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Miklouho-Maclay Park (RESERVE), NSW Details
History
On 3 April 1996 the Miklouho-Maclay Anniversary Committee wrote to Leichhardt Council asking them to consider naming an unnamed park as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of Miklouho-Maclays birth.
Description
An unconstructed section of Grove Street Birchgrove running from the western end of Wharf Road to the wall bordering the waters of Snails Bay.
Origin
Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay (17.07.1846 - 14.04.1888) was an internationally acclaimed Russian anthropologist sociologist biologist and explorer in the East and Melanesia particularly New Guinea. He established the Southern Hemispheres first marine biology station at Watsons Bay and lived at 25 Wharf Road Birchgrove.
Miklouho-Maclay Park (RESERVE), NSW
title | Miklouho-Maclay Park (RESERVE) |
additional | |
state | NSW |
reference | 79184 |
placename | Miklouho-Maclay Park |
designation | RESERVE |
geographical name | |
previous names | |
lga | LEICHHARDT |
description | An unconstructed section of Grove Street Birchgrove running from the western end of Wharf Road to the wall bordering the waters of Snails Bay. |
meaning | |
origin | Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay (17.07.1846 - 14.04.1888) was an internationally acclaimed Russian anthropologist sociologist biologist and explorer in the East and Melanesia particularly New Guinea. He established the Southern Hemispheres first marine biology station at Watsons Bay and lived at 25 Wharf Road Birchgrove. |
history | On 3 April 1996 the Miklouho-Maclay Anniversary Committee wrote to Leichhardt Council asking them to consider naming an unnamed park as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of Miklouho-Maclays birth. |