Sydney, Aug 13 - Punjab Place, a street in the Australian city of Brisbane, would continue to keep its name after a petition to change it led to criticism.

Residents in the Logan city suburb of Boronia Heights had signed a petition to change a street name from 'Punjab Place' to 'Oak Tree Place', The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday.

The proposal had come from the directors of the Oak Tree Lifestyle Retirement Village located on the street.

But director Marco De Pasquale said he had withdrawn the petition from Logan City Council after negative publicity.

De Pasquale maintained the change was only proposed as a tool to promote the village, not because the name 'Punjab' was disliked.