Hi Hazel, Re "I am having difficulty locating excat dates that the districts received their official names in Blacktown City. I have checked "The Geographical Names Board" to come up against a brick wall", just tried the following three at GNB: MARSDEN PARK GNB says "Assigned 9th January 1987 [1]" and "A suburb about 2 km W by S of Schofields and about 5 km NE of Shalvey". ~~~ COLEBEE GNB says "Assigned 9th January 1987 [2] and "A suburb located about 2 km west of Quakers Hill Railway Station and immediately to the north of Dean Park" and "Named after C. Colebee who was granted Portion 27 (30 acres) in the Parish of Gidley. Colebee is said to have been the first aborigine to be granted land this area." ~~~ BLACKTOWN GNB says Assigned 9th January 1987 [3] and "A suburb about 5 km NE of Prospect Reservoir and about 6 km SE of Rooty Hill" and "Word may indicate the location for the aborigines sponsored by Governor Macquarie - in 1826 P.7. (Information from Blacktown Public School Centenary Booklet 1871-1971) Also see RAHS Vol 4, P 485.  Blacks` Town was established by Governor Macquarie in 1821 when land was first granted to Aborigines in the area. (Pollon: The Book of Sydney Suburbs, 1988)". However, in fact, Black's Town is NORTH of what I call Rooty Hill (and what the UBD 2012 street directly calls Rooty Hill. And no wy SE or Rooty Hill. So very confusing, isn't it all. Tell me where you think "Plumpton Ridge" area is. I'm also looking for a 1980s  newspaper article that's apparently quite infamous for doing an article on the very question of where was the original Blacktown - and getting it quite wrong. Would anyone have a copy of that, please? Cheers,     John Byrnes (Strathfield - Liberty Plains part thereof)   ----- Original Message ----- From:[email protected] To:"Australia" Cc: Sent:Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:27:07 +1000 Subject:Re: [AUS-NSW] AREA DATES Good afternoon I am again hoping to receive some advice or assistance. I am compiling histories of people who have resided in Blacktown City though not restricting their biographies to certain years. I am having difficulty locating excat dates that the districts received their official names in Blacktown City. I have checked "The Geographical Names Board" to come up against a brick wall. I am aware of when the Housing Estate at Mount Druitt named their Districts but it is the other areas I require. Any help would be most appreciated. Warm Regards Hazel E. Magann. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message   Links: ------ [1] http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/59628/FS_P0821001R_GNB_a.pdf [2] http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/59628/FS_P0821001R_GNB_a.pdf [3] http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/59628/FS_P0821001R_GNB_a.pdf