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Submitted by dudley1946 on Mon, 2012-12-31 14:08

Does anybody know the origins of the name Mount Nicholson or where I might find out why it is called that?

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Submitted by David on Wed, 2013-01-02 17:47.

I'm not sure which Mr Nicholson it is named after. Any idea when that name was first used for this peak? That might give us a clue where to look.

Regards, David

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2013-01-02 19:33.

I think Mt Nicholson and Mt. Cameron were named in the 1890s when roadworks and/or defence works to these areas were being contemplated by the Military Authorities.

Mt Cameron after Major General William Gordon Cameron, Commander of the Troops.

Mt Nicholson perhaps after Lt. W. C. A. Nicholson, Adjutant to the HK Volunteer Corps. As he was an adjutant, this connection is only a guess.