Toomey Gully (GULLY), NSW Details
History
Generations of residents have known this creek by this name. The name was proposed by Philip Woodbury in response to the Mangrove Mountain Bicentennial Naming Project. (Woodbury P of Lower Mangrove 4.07.1997)
Description
A gully which runs from an area 3.5 km S by W of Olive trigonometrical station and 2.7 km W of Oyster Shell Hill. It is 1.0 km in length and flows in a generally south-westerly direction to its point of confluence with Mangrove Creek.
Origin
This name commemorates the Toomey family - a pioneering family in the area. (Woodbury P of Lower Mangrove naming proposal form 4 July 1997) The family lived on a flat near the gully from 1865 to 1967. (Pontifex M of Mangrove Mountain information came with Gosford Councils letter 30 June 1999)
Toomey Gully (GULLY), NSW
| title | Toomey Gully (GULLY) |
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| state | NSW |
| reference | 80160 |
| placename | Toomey Gully |
| designation | GULLY |
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| lga | GOSFORD |
| description | A gully which runs from an area 3.5 km S by W of Olive trigonometrical station and 2.7 km W of Oyster Shell Hill. It is 1.0 km in length and flows in a generally south-westerly direction to its point of confluence with Mangrove Creek. |
| meaning | |
| origin | This name commemorates the Toomey family - a pioneering family in the area. (Woodbury P of Lower Mangrove naming proposal form 4 July 1997) The family lived on a flat near the gully from 1865 to 1967. (Pontifex M of Mangrove Mountain information came with Gosford Councils letter 30 June 1999) |
| history | Generations of residents have known this creek by this name. The name was proposed by Philip Woodbury in response to the Mangrove Mountain Bicentennial Naming Project. (Woodbury P of Lower Mangrove 4.07.1997) |
