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Laings Point (POINT), NSW Details
History
Previously known as Laings or Green Point the Board decided that it was better to adopt the name Laings Point in order to avoid duplication of the name Green Point. Laings Point Reserve nearby
Description
A point situated between Camp Cove and Watsons Bay and about 2 km SSW of South Head.
Origin
"Edward Laing arrived in the Colony on the Surprise"" on 26.6.1790. He was a surgeons mate in the NSW Corps. He later became an assistant surgeon to the Colony. On 28.5.1793 he was granted 20 acres at Watsons Bay called ""Roddam Farm"". Laing left the Colony in December 1794. ( Source: Woollahra History & Heritage Society Inc.)"""
Laings Point (POINT), NSW
| title | Laings Point (POINT) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 32011 |
| placename | Laings Point |
| designation | POINT |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | Green Point; Laings or Green Point; Ku-Bung-Harra (R) |
| lga | WOOLLAHRA |
| description | A point situated between Camp Cove and Watsons Bay and about 2 km SSW of South Head. |
| meaning | |
| origin | "Edward Laing arrived in the Colony on the Surprise"" on 26.6.1790. He was a surgeons mate in the NSW Corps. He later became an assistant surgeon to the Colony. On 28.5.1793 he was granted 20 acres at Watsons Bay called ""Roddam Farm"". Laing left the Colony in December 1794. ( Source: Woollahra History & Heritage Society Inc.)""" |
| history | Previously known as Laings or Green Point the Board decided that it was better to adopt the name Laings Point in order to avoid duplication of the name Green Point. Laings Point Reserve nearby |
