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Our school is located in Greystanes, New South Wales
Greystanes takes its name from a historical home on Prospect Hill, built by Nelson Lawson, third child of Lieutenant William Lawson. The name "Grey Stanes", given by Nelson Simmons Lawson, came from the outcrops of basalt on Prospect Hill- "Grey" being its colour and "Stanes" being the Scottish word for stones.
The land was originally granted to William Cummings in 1799, before being acquired by William Lawson in approximately 1810. It was from this land that William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Charles Wentworth set out on their successful crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1813 and discovered the Bathurst Plains. The Lawson family crypt still exists today at St Bartholomew's Church, Prospect.
Greystanes is one of the newer suburbs of the City. Historically, the area was first established as farms, particularly poultry farms.
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