Nepean
Encyclopedia
People
- Augustus Nepean (1849–1933), Middlesex county cricketer
- Charles NepeanCharles NepeanThe Rev. