time. | NHDHS Journal Vol 7 p 187. |
| Patrick's Plains (Singleton) | First explorers of the district, John Howe and Benjamin Singleton camped there 17. 3. 1820 and named the plain in honour of St Patrick whose feast day falls at this time of the year. | Lake Macquarie Past & Present |
| Pattersons Plains | Early name for the Woodville area. | Ford,R: Williams River p 19. |
| Payne's Crossing (Wollombi) | After Edward Payne, a pioneer settler of the district. | NMH 24.12.1953 |
| Payne's Paddock | Named after A.L. Payne, wholesale and retail butcher of Elder St Lambton who purchase the land in 1890. | NMH 03.11.1967 |
| Peace Parade (Tanilba Bay) | To commenorate the W.W.1 events in Tanilba Bay by developer Halloran | Armstrong, J:Yaccaba and Tomaree. |
| Pearl Beach (Wangi) | Generic name for the southern waterfront of Wangi not in current usage. | Lake Macquarie Herald 22.03.1972. |
| Pearson Street (Lambton) | After Sir Edwin Pearson F.R.S. director of the Scottish Australian Mining Company. | Hoy,E: History of Lambton/New Lambton |
| Pearson Street (Rutherford) | After an early Anglican Bishop of Newcastle who lived at Morpeth. | MM 15.02.1968. |
| Pebbly Beach (Wangi) | Generic name for the southern waterfront of Wangi not in current usage. | Lake Macquarie Herald 22.03.1972. |
| Pelaw Main | After a coal mining village near Newcastle-upon-Tyne | NMH 11.12. 1954 |
| Pelican Flat | After the many pelicans that used to be seen there. Earlier name for Swansea. | Lake Macquarie Past & Present |
| Pell Street (Merewether) | Alexander Pell. Portion of hillcrest Road to Scenic Drive. | Dixon,J: History of Merewether. |
| Pelton | After a colliery town near Durham, England | NMH 11.12. 1954 |
| Pender Road (Maitland) | After an early Maitland family of Pender | MM 15.02.1968. |
| Pennington Creek (Forster) | Named after Captain John Pennington who was appointed a signalman to Cape Hawke in the early days. | Wright,J: History of Forster p 153 |
| Peppermint Road (Muswellbrook) | Native Flora. | Muswellbrook Chronicle 28.01.1983. |
| Peppertown | Named after George Pepper and his brother Alfred, who owned most of the land in what is now known as Tighes Hill. | NH 04.12.1981. |
| Percy Street (Beresfield ) | Allegedly named so that subdivider's children wouldn't forget their English literature/science or alphabet | D. Smith, Hawthorne Street Beresfield |
| Perkins Street (Newcastle) | Originally Perkin St. after Jacob Perkin, engineer | F. A. Cadell (Newcastle - Streets folder) |
| Perks Street (Wallsend) | After Ald Frederick Perks, old Wallsend Council and director Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Co. | Wallsend Public School Centenary 1862 - 1962. |
| Pernell Street (Toronto) | Secretary/Treasurer Exclesior Land Co. | Clack,E: Early History of Toronto. |
| Perris Street (Nulkaba) | After prominent men in the mining history of the area. | Advertiser 05.07.1989 |
| Pershing Drive (Tanilba Bay) | World War 1 | Tanilba Bay - Streets folder |
| Peter Avenue (Adamstown) | Earlier name for portion of Park Avenue between Fletcher and Bailey Streets. | NCC Planning Department. |
| Peter Bell Street (Raymond Terrace) | Believed to be named after workers on James King's estate. | Hunter,C: History and Heritage. |
| Peter Dron Street (Raymond Terrace) | Believed to be named after workers on James King's estate. | Hunter,C: History and Heritage. |
| Peters Avenue (Wallsend) | After E.J.R. Peters, alderman of Wallsend Council. | Wallsend Public School Centenary 1862 - 1962. |
| Peter's Ridge or Road (Watagans) | After Peter Hickey, a bush hermit who lived in the area. | NMH 03.06.1967. |
| Peters Street (Wallsend) | After Ald Peters on Greater Newcastle Council. | NMH 07.09.1944. |
| Petwyn Valley Creek | A tributory of Kingdon Ponds, flowing easterly into the main stream at Wingen. | Basch: Atlas of the Settled Counties. RSF919.44/BAS 1.1B |
