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Prospect (SUBURB), NSW Details
Description
A suburb about 7 km SE by E of Rooty Hill Trig Station and about 5 km E by N of OHare Trig Station. Boundaries in Blacktown City Gaz 9 Jan 87 shown map GNB3725. Boundaries in Holroyd City Gaz 10 Jun 94 shown on map GNB3709. Previous boundaries shown on map marked GNB 2697/F
Origin
Its name came about because it was from a hill in the vacinity that Watkin Tench a captain-lieutenant of the marines first saw the prospect of the Blue Mountains. (Appleton 1992).
Prospect (SUBURB), NSW
title | Prospect (SUBURB) |
additional | |
state | NSW |
reference | 47452 |
placename | Prospect |
designation | SUBURB |
geographical name | |
previous names | |
lga | BLACKTOWN |
description | A suburb about 7 km SE by E of Rooty Hill Trig Station and about 5 km E by N of OHare Trig Station. Boundaries in Blacktown City Gaz 9 Jan 87 shown map GNB3725. Boundaries in Holroyd City Gaz 10 Jun 94 shown on map GNB3709. Previous boundaries shown on map marked GNB 2697/F |
meaning | |
origin | Its name came about because it was from a hill in the vacinity that Watkin Tench a captain-lieutenant of the marines first saw the prospect of the Blue Mountains. (Appleton 1992). |
history |