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Hearnes Lake (LAKE), NSW Details
Description
A lake about 4 km NNE of the locality of Emerald Beach.
Origin
Named after George Hearne an early settler who obtained land in the Woolgoolga area in the early 1880s. Hearne conducted a boarding house situated on a knoll overlooking Hearnes Lake south of Woolgoolga. Hearne was said to be Woolgoolgas first publican. Source: N Yeates Woolgoolga The History of a Village 1982.
Hearnes Lake (LAKE), NSW
title | Hearnes Lake (LAKE) |
additional | |
state | NSW |
reference | 82569 |
placename | Hearnes Lake |
designation | LAKE |
geographical name | |
previous names | Hearns Lake |
lga | COFFS HARBOUR |
description | A lake about 4 km NNE of the locality of Emerald Beach. |
meaning | |
origin | Named after George Hearne an early settler who obtained land in the Woolgoolga area in the early 1880s. Hearne conducted a boarding house situated on a knoll overlooking Hearnes Lake south of Woolgoolga. Hearne was said to be Woolgoolgas first publican. Source: N Yeates Woolgoolga The History of a Village 1982. |
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