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Agnes Banks (SUBURB), NSW Details
History
Department of Lands records show that William Minchin was also granted 280 acres in the area of Agnes Banks on 11 August 1804. Suburb boundaries Proposed Hawkesbury City 09-NOV-1998.
Description
A locality SE of the Grose - Nepean - Hawkesbury Rivers junction and about 10km SW of Richmond. Boundaries within City of Hawkesbury shown on maps marked GNB 3716 Boundaries within the Penrith Council area shown on map GNB3890.
Origin
Named after Andrew Thompsons mother when Thompson was granted 78 acres on the banks of the Nepean River in 1804 by Governor King. (Place names & origins in Penrith Penrith City Council 1982).
Agnes Banks (SUBURB), NSW
| title | Agnes Banks (SUBURB) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 1325 |
| placename | Agnes Banks |
| designation | SUBURB |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | Yarramundi; Little Richmond |
| lga | PENRITH |
| description | A locality SE of the Grose - Nepean - Hawkesbury Rivers junction and about 10km SW of Richmond. Boundaries within City of Hawkesbury shown on maps marked GNB 3716 Boundaries within the Penrith Council area shown on map GNB3890. |
| meaning | |
| origin | Named after Andrew Thompsons mother when Thompson was granted 78 acres on the banks of the Nepean River in 1804 by Governor King. (Place names & origins in Penrith Penrith City Council 1982). |
| history | Department of Lands records show that William Minchin was also granted 280 acres in the area of Agnes Banks on 11 August 1804. Suburb boundaries Proposed Hawkesbury City 09-NOV-1998. |
