Gowrie (LOCALITY), NSW Details
History
The following record was supplied by the Quirindi District Historical Society:-(D.Durrant.) From Northern Daily Leader Tamworth 18-3- 1908. Wedding Anniversary of Mrs H.E. Whitten. Henry Whitten bought
Description
Locality situated 1.6 km to west of New England Highway about 29 km south from Tamworth. Boundaries in Liverpool Plains Council shown on map marked GNB 5205 Boundaries in Tamworth Regional Council shown on map marked GNB 3805
Meaning
A name of Scottish origin reported to have been bestowed after a place in Northern Ireland. Also from Aboriginal Gauri for down of the eagle-hawk. (McCarthy; 1963).
Origin
Mr. H.E. Whitten acquired a grazing property here about 1870-71 and named it Gowrie. GOWIE - So named after its Scottish counterpart in Perthshire P. 60. (Infor. from on Australian Place Names J.S. Ryan)
Gowrie (LOCALITY), NSW
| title | Gowrie (LOCALITY) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 21413 |
| placename | Gowrie |
| designation | LOCALITY |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | TAMWORTH REGIONAL |
| description | Locality situated 1.6 km to west of New England Highway about 29 km south from Tamworth. Boundaries in Liverpool Plains Council shown on map marked GNB 5205 Boundaries in Tamworth Regional Council shown on map marked GNB 3805 |
| meaning | A name of Scottish origin reported to have been bestowed after a place in Northern Ireland. Also from Aboriginal Gauri for down of the eagle-hawk. (McCarthy; 1963). |
| origin | Mr. H.E. Whitten acquired a grazing property here about 1870-71 and named it Gowrie. GOWIE - So named after its Scottish counterpart in Perthshire P. 60. (Infor. from on Australian Place Names J.S. Ryan) |
| history | The following record was supplied by the Quirindi District Historical Society:-(D.Durrant.) From Northern Daily Leader Tamworth 18-3- 1908. Wedding Anniversary of Mrs H.E. Whitten. Henry Whitten bought |
