Major George Johnston
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Major George Johnston was born in 1764. He came to Australia with the First Fleet as a First Lieutenant in the Marines. George received extensive land grants in numerous areas including that of Sydney, Petersham, Bankstown and Cabramatta. The modern day suburb of Georges Hall takes its name from the farmhouse of the same name on land grants he received near the junction of Georges River and Prospect Creek.
The grants included land which is now the suburb of Annandale. Johnston and Ester Abrahams farmed and lived on this land with their children until the 1870s when they sold it and it was sub-divided for residential development. The main street of Annandale is named Johnston and the gates of their property now stand in the grounds of Annandale Public School.
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