Notes on the Origins and Locations of Place Names


Newcastle - Lake Macquarie - Hunter Valley



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L'Abri - House built by surgeon George Brooks in 1838, situated at 55 Newcomen-street, Newcastle

Laguna - Situated in Co. Northumberland on Sugar Loaf Creek on the north road from Wiseman's to Maitland. Six miles from Farley. Named by Heneage Finch surveyor, in 1825. See Dixon's map [30] Also said to have been named by Solomon Wiseman after his ancestral home near Perth, Scotland [46]

Laing St. Newcastle - Named after William Laing, merchant, alderman of Newcastle [3]

Lake Holme - Former residence of William Arnott. Arnott Ave., Toronto. Now Royal Motor Yacht Club

Lake Macquarie - After Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of NSW 1810 - 1821.

Lake Macquarie Road - Darby Street. Originally the path from Newcastle to Lake Macquarie. [3]

Lakemac - Nickname applied to Lake Macquarie in recent years.

Lake Paterson - wetlands eastern side of Paterson River

Laman Street Cooks Hill - named after Thomas Laman overseer of the A.A. Co [3]

Lamb's Creek - Singleton district

Lamb's Valley - Estate of James Thomas Lamb situated in Co. Durham on the N. side of the Hunter River

Lamb's Valley Creek. Co. of Durham, a small northern tributary of the Hunter River

Lambton - Co. of Northumberland. The Lambton coal mines adjoined the township. Named after Lambton Castle, the seat of the Earl of Durham, England [46] Proclaimed a municipal district in 1871 with a council of 8 aldermen and a mayor. population 4,500 in 1893. [37]

Lame Cow Creek - Dungog / Gloucester district. Named after a lame wild cow which usually ran there

Landelf Point - Lake Macquarie - Illustrated Sydney News 23 April 1881

Langlands - Situated in Co. Durham equidistant between the towns of Seaham and Clarence in the parish of Uffington

Langworthy - Co. of Gloucester. Parish of Stroud. On the E. bank of the Karuah River 3 miles W. of Johnson's Creek

Largs - . Co. of Durham. 3 miles from East Maitland. Names after a place in Ayrshire, Scotland the birthplace of Andrew Lang [46]

Larry's Flat - Co. of Gloucester - lying to the S. of the Manning River a few miles to the SW on Tinonee. [37]

Lauer's Lane - named after Charles Lauer [3]

Lawler Creek - Co. of Gloucster - a small rivulet, at the head of Karuah River. [37]

Leconfield - a small district positioned between Branxton, Dalwood and Greta with Leconfield House being the prominent property in the area

Leamington (Lemington) - a parish situated in Co. of Hunter between the Hunter River and Wollombi brook at Jerrys Plains.

Leconfield - Colliery near Greta (1888)

Lee Wharf-road Newcastle - named after Charles Lee, ex minister for works [3]

Leeholme - House constructed by John Lee, son of Benjamin Lee - Paterson River

Lees Pinch-Murrumbo Nature Reserve - located from just west of Sandy Hollow to Wollar. Approx 200 square miles [42]

Leigh Farm - Known as Pennington's Grant 1/2 mile from Raymond Terrace.

Lemon Grove - Estate of John Swan - Patterson's Plains

Lemongrove Estate - originally low lying swamp. Formed the main business site of Wallsend and Plattsburg

Lennoxton - Estate of James Adair - Paterson

Leslieville - 63 Union Street Cooks Hill. William Arnott's house

Lewin's Brook - Co. of Durham, an eastern tributary of the Allyn River falling into it about 4 miles E. of Gresford

Lewinsbrook - Estate of Alexander Park - Paterson

Lewinsbrook - Co. of Durham - village situaged on the Allyn River, the Pinnacle Mountains lying 7 miles distant. [37]

Liddell - Parish situated in Co. Durham bounded on the S. by the parishes of Ravensworth and Vane. Muswellbrook district

Liddell - Co. of Durham, an agricultural settlement lying on the Saltwater River, 13 miles NW of Singleton. [37]

