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Sharps Crossing (RURAL PLACE), NSW Details
History
John was an Northern Irish immigrant who left home at an early age mined for gold in NZ constructed telegraph lines in Northern Qld but settled in the Tweed becoming a timber getter etc.Source Tweed Pioneer
Description
A locality on the Oxley River about 7 km. WSW of the town of Murwillumbah.
Origin
Named after John Sharp 1843-1931 who in 1883 selected Por.37 on the banks of the Middle Arm. Source R3431.1795.
Sharps Crossing (RURAL PLACE), NSW
| title | Sharps Crossing (RURAL PLACE) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 52554 |
| placename | Sharps Crossing |
| designation | RURAL PLACE |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | TWEED |
| description | A locality on the Oxley River about 7 km. WSW of the town of Murwillumbah. |
| meaning | |
| origin | Named after John Sharp 1843-1931 who in 1883 selected Por.37 on the banks of the Middle Arm. Source R3431.1795. |
| history | John was an Northern Irish immigrant who left home at an early age mined for gold in NZ constructed telegraph lines in Northern Qld but settled in the Tweed becoming a timber getter etc.Source Tweed Pioneer |
