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Originally known as Keltie Bay after James Keltie, the master of HMS Sirius, Double Bay would eventually be renamed after its distinctive twin bays in 1821. Despite being gazetted for the site of a Botanical Gardens by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in the 1820s, under subsequent Governor Ralph Darling the land would instead by subdivided and sold for residential development in the 1830s.
External Links
- Double Bay, a suburb of Woollahra Municipality
- A Quick History of Woollahra Municipality
- Some Quick Historical Facts about Double Bay
- Native Plants Found in Double Bay
- Double Bay and Oxford Street Studies
- Double Bay Marina
- Women of Double Bay, Brenda (Dutchie) Somerville Backhouse
- Women of Double Bay, Rosemary Foot
Location:
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SSC11309: Double Bay
- Longitude:
- 151.244834367
- Latitude:
- -33.877265886
