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Maria Lock Park (RESERVE), NSW Details
History
Nominated by Councillor P Russo.
Description
A reserve on the corner of Castle and Barney streets at North Parramatta. It occupies the area of land shown on plan MS 6497 SY
Origin
Maria Lock was the daughter of Yarramundi`Chief of the Aboriginal Richmond Tribes`. In 1824 she married Robert Lock a convict at St Johns Church Parramatta in the first officially sanctioned marriage between an Aboriginal girl and a British convict. (Brook J and Kohen J L `The Parramatta Native Institution The Black Town - A History`)
Maria Lock Park (RESERVE), NSW
| title | Maria Lock Park (RESERVE) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 79929 |
| placename | Maria Lock Park |
| designation | RESERVE |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | PARRAMATTA |
| description | A reserve on the corner of Castle and Barney streets at North Parramatta. It occupies the area of land shown on plan MS 6497 SY |
| meaning | |
| origin | Maria Lock was the daughter of Yarramundi`Chief of the Aboriginal Richmond Tribes`. In 1824 she married Robert Lock a convict at St Johns Church Parramatta in the first officially sanctioned marriage between an Aboriginal girl and a British convict. (Brook J and Kohen J L `The Parramatta Native Institution The Black Town - A History`) |
| history | Nominated by Councillor P Russo. |
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