Lidney - grant to George Porter in the Millers Forest area

Limeburner's Bay - situated on a peninsula of low land separated from Newcastle by the Hunter River. (1820).See Dangar's Map [29]. Located Piper's beach in Fullerton Cove

Limeburners' Creek - Co. Gloucester - a postal village situated on the creek whence it derives its name, 16 miles N. of Raymond Terrace. [37] Derived its name from when the convicts used to burn lime in the area [46]

Limeburners' Creek - Co. of Durham, a small creek flowing into the estuary of the Karuah River

Limejuice Ponds - in the district of Liverpool plains situated between the Namoi and Gwydir rivers

Lingard Street Merewether - named after Samuel Lingard an old resident

Linwood - Wickham around the Carrington bridge area. First house built by Peter Fleming. The Linwood stables contained some of the best horses in the northern district.

Linwood Colliery - Wickham

Liverpool Plains - (native name Corborn Comleroy). Squatting district of NSW named by Johnn Oxley after Lord Liverpool. Chief towns Murrurundi, Narrabri, Nundle, Tamworth, Wee Waa, Breeza, Gulligal, Walget and Bendemeer. [37]

Lobster Ponds - District of Liverpool Plains situated between the Namoi and Gwydir rivers

Loch End - Estate of William Brooks - Speer's Point, Lake Macquarie

Loch Gyle Estate - Paterson. Estate of Captain Taggart

Lock Kalrine - Upper Hunter near Mount Dyrring

Lochnagar - Grant of 2060 acres to William Maxwell Shawl Stewart near Maitland

Lochinvar - After the hero in Sir Walter Scott's poem.[46] Grant to Leslie Duguid. Co. Northumberland. Situated on the Hunter River in parish of Gosford.

Lockyer Mount - Co. of Northumberland - a high peak in the parish of Lockyer, about 16 miles S of Wollombi at a place called Simpson's Pass. The mountain is known as Dowling's Range. [37]

Loders Creek - a creek in the district of Liverpool plains. On this stream is Loder's station 27 miles from Murrurundi

Longford's Farm - 825 acres Wollombi

Long Jetty - Wyong district - descriptive

Long Point - District of Liverpool Plains on the Mooki river 54 miles from Murrurundi. Eales' station

Lorimer Creek - Co. of Bligh - a small tributary of the head of the Krui River rising in the Liverpool Range. [37]

Lorn - Grant to Thomas McDougall. Named after ancestral land in Argylshire

Lorne - Part of Fennell Bay and Fassifern used to be known as Lorne (c. 1881)

Lostock - Village on the Paterson River 9 miles from Gresford. Named after a place in Cheshire, England [46]

Lough End Farm - Maitland/Morpeth

Louth Park - Maitland - John Thomas Maughan

Lover's Walk - Pathway on the southern end of Newcastle Beach. Also called City Walk

Lowe Estate - near Hexham. Estate of George Brooks 1848. On Iron Bark Creek. See Dangar's map [29]

Lower Belford - Co. of Northumberland, 140 miles N. of Sydney

Lower Farm - Speers Point - owned by William Clark in 1830s

Lower Portland Head - early name for Wiseman's Ferry

Loxton House - located main street of Muswellbook. Built c. 1838

Lucan Park - Estate of Cyrus Matthew Doyle Jerrys Plains

Lucerna - Home of Thomas Cook, cnr Laman and Auckland Streets Cook's Hill

Luskintyre - Estate of Alexander McLeod.

Luskintyre - A small agricultural hamlet situated on the Hunter River adjacent to the village of Lochinvar. [37]

Lydney Park - Estate near Raymond Terrace

Lymington - Early name for Cardiff after a mine in the area. Named after a place in Hampshire England [46]

Lyndhurst Vale - Estate of John Verge - William River


Notes on the Origins and Locations of the Hunter Region has been derived from the following sources

[1] Trove - National Library of Australia

[2] Newcastle Morning Herald 11 December 1954

[3] The Newcastle Sun 2 May 1918

[4] The Newcastle Sun 26 January 1931

[5] The Many names of Newcastle Mulumbinba

[6] The Muswellbrook Chronicle 8 November 1899 ( native names of place from black tracker Jimmy of Muswellbrook)

