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Texas (LOCALITY), NSW Details
History
It was presumably renamed Texas because in the year that the owner- ship dispute was settled 1845 Texas became part of the United States after prolonged negotiations. (This is based on archived records).
Description
Boundaries within the Inverell Council area shown on map GNB3654.
Origin
The first holders of the pastoral station the McDougall brothers from Singleton took up other land too neglecting their Dumaresq River Station. This resulted in a dispute in 1843 which was finally settled in favour of the McDougalls because they had arrived first. Thewas station was then renamed Texas. See letter of 20-1-97 on file GNB3654
Texas (LOCALITY), NSW
| title | Texas (LOCALITY) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 79264 |
| placename | Texas |
| designation | LOCALITY |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | INVERELL |
| description | Boundaries within the Inverell Council area shown on map GNB3654. |
| meaning | |
| origin | The first holders of the pastoral station the McDougall brothers from Singleton took up other land too neglecting their Dumaresq River Station. This resulted in a dispute in 1843 which was finally settled in favour of the McDougalls because they had arrived first. Thewas station was then renamed Texas. See letter of 20-1-97 on file GNB3654 |
| history | It was presumably renamed Texas because in the year that the owner- ship dispute was settled 1845 Texas became part of the United States after prolonged negotiations. (This is based on archived records). |
