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Maureen Caird Reserve (RESERVE), NSW Details
History
Name was suggested by a Blacktown councillor.
Description
A reserve situated between Myuna Crescent Ruby Place and Ellam Drive Seven Hills. It occupies the area shown as Crown Reserve 299 on DP 240913.
Origin
Maureen Caird (30.09.97 - alive as at 15 Sept 1997) won a gold medal in the women`s 80 metres hurdles event at the 1968 Olympics and competed in the 1972 Games. She retired after her 21st birthday and some time later found that she had cancer. (`Australians at the Olympics` Lester Townsend) She grew up in Seven Hills.
Maureen Caird Reserve (RESERVE), NSW
| title | Maureen Caird Reserve (RESERVE) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 79958 |
| placename | Maureen Caird Reserve |
| designation | RESERVE |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | BLACKTOWN |
| description | A reserve situated between Myuna Crescent Ruby Place and Ellam Drive Seven Hills. It occupies the area shown as Crown Reserve 299 on DP 240913. |
| meaning | |
| origin | Maureen Caird (30.09.97 - alive as at 15 Sept 1997) won a gold medal in the women`s 80 metres hurdles event at the 1968 Olympics and competed in the 1972 Games. She retired after her 21st birthday and some time later found that she had cancer. (`Australians at the Olympics` Lester Townsend) She grew up in Seven Hills. |
| history | Name was suggested by a Blacktown councillor. |
