F

Fagan Crescent Kendall. Named after the Fagan family of Gosford who were instrumental in introducing Henry Kendall to the . They owned the store where Kendall worked.

Fairmount Gardens A reserve in Fairmount Drive, Wauchope. Gazetted: 4 Dec 1987 Fairview Property of George Unicomb (1905) at Coopernook. A common house/property name. Fantasy Glades A former theme park in that was located in Parklands Close off Pacific Drive. It opened in August 1968 and officially closed in April 2002. Farquhar Inlet At the entrance to the Maning . Named by John Oxley after Sir Walter Farquhar. English baronet.. (see Place of Banishment, p.27). Farrawells Road. NW of Telegraph Point runs from Reids Road to Telegraph Point. Runs off Downs Road 1km E of Kundabung. Federal Timber Sawmill at Kew. Manager McKinna 1896. Company Fentons Island An island about 5km ENE of Telegraph Point town and about Gazetted: 6 Apr 1973 2km NW of Hacks Ferry locality. Lt. Chas Steele bought 1050 acres near Fenton’s Island - Named by Captain Allman after Dr. Abraham Fenton first surgeon/ medical officer at Port Macquarie 48th Regt. (See History of Port Macquarie, p.46). “Continuing up the Maria River on the western side of Torrens Island we pass the Anabranch (Fenton’s Passage) and continue past the lower part of Fenton’s Island. Fenwicks Creek Yarrowitch area. Fenwicks Road Yarrowitch road north of Oxley Highway joins Seaview Road near Enfield State Forest. Fenwicks Scrub A reserve within Doyles River State Forest situated about 4.5 Flora Reserve km NW of Mount Seaview. Gazetted: 13 Jun 1986 Fern Gully Farm off Wallace Road - 3km S of Ellenborough. Fernbank Creek A creek rising about 9.5km West of the town of Port Macquarie. Gazetted: 6 Apr 1973 It flows generally E, NE then N for about 4.5km into . Fernbank Creek A locality about 5km W of Port Macquarie. The Hastings River Gazetted: 16 Apr 1993 forms its northern boundary, and the locality of Sancrox adjoins to the W. Fernbank Creek Property on the west side of Fernbank Creek about 1 km from mouth of creek. Ferndale Property of A.E. Rose - dairy farm at Kendall (see PMN, 17 Dec 1921). Farm west of Bunnoo Road 20km N of Comboyne. Ferndell Possibly owned by A. D. Suters at King Creek. Fernglen Property of James Garrett Cogo Rollands Plains 630 acres 7 roomed house on Wilson River and Bril Bril Creek. Property of John Farleigh. (see PMN, 22 Mar 1924). Fernhill (1) Farm on Forbes River Road 4km S of Beechwood. Property 8km north of Yarras on Forbes River. Owned by John Coombes 18 Aug 1888. (2) Property and vineyard in Port Macquarie west owned by J.J. Fern - on New England Road and corner of now Fernhill Road. Sold to John Condon (see PMN 17 May 1902). Fernhill Road Named after John J. Fern who owned the Fernhill vineyard property in 1862. Fernlea Property of E. E. Baker Herons Creek. (see PMN, 19 Aug 1916 p.5). Fernleigh Property 6km W of Yarras on Oxley Highway near Mt. Seaview turnoff. Ferny Gully A partly perennial stream rising about 5.5km NNE of the town of Gazetted: 23 Feb 1973 Herons Creek. It flows generally SSW for about 1km into Cutty Creek. Previous name Ferny Creek. Ferretts Property 3km N of Wauchope off Redbank Road. Ferry Reserve A reserve in Shore Drive, at North Shore situated about 3.5km Gazetted: 11 Dec 1992 N. Origin: this reserve is located near the ferry ramps for the ferry which runs from Settlement Point to North Shore across Hastings River. Figtree Valley Farm Brombin area on Hewens Road - northern side of Hastings River opposite junction of Oxley Highway and Comboyne Road. James and Mrs Gurney bought it in 1862 (see PMN, 22 Nov 1993). Home of Richard Hewens 1931- (see obituary Mrs Hewens, PMN, 7 Feb 1931, p.4). Next to James Summerville’s “Orange Grove” Farm off