Talk:Willoughby, New South Wales

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"There is some conjecture as to how Willoughby was named. Some historians believe it was named after a parish, while others believe that Surveyor-General Sir Thomas Mitchell decided to commemorate Sir James Willoughby Gordon whom he had served during the Peninsular War and was the quartermaster-general in England when the First Fleet sailed to Botany Bay."

There is no mystery here. The cadastral parishs of Willoughby and Gordon on the north shore were both named by Mitchell, after his friend Sir James Gordon Willoughby. The "suburb" names of Willoughby and Gordon were derived from those cadastral parish names, much later ( long after Mitchell's death ). The "suburb" of Gordon,  was not thus named until the 1880's ( long after Mitchell's death ).

Also, Sir James Willoughby Gordon was not quartermaster general "when the First Fleet sailed to Botany Bay",   but about 30 years after that.Eregli bob (talk) 12:42, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

The map says "ARTAMON" rather than the correct "ARTARMON". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.172.198.15 (talk) 00:15, 16 January 2015 (UTC)