[7] Lake Macquarie History of Places

[8] Cadell, F.A., Survey of Newcastle, Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 1936

[9] Davies, Noel, Convict Nobbys : the story of the convict construction of Macquarie's Pier and the reconstruction of Nobbys Island

[10] Historical Roads of New South Wales

[11] Keith H. Clouten, Reid's mistake : the story of Lake Macquarie from its discovery until 1890

[12] County Electors in Newcastle 1855

[13] Hunter Estates Comparative Heritage Study

[14] The Dungog Chronicle 6 July 1949

[15] The Scone Advocate 24 July 1894 (Muswellbrook names)

[16] Wingham Chronicle 13 November 1931 (Manning River places)

[17] King Tom's Aboriginal Geography in Memorandum of E.C. Close, in Australian Town and Country Journal, 12 January 1878, p. 8.

[18] Aboriginal names, Australian Town and Country Journal 11 January 1879p. 17

[19] Henry Thomas Ebsworth papers, June 1825-February 1827; with illustration and maps

[20] Horsemen of the First Frontier (1788-1900) and the Serpent's Legacy Front Cover Keith Robert Binney

[21] An Australian Language as spoken by the Awabakal, the people of Awaba, Lake Macquarie, being an account of their language, traditions and customs - Lancelot Threlkeld (many of the aboriginal terms above have come from this source which is probably the language of the lower Hunter tribes)(many of the aboriginal terms above have come from this source which is probably the language of the lower Hunter tribes)

[22] Hunter Living Histories - Ludwig Leichhardt in Newcastle

[23] A geographical dictionary or gazetteer of the Australian colonies ... By William Henry Wells

[24] Placenames as a guide to language distribution in the Upper Hunter - Jim Wafer

[25] Lake Macquarie : past and present

[26] Wangi Wangi Street Names by Clive Read

[27] Forgotten place names of Lake Macquarie - Lake Macquarie Library online

[28] Lake Macquarie: Parish of Awaba, County of Northumberland, Shire of Lake Macquarie. Parish map in 4 sheets and reference sheet: South East Sheet

[29] Map of the Hunter River and its branches by Henry Dangar 1828

[30] Robert Dixon's 1837 Map - Trove

[31] Ensign Francis Barrallier's Map 1801 - Hunter Living Histories

[32] Australian Town and Country Journal 22 November 1873

[33] Procter's Sketch 1841 - Hunter Living Histories

[34] Tegg's Pocket Almanac

[35] Map of Young Wallsend (Edgeworth) showing Salty Creek Recreation Area, c.1920. Scanned from: Road and tourists' map of Lake Macquarie and environs, H. E. C. Robinson Limited, Sydney.

[36] Salty Creek Recreation Area

[37] Geographical Encyclopaedia of New South Wales

[38] Atlas of the settled counties of New South Wales - State Library NSW

[39] Maitland Weekly Mercury 4 July 1896

[40] Empire 3 Dec 1853 Lecture on the Kamilaroi Blacks (Rev. William Ridley)

[41) Israel's subdivision map of Wangi c. 1923. State Library of NSW

[42] Hunter 2000, National Trust of Australia (NSW), 1973

[43] Lauchland, E. S., Homes we Visited - Dumore. Newcastle & Hunter District Historical Society Journal, 1947 p. 39

[44] Boyle's Lower Hunter index, 1801-1883 (Harry Boyle)

[45] Hunter Valley Place Names and their Meanings, Newcastle Library, Archived 14 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[46] Toponomy: Place Names of New South Wales: Their Origin, Meaning and Locality, compiled by J. Carlos W. Stretch

[47] Rediscovering the Coquun: towards an environmental history of the Hunter River. Address given at the River Forum 2000 at Wyndham Estate, Hunter River; by Glenn Albrecht PhD, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies, The University of Newcastle

[48] How Many Inventors? Russell Rigby, Hunter Living Histories, 10 October 2017

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