Leask Creek (GULLY), NSW Details
History
This name was proposed by Graeme Ausburn in response to the Mangrove Mountain Bicentennial Naming Project. (Ausburn G of Calga naming proposal form 16 August 1997)
Description
A gully which runs from an area 0.4 km E by S of Myoora trigonometrical station and 1.5 km S of the junction of Vittasalos Road and Somersby Falls Road. It is 1.0 km in length and runs in a southerly direction over the dam at Old Sydney Town to a point of confluence wit Piles Creek.
Origin
Gordon Leask (.......... - ..........) owned a farm on which Old Sydney Town is now located. Mr Leask taught many people in the area how to farm. In the 1950s-60s the school bus always dropped mail at a stop known as Leasks Creek Mailbox. (Ausburn G of Calga naming proposal form 16 August 1997)
Leask Creek (GULLY), NSW
| title | Leask Creek (GULLY) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 80165 |
| placename | Leask Creek |
| designation | GULLY |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | GOSFORD |
| description | A gully which runs from an area 0.4 km E by S of Myoora trigonometrical station and 1.5 km S of the junction of Vittasalos Road and Somersby Falls Road. It is 1.0 km in length and runs in a southerly direction over the dam at Old Sydney Town to a point of confluence wit Piles Creek. |
| meaning | |
| origin | Gordon Leask (.......... - ..........) owned a farm on which Old Sydney Town is now located. Mr Leask taught many people in the area how to farm. In the 1950s-60s the school bus always dropped mail at a stop known as Leasks Creek Mailbox. (Ausburn G of Calga naming proposal form 16 August 1997) |
| history | This name was proposed by Graeme Ausburn in response to the Mangrove Mountain Bicentennial Naming Project. (Ausburn G of Calga naming proposal form 16 August 1997) |
Leask Creek (GULLY), NSW - Map
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