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Lemon Tree Gully (GULLY), NSW Details
History
This name dates back to the time that James Freeman was given Por 36 as a land grant. The name was proposed by Philip Woodbury of Lower Mangrove in response to the Mangrove Mountain Naming Project.
Description
A gully which rises in an area 2.2 km SW of Oyster Shell Hill and 2.9 km N by E of Haycock trigonometrical station. It is 1.3 km in length and runs in a north-easterly direction through Por 36 into Dinner Creek.
Origin
In 1835 James Freeman was granted Por 36 by Governor Macquarie. A large common lemon tree grew in this area until 1954. (Pontifex M of Mangrove Mountain with Gosford city Councils letter 30 June 1999)
Lemon Tree Gully (GULLY), NSW
| title | Lemon Tree Gully (GULLY) |
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| state | NSW |
| reference | 80158 |
| placename | Lemon Tree Gully |
| designation | GULLY |
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| previous names | |
| lga | GOSFORD |
| description | A gully which rises in an area 2.2 km SW of Oyster Shell Hill and 2.9 km N by E of Haycock trigonometrical station. It is 1.3 km in length and runs in a north-easterly direction through Por 36 into Dinner Creek. |
| meaning | |
| origin | In 1835 James Freeman was granted Por 36 by Governor Macquarie. A large common lemon tree grew in this area until 1954. (Pontifex M of Mangrove Mountain with Gosford city Councils letter 30 June 1999) |
| history | This name dates back to the time that James Freeman was given Por 36 as a land grant. The name was proposed by Philip Woodbury of Lower Mangrove in response to the Mangrove Mountain Naming Project. |