Costigan's Road 8km S of Yarras. Filbuster Mr Stewart of Rollands Plains - to grow sugar cane at his property Filbuster. (see Maitland Mercury 28 Sept 1865 p.3). Filly Flat Phillip Coombes - 95 acres Parish Jasper. Original settlement on Forbes River - John Coombes there 17 Nov 1888 and 1869/70 Electoral Roll. Findlay Park A reserve adjacent to Wesport High School and bounded by Gazetted: 30 Sep 1992 Hastings River Drive, Morton St and Oxley Hwy, Port Macquarie. Origin: named in 1981 after Mr Alan Findley the former Director of Education for the North Coast Region. Fireplace Point Mentioned in the article “Rambling Around Port Macquarie” Located at southern end of Shelly Beach. (See PMN, 25 Dec 1882). First Avenue The first avenue created in . Fishermans Reserve A reserve at North Shore fronting Hastings River. Gazetted: 5 Feb 1993 Fishers Ridge Beechwood. A road 5km N of the township. Previously named Trotters Road residents requested Council rename it to avoid confusion with another road 'M.I. Trotters Road'. The name 'Fishers Ridge' was proposed to the memory of William Fisher, a local timber worker who was accidentally killed in 1879. Due to flooding his body could not be transported to Wauchope for burial so he was buried on the highest point of the ridge. Fitzroy Place Port Macquarie. Named after Sir Charles Fitzroy, Governor of who visited Port Macquarie in1847 accompanied by Major A.C. Innes. Five Mile Creek On Karrikee Creek runs west into Lake Innes. (see History of Port Macquarie, p.111). Five Mile Hollow On New England Highway about 8km west of Port Macquarie. Five Oaks Cemetery near Ellenborough. Mrs Elizabeth Mumford buried there. Five Ways Hill A hill about 8km NW by N of the locality of Bellangry. Gazetted: 29 Jun 1973 Fiveways Hill In Bellangry Forest 12km NW of Bellangry. Flat Rock A rock about 200m offshore of Nobby Head, Port Macquarie. Gazetted: 29 June 1973 Flat Top Mountain A mountain about 6km NE of the locality of Upper Pappinbarra. Gazetted: 6 Apr 1973 Floburn Street Wauchope. Named for Florence Andrews and Bernie Suters. Florence Villa Gore St. Westport - Home of J. Y. Butler 22 Jun 1901 - Asst Forestry Officer Smith there 2 Dec 1891- Miss Small had a private school there 30 Jun 1894 - two storied brick house sold by R. Parker to J.Y. Butler. 10 Aug 1901. E.A. Sawtell 1914. (see PMN, 1 Aug 1914). Flynn Street John Edmund Flynn was a surveyor and came to Port Macquarie in 1885. He was responsible for the layout of the township of Wauchope. He bought land in Port Macquarie near Everard Street and built the house called 'Roto' that is still standing today. The street was named sometime after 1936. Flynns Beach A beach on the North Coast at Port Macquarie with North Point Gazetted: 6 Apr 1973 to the North and Nobbys Beach to the South. Flynns Creek A partly perennial stream rising about 2.4km NE of Mount Gazetted: 10 Jan 1969 Rockaree. It flows generally NW for about 9.6km into Ralfes Creek about 3.2km S of Ralfes Creek - Hastings River Junction. Flynns Point A point on the North Coast between Rocky Beach and Flynns Gazetted: 29 Jun 1973 Beach. Previous name North Point. Fogartys Flat Outside of E Kempsey. Foggy Mountain Farm on Caswells Creek, Gum Scrub area - just west of old coast Road - SW of Kundabung. Folly Creek NW of Bellangry runs into Wilson River in Bellangry Forest. Forbes A parish (lands administrative division) N of Kindee W of Gazetted: 8 Dec 1978 Bellangry. Forbes A minor trig. station about 4.8km NWN of the locality of Upper Gazetted: 10 Jan 1969 Pappinbarra, and about 8.8km SW of Bellangry Trig Station. Forbes River A locality on the eastern bank of the Forbes River about 5km Gazetted: 16 Apr 1993 NNW of the village of Birdwood. For Origin: see Forbes River