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Bonnyrigg (SUBURB), NSW Details
History
The first buildings went up in the area in 1806 and it was split into farms in the late 1820s.
Description
A neighbourhood about 1.5 km NW of Mt Pritchard and about 2 km SW of St Johns Park. Boundaries shown on map GNB3550
Meaning
It means pretty hill. (Sydney Suburbs K Anderson 1989)
Origin
It was part of the original Orphan Schools grant in 1803 and was named by early Scottish settlers after the village of that name near Falkirk.
Bonnyrigg (SUBURB), NSW
| title | Bonnyrigg (SUBURB) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 7448 |
| placename | Bonnyrigg |
| designation | SUBURB |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | FAIRFIELD |
| description | A neighbourhood about 1.5 km NW of Mt Pritchard and about 2 km SW of St Johns Park. Boundaries shown on map GNB3550 |
| meaning | It means pretty hill. (Sydney Suburbs K Anderson 1989) |
| origin | It was part of the original Orphan Schools grant in 1803 and was named by early Scottish settlers after the village of that name near Falkirk. |
| history | The first buildings went up in the area in 1806 and it was split into farms in the late 1820s. |
