Extract
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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 26th May 2013 | |
| Reference: | 47142 |
| Placename: | Port Jackson |
| Designation: | Harbour |
| Status: | Assigned 16th July 1976 |
| LGA: | Mosman |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -33 50 00 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 151 16 00 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -33 49 54 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 151 16 04 |
| Topographic Map: | Sydney Heads |
| 1:100000 Map: | Sydney 9130 |
| Parish: | Willoughby |
| County: | Cumberland |
| Description: | A harbour which comprises of all the waters within an imaginary line joining North Head and South Head. Within this harbour lies North Harbour, Middle Harbour and Sydney Harbour. |
| Meaning: | PORT JACKSON - so named by cook on May 6 1770, after a friend George Jackson P 1. (Infr. from 'A Place of Pioneers') |
| Origin: | Captain Cook named the Port after Sir George Jackson, one of the secretaries of the Admiralty. Maritime Services Board, Port of Sydney, Vol9 No2 Sept 1965. PORT JACKSON - Origion of names in RAHSJ Vo. 31 pp 313-337. |
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