below. Forbes River A perennial stream rising about 800m W of Spokes Mountain in Gazetted: 10 Jan 1969 Abbotsmith Ridge. It flows generally south for about 38km into the Hastings River at Yarras. It is a northern tributary of the upper part of the Hastings River. First seen by John Oxley on 28th Sept 1818. Origin: Named by Surveyor-General John Oxley in honour of Francis Forbes, who later became first Chief Justice of NSW in the Supreme Court established by Charter in 1823. Forbes Valley Lance Bosanquet and his son Angus were the first in the Forbes Sawmill Valley to operate a Sawmill. The sawmill was located near the mouth of Sawyer's Creek and moved to Birdwood in 1938. (See HSG 17 Jan 1980, p.4). Foreshores Home units in Clarence St. Port Macquarie - used to be CWA Armidale branch seaside home. Foreshore Reserve A reserve located along the northern bank of Cathie Creek and Gazetted: 28 Aug 1992 bounded by Ocean Drive, at Lake Cathie. Forest Hut Road Cairncross area west of Pacific Highway running west from Pacific Highway to Pembrooke. Forest Lodge Station south of Wilson River 3km west of Telegraph Point off Farrawells Road. Farm in between Right and Left Arms of Pappinbarra Road 4km from junction. Yarrowitch area on Kangaroo Flat road. Fork Creek A partly perennial stream rising on the slopes of Kerewong or Gazetted: 6 May 1973 Broken Bago Range, about 6.5km ESE of the village of Byabarra. It flows generally SE for about 9.5km into Black Creek Previous name The Fork Creek; North Arm. Forty Nine Tree Yarrowitch area - runs SW from Oxley Highway. Road Forwin Farm near the mouth of Fernbank Creek. On the western side adjoining “Belvedere.” Four Winds Home of Miss Fanny Ellen Muriel Wilson, Stewart St. Port Macquarie - she died 23 Aug 1956. Fourth Avenue The fourth avenue created in Bonny Hills. Fowler Close Port Macquarie. Originally part of Hindman Street. So named as three of the properties had been in the hands of members of the Fowler family since the early 1900s. Foxes Creek Road Batar Creek, Kendall. Nmaed after a family who once lived there. Runs off Batar Creek road. Bril Bril. Named after the Fox family who acquired land at Foxes Road Rollands Plaind in the 1890s. (see Rollands Plains Review - May 2018).

Foys Knob Area 15km W of Kempsey between Yessabah and Wittirin. Francis Street Uncertain name information. Possibly named for George Francis who owned the Douglas Vale Vineyard. Franks Island Named after Captain Francis Allman (see History of Port Macquarie p.46). Frazers Creek A watercourse about 15km long that rises about 5km SW of the Gazetted: 4 Dec 1987 locality of Bellangry. It flows generally SE to join Mortons Creek N of Beechwood. Origin: taken up by William Frazer in 1885. Frazers Creek Road Runs west of Bellangry Road 3km NW of Beechwood. Freemans Bay Hastings River opposite Glen Ewan - about 1.6km west of the Dennis Bridge on the northern side. A sugar mill there in the 1870s. Freemans Wharf In Parish Cairncross - Rawdon Island Area - on northern bank of the Hastings River. Frenchs Creek Bulga Forest. Frithville Farm on left arm Pappinbarra Road 8km from junction. Frogmore Was a farm behind Marshall’s Cordial factory Port Macquarie. About 130 acres adjoining the western boundary of Port Macquarie with Lake Innes on the S side - once owned by Chris Doyle (Publican), after his death to wife Mary, then to her son Charles Watts. Then sold to Tizzie Wilson - P. Maher there in 1899-1900. W. Anderson leased it 1906 growing potatoes. Watts in Jun 1867. Robert Baker there 1869/70 electoral roll. Frogmore swamp A swampy area near the Belmore River, a tributary of the . An area of 5,700 acres was drained in 1914. (see PMN, 26 Dec 1914 P.4). Frogs Hollow Station 4km W of Cooperabung.