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Port Aiken (URBAN PLACE), NSW Details
Description
A suburb about 2 km S of Caringbah.
Origin
PORT HACKING - named by Bass & Flinders on March 30 1896. after Henry Hacking - a pilot. Evidence shows it was Port Aiken - discovered and named by John Aitken 10 years before; aboriginal name Deeban. (Infor. from (1) Bygone Days of the Sutherland Shire - Hutton Neve P. 358. (2) The Story of Port Hacking Cronulla & Sutherland Shir
Port Aiken (URBAN PLACE), NSW
title | Port Aiken (URBAN PLACE) |
additional | |
state | NSW |
reference | 78824 |
placename | Port Aiken |
designation | URBAN PLACE |
geographical name | Port Hacking |
previous names | |
lga | SUTHERLAND SHIRE |
description | A suburb about 2 km S of Caringbah. |
meaning | |
origin | PORT HACKING - named by Bass & Flinders on March 30 1896. after Henry Hacking - a pilot. Evidence shows it was Port Aiken - discovered and named by John Aitken 10 years before; aboriginal name Deeban. (Infor. from (1) Bygone Days of the Sutherland Shire - Hutton Neve P. 358. (2) The Story of Port Hacking Cronulla & Sutherland Shir |
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