| Pickering | Named by Captain Pike, the original owner, after a place in Yorkshire, England | Lake Macquarie Past & Present |
| Pig Island | Small island at the estuary of the Hunter River now part of Kooragang Island. | NHDHS: Ports and People |
| Pike's Gap (near Denman) | After Captain Pike, the original owner of Pickering | NMH 11.12. 1954 |
| Pilcher's Mountain (Wallarobba) | Named after Henry Incledon Pilcher, an early solicitor in the area. | News Pictorial 23.10.1985. |
| Pillapay - Kullaitaran | Awabakal meaning "Valley of the Palms" and referred to Glenrock Lagoon | Grothen,J: History in & about Glenrock p 11 |
| Pilot Row (Newcastle) | Former name for Nobby's Road. | Champion,B: Hunter Valley Register Oddments Vol 6 Series 3. |
| Pindimar | Subdivision name for a new city which was to be built. Designed by Griffiths adapting a proposal by Walter Burley Griffin for "Port Stephens City." | Armstrong,J:Yaccaba and Tomaree. |
| Pinot Street (Muswellbrook) | Wine industry theme. | Muswellbrook Chronicle 28.01.1983. |
| Pipers Bay | Area behind Cape Hawke where William Piper had land. | Wright,J: History of Forster p47 |
| Pirate's point | Early name for Stockton due to the " Norfolk" being wrecked there after being seized by convicts in Broken Bay. | NHDHS: Ports and People |
| Pit Row (Cooks Hill) | Now Queen Street, Cooks Hill. | Local Studies Research File. |
| Pit Town ( Hamilton) | Area of Hamilton consisting of Beaumont Street to Swan Street. | NMH 20.10.1956. |
| Pit Town (Wallsend) | Originated when the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company established two rows of houses near its mine 12 kilometres west of Newcastle, and rented them to its employees and their families on a weekly basis. | Docherty,J: Newcastle, Making of an Industrial City. |
| Pitnacree | Named by the Rev. William McIntyre after his home on River Tay, Scotland | NMH 11.12. 1954 |
| Pitt Street (Cooks Hill) | Queen Street between Dawson Street to Railway Street. | Gov Gaz 03.11.1919. |
| Pitt Street (Dudley) | Marks the location of the Dudley Colliery prior to closing. | NMH 05.08.1998. |
| Pitt Street (Stockton) | Referring to the coal mining industry in the suburb. | NMH 25.03.1978. |
| Pitt Street (The Hill) | Renamed Queen Street, originally named after the Prime Minister William Pitt. | Newcastle - Streets folder |
| Plantation Reserve ( Kurri Kurri) | Earlier name for Rotary Park. | Tumblebee No 6 June 1998 p29. |
| Platt Street (Wallsend) | Formerly Abel Street between Fletcher and Macquarie Streets. | NCC Planning Department. |
| Platt Street (Waratah) | Named after Lt John Laurio Platt, who owned the original grant of land in the area. Earlier was the present Leonora Parade from Villa Road to Morehead St (Acacia Ave) | NSun 13.09.1950. |
| Platts Channel | The channel between land owned by Lt John Laurio Platt and Spit Island. | NHDHS: Ports and People |
| Platts Estate | Mayfield bounded by Platt, Allowah, Eurotha, Eldon Streets and Villa Road. | NCC Archives Correspondence Files A2679. |
| Plattsburg | After William Hamden Platt, son of John Laurion Platt, the minister sent by Governor King to take charge of mining operations in Newcastle and district. Location north of Cowper Street. | NMH 24.12.1953 |
| Poincaire Parade (Tanilba Bay) | To commenorate the W.W.1 events in Tanilba Bay by developer Halloran | Armstrong,J:Yaccaba and Tomaree. |
| Point Bass | Name given to one of the points of the Newcastle Dyke by Lt Shortland after surgeon George Bass. | GOOLD,W:Birth of Newcastle pp6 |
| Point Flinders | The other point of Newcastle Dyke to Point Bass named after Lt Matthew Flinders by Lt Shortland. | Goold,W: Birth of Newcastle pp 6 |
| Point Friendship | Early name for Soldiers Point. | Raymond Terrace Examiner 25.02.1970. |
| Point Kent | Original name given to Stockton Peninsula by Lieutenant Shortland in 1797 | Stockton Historical Society. |
