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Jimmy Bancks Creek (CREEK), NSW Details
History
Name proposed by Hugh Dowd of Hornsby as part of the Berowra Catchment Management Committees creek naming competition conducted in 1995-96.
Description
A creek which is about 1.5 km in length and flows in a generally NW direction from Forbes Street Hornsby to Waitara Creek.
Origin
Jimmy Bancks (10.05.1889 - 01.07.1952) was the cartoonist who created Ginger Meggs. As a child he lived in Hornsby at the top of the catchment and followed the creek when raiding a local orchard or swimming. Through the series Ginger Meggs Bancks described settings characters and adventures of his own childhood.(There Must Be a River)
Jimmy Bancks Creek (CREEK), NSW
| title | Jimmy Bancks Creek (CREEK) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 79136 |
| placename | Jimmy Bancks Creek |
| designation | CREEK |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | HORNSBY |
| description | A creek which is about 1.5 km in length and flows in a generally NW direction from Forbes Street Hornsby to Waitara Creek. |
| meaning | |
| origin | Jimmy Bancks (10.05.1889 - 01.07.1952) was the cartoonist who created Ginger Meggs. As a child he lived in Hornsby at the top of the catchment and followed the creek when raiding a local orchard or swimming. Through the series Ginger Meggs Bancks described settings characters and adventures of his own childhood.(There Must Be a River) |
| history | Name proposed by Hugh Dowd of Hornsby as part of the Berowra Catchment Management Committees creek naming competition conducted in 1995-96. |
Jimmy Bancks Creek (CREEK), NSW - Map
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