Blaxlands Corner is a locality on the
North Shore of
Sydney in the state of
New South Wales
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, Australia. Blaxlands Corner is at the intersection of Longueville Road, Northwood Road, and River Road West, in the southern part of
Lane Cove
Lane Cove is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lane Cove is nine kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local governmen ...
adjacent to
Longueville. It contains the Longueville Sporting Club, a
BP service station, a
bottle shop
A liquor store is a retail shop that predominantly sells prepackaged liquors – typically in bottles – usually intended to be consumed off the store's premises. Depending on region and local idiom, they may also be called an off-licence ( ...
, a travel and cruise agency.
Longueville Motor Bus Company
Longueville Motor Bus Company was an Australian bus company operating route bus services on Sydney's Lower North Shore.
History
On 23 October 1922, George Newman commenced operating a service from Longueville wharf to the corner of the Pacif ...
built a depot at 16 Northwood Road in 1939 that was closed by successor
Deanes Coaches
Deanes Coaches was an Australian bus company operating route bus services and charter coaches on Sydney's North Shore.
History
Deanes Coaches was formed in August 1955 as Turramurra-Bobbin Head Bus Service when Ron Deane purchase route 166 T ...
in the mid-1970s.
It was named after Francis Blaxland who owned three acres of land in the area from the 1880s and was a grandson of
Gregory Blaxland
Gregory Blaxland (17 June 1778 – 1 January 1853) was an English pioneer farmer and explorer in Australia, noted especially for initiating and co-leading the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains by European settlers.
Early life ...
. It was recognised by the
Geographical Names Board of New South Wales
The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales, a statutory authority of the Department of Customer Service in the Government of New South Wales, is the official body for naming and recording details of places and geographical names in the s ...
as a locality in 1995.
Blaxland’s Corner
On the Streets Where You Live
References
Lane Cove Council
Sydney localities
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