| Point Wolstonecraft | Early name for Wangi. | NMH 02.07.1966. |
| Pokolbin | Has several orgins. One theory is "Pokol" means purgatory or hell in Polish. With the influx of settlement in the Pokolbin area in the 1860s after the 1848 uprising in Hungary it seems probable that if a Hungarian was involved in grape or vintage failure | Mines, Wines & People p 244. |
| Pomby Creek | Small tributary of the Paterson River, flowing into it about twelve miles north of Hinton. | Basch: Atlas of the Settled Counties. RSF919.44/BAS 1.1B |
| Pommy town | Area at Belmont North in the Arlington, Harlo and Somerset Streets area and the houses were constructed in the army's half-round water-tank style with galvanised iron. | NMH 04.12.2000 p 9 |
| Pommy Town | Nickname for suburb established by the Masonite Corporation near its factory at Tomago in 1939 providing housing and recreational facilities for a mainly British workforce. | NHDHS: Ports and People |
| Pommy town (Mayfield) | Between Crebert & Bull Streets, including Avon & Vine Streets. Subdivision created by Lysaghts in 1921 to house men they brought out to work at works. | NMH 15.03.1921. |
| Pondee | Aboriginal name for the area now known as Toronto | Lake Macquarie Past & Present |
| Pontei | Aboriginal name for Coal Point | Lake Macquarie Past & Present |
| Porcher Street (Newcastle West) | After Henry Porcher, elected one of trhe first directors of A. A. Co. in 1824 That portion of National Park Street from Hunter Street to Dumaresque Street. | Gov Gaz 02.12.1922 |
| Porcher's River | Name given to what later became identified as one of the upper reaches of the Karuah River | Pmemberton,P: Pure Merions & Others p 111 |
| Port Stephens | Named by James Cook on 11 May 1770 after Phillip Stephens,Secretary to the Admiralty. | Social Sciences Teacher Vol13 no 5 30.11.1983 |
| Port Stephens Street (Raymond Terrace) | The original line of road passed from Hexham through Raymond Terrace towards the principal wharf then along the eastern side of the Williams River. Part of this road is now Port Stephens Street. | Hunter,C: History and Heritage. |
| Port Waratah | Originated due to the fact that the Waratah Coal Company held the mining lease for the land. | NMH 16.05.1931. |
| Portree (R. Terrace) | Named by J.D. Maclean after Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland. | NMH 24.12.1953 |
| President Wilson Walk (Tanilba Bay) | To commenorate the W.W.1 events in Tanilba Bay by developer Halloran | Armstrong,J:Yaccaba and Tomaree. |
| Princess Street (Morpeth) | After the monarchical tradition. | Elkin,A.P: Morpeth and I |
| Progress Road (Mount Hutton) | Named due to the fact that the land was donated by Mr Mullington for the building of a hall for the Progress Association . | Lake Macquarie Post 20.05.1981. |
| Prospect Hill | Term used to describe hill on which Christ Church stands in some early paintings. | NMH 04.03.1898. |
| Prossers Green (Cooks Hill) | Alternate name for Goose Flat. | NHDHS Journal Vol 8 p95. |
| Providence Bay | Named after the British Man-O-War H.M.S. Providence under the command of Captain Broughton. | Engel,B.A: Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest p10 |
| Pulbah Island | Aboriginal - meaning a place surrounded by water. The aboriginals called it Bulba. | NMH 21.02.1953. |
| Pulver Street (Cooks Hill) | After a company servant of the A.A.Co. | Archives of Business and Labour ANU. |
| Punte | Aboriginal name for Coal Point Peninsula. Also spelt Puntei | Clouten,K: Reid's Mistake. |
| Purdue Park (Mayfield) | After Ald Purdue, former mayor of Newcastle. | NMH 01.04.1949. |
| Pussytown | Group of houses in LIttle Edward St. Merewether; after Welsh miners who took their cats into mines for company and to kill rats | NMH 22. 7. 1985 |
| Putty Road | Alternate name for Howe's Road. | Hanna,C: Bandits on the Great North Road. |