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Lavender Bay (SUBURB), NSW Details
Description
A neighbourhood about 1 km N of Dawes Point and about 2 km SE by S of Wollstonecraft. Boundaries within the North Sydney Council area shown on map GNB3708.
Origin
Named after George Lavender who married Susannah Blue the daughter of Billy Blue. Like his father-in-law George also became a boatman ferrying passengers across the harbour and back again. He died in 1851 at the age of sixty six. (Austalian Place Names Kennedy 1992).
Lavender Bay (SUBURB), NSW
title | Lavender Bay (SUBURB) |
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state | NSW |
reference | 32466 |
placename | Lavender Bay |
designation | SUBURB |
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lga | NORTH SYDNEY |
description | A neighbourhood about 1 km N of Dawes Point and about 2 km SE by S of Wollstonecraft. Boundaries within the North Sydney Council area shown on map GNB3708. |
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origin | Named after George Lavender who married Susannah Blue the daughter of Billy Blue. Like his father-in-law George also became a boatman ferrying passengers across the harbour and back again. He died in 1851 at the age of sixty six. (Austalian Place Names Kennedy 1992). |
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