Tennyson Point, New South Wales

:"See also: Tennyson, a semi-rural area near Glossodia."

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Tennyson Point
city = Sydney
state = New South Wales


caption = Tennyson Point, view from Morrisons Bay
lga = City of Ryde
postcode = 2111
pop = formatnum:1166
pop_footnotes = Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC11973|name=Tennyson Point (State Suburb)|accessdate=2008-03-22|quick=on]
area =
propval = | stategov = Lane Cove
fedgov = Bennelong
near-nw = Ryde
near-n = Ryde
near-ne = Gladesville
near-w = Putney
near-e = Gladesville
near-sw = Breakfast Point
near-s = Cabarita
near-se = Abbotsford
dist1 = 13
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney CBD

Tennyson Point is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tennyson Point is located 13 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Ryde.

Tennyson Point sits on the northern bank of the Parramatta River on a peninsula positioned between Morrison Bay and Glades Bay. The suburb was originally called Tennyson before it was renamed Tennyson Point by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales in 2001.

History

Tennyson Point takes its name from the Tennyson Estate, namedafter the poet Alfred Tennyson, which was subdivided in 1887. [Blaxell, p. 145]

Captain William Raven [ [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020318b.htm ADB on Raven] ] (1756-1814) who sailed to New South Wales in 1792 as captain and part owner of the Britannia, was granted 100 acres (40 ha) of land in the area in 1795,plus another 285 acres (115 ha) in 1799. These Eastern Farm properties were managed for him by the brewer James Squire [ [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020432b.htm ADB on Squire] ] of Kissing Point until 1822. Raven is commemorated with the geographical formation called Raven's Point.

References

* Blaxell, Gregory. "The River: Sydney Cove to Parramatta". Eastwood, N.S.W.: Brush Farm Historical Society, 2004. ISBN 0-9751419-1-0.

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