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Fairy Dell Reserve (RESERVE), NSW Details
History
Name of a stream running from the area of the reserve is shown as Fairy Dell. The Pictorial Guide to the Blue Mountains of New South Wales... Gibbs Shallard & Co 1882)
Description
A reserve in Springwood Avenue Springwood. It occupies Lot 5 DP 226286.
Origin
This is named after the picnic area set out behind the Royal Hotel. The hotel dates from the 1800s. In the 1890s the charms of Fairy Dell were being advertised to railway travellers but by the 1950s it was overgrown and neglected. It was rediscovered in 1978. (Blue Mountains WHISPER Feb/March 1991 p.5)
Fairy Dell Reserve (RESERVE), NSW
| title | Fairy Dell Reserve (RESERVE) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 80202 |
| placename | Fairy Dell Reserve |
| designation | RESERVE |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | BLUE MOUNTAINS |
| description | A reserve in Springwood Avenue Springwood. It occupies Lot 5 DP 226286. |
| meaning | |
| origin | This is named after the picnic area set out behind the Royal Hotel. The hotel dates from the 1800s. In the 1890s the charms of Fairy Dell were being advertised to railway travellers but by the 1950s it was overgrown and neglected. It was rediscovered in 1978. (Blue Mountains WHISPER Feb/March 1991 p.5) |
| history | Name of a stream running from the area of the reserve is shown as Fairy Dell. The Pictorial Guide to the Blue Mountains of New South Wales... Gibbs Shallard & Co 1882) |
