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From: "christene hartley" <>
Subject: Re: Keira St ?
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:51:53 +1100
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Hi
Keeiraville Mt Keira and Keira Street all have the same origin
KEIRAVILLE
Mr Frank Osborne can be reached thru the local history centre
....his folks held origional land grants and he is a wealth of info
on history of the Gong
Christene in the Gong
Parish of Wollongong County of Camden

Keiraville is on part of the 2000 acre grant originally promised to James
Stares Spearing by Governor Brisbane in 1825. It was known as Paulsgrove. In
1835 the property was sold to Colonel John Thomas Leahy who changed the name
to Mount Keira Estate. The grant was finally issued in 1841 to Robert and
Charles Campbell. Keiraville seems to have been founded as a village about
1880. The Illawarra Mercury of 15 June 1886 refers to Keiraville as "one of
the new localities that have sprung into existence of late years". The names
"Village of Keira" and "Keira Village" also seem to have been used. A notice
from the Land Titles Office dated 17 June 1890 refers to it as the "Village
of Keira". Keira is an aboriginal name for which three meanings have been
given: large lagoon; high mountain; wild turkey.


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From: "MargM" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:54 PM
Subject: Keira St ?


> Dear Listers
>
> Can SKS tell me how Wollongongs Keira Street got
> its name ?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Bye
>
>
> MargM
> Beautiful Central Coast of NSW
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