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A suburb about 7 km SE by E of Rooty Hill Trig Station and about 5 km E by N of O'Hare Trig Station. Boundaries in Blacktown City Gaz 9 Jan 87 shown map GNB3725. Boundaries in Holroyd City Gaz 10 Jun 94 shown on map GNB3709. Previous boundaries shown on map marked GNB 2697/F

Its name came about because it was from a hill in the vacinity that Watkin Tench, a captain-lieutenant of the marines, first saw the 'prospect' of the Blue Mountains. (Appleton, 1992).

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Location:

    SSC11815: Prospect
    Longitude:
    150.915828132
    Latitude:
    -33.7982617521