Hurstville

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Dumbleton
In the nineteen thirties this farming property increasingly became suburban and its name was changed to Beverly Hills, the Sydney suburb, perhaps after the home of Holywood film stars.

NRMA, Holiday Guide 13vols, Sydney, 1997-1999, vol.4, p.81.


East Menai
Now The Sydney suburb of Illawong which is said to mean between the waters.

Anderson, Ken, Sydney's Suburbs How and why they were named, Kenthurst, 1989, p.45.


Frog Hollow
Also called Muddy Creek, White Gum Creek, Rocky Point and Rockvale, it became the Sydney suburb of Rockdale in 1887.

Anderson, Ken, Sydney's Suburbs How and why they were named, Kenthurst, 1989, p.67.


Gannon's Forest
Earlier known as Lord's Forest, it is now the Sydney suburb of Hurstville.

Anderson, Ken, Sydney's Suburbs How and why they were named, Kenthurst, 1989, p.45.


Lady Robinson's Boach
Now the Sydney suburb of Brighton-le-Sands.

Anderson, Ken, Sydney's Suburbs How and why they were named, Kenthurst, 1989, p.18.


Lord's Forest
Laker known as Gannon's Forest, it is now the Sydney suburb of Hurstville.

Anderson, Ken, Sydney's Suburbs How and why they were named, Kenthurst, 1989, p.45.


Murray Hut
The Murray Hut was licensed as an inn in 1879 and soon afterwards the settlement acquired a post office and a bank. In 1884 the Murray Hut was selected as the site of a town which was called Finley after a surveyor of that name. It is about 55 km north east of Deniliquin.

Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, Sydney, 1993, pp.245-6.


Pounds Creek
Now called Illawong, just west of Adaminaby.

Hueneke, Klaus, Kiandra to Kosciusko, Canberra, 1987, p.154.


Rockvale
Also called Frog Hollow, Muddy Creek, White Gum Creek and Rocky Point, it became the Sydney suburb of Rockdale in 1887.

Anderson, Ken, Sydney's Suburbs How and why they were named, Kenthurst, 1989, p.18.