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Ansteys Creek (CREEK), NSW Details
History
None located.MAPS: Name not on 1862 county map. It is on the county map of about 1877 as ANSTYS CREEK and on later county and parish maps in its present form.
Description
Non-perennial watercourse which rises at Amos Gap and flows N to the town of Currabubula where it joins Currabubula Creek.
Meaning
Probably a surname used as stream name.
Origin
The stream is shown and named ANSTYS Creek on an undated map of County Buckland which is not earlier than the mid 1870s and probably charted to 1877. It is named Ansteys Creek on the 1902 county map.
Ansteys Creek (CREEK), NSW
| title | Ansteys Creek (CREEK) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 280 |
| placename | Ansteys Creek |
| designation | CREEK |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | TAMWORTH REGIONAL |
| description | Non-perennial watercourse which rises at Amos Gap and flows N to the town of Currabubula where it joins Currabubula Creek. |
| meaning | Probably a surname used as stream name. |
| origin | The stream is shown and named ANSTYS Creek on an undated map of County Buckland which is not earlier than the mid 1870s and probably charted to 1877. It is named Ansteys Creek on the 1902 county map. |
| history | None located.MAPS: Name not on 1862 county map. It is on the county map of about 1877 as ANSTYS CREEK and on later county and parish maps in its present form. |
