Tennyson Point is a

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. Tennyson Point is located 10 kilometres west of the

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, in the

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of the

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and is part of the

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region. Tennyson Point sits on the northern bank of the

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on a peninsula positioned between Morrisons Bay and Glades Bay. The suburb was originally called Tennyson before it was renamed Tennyson Point by the

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in 2001.

History

Tennyson Point takes its name from the Tennyson Estate, named after the poet

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, which was subdivided in 1887. Captain William Raven, (1756-1814) who sailed to New South Wales in 1792 as captain and part owner of the Britannia, was granted 100 acres (40 ha) of land in the area in 1795, plus another 285 acres (115 ha) in 1799. The grant to Raven was known as Grove Farm. These Eastern Farm properties were managed for him by the brewer

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of Kissing Point until 1822. The tip of the peninsula into the Parramatta River at Tennyson Point is now called Raven Point. The creek running into Morrisons Bay near the western boundary of Tennyson Point is now called Grove Creek. In the 1820s all the land of the current suburb was owned by James Squire's daughter Mary Ann Farnell and her husband Thomas Charles Farnell (brewer). Mary Ann and Thomas were the parents of James Squire Farnell who became the first Australian born premier of New South Wales.

Population

In the 2021 Census, there were 1,247 people in Tennyson Point. 68.6% of people were born in Australia and 71.7% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 42.1%, No Religion 25.5% and Anglican 8.9%.

References

External links

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1887 Pamphlet showing the subdivision of the Tennyson Estate
Suburbs of Sydney City of Ryde {{Sydney-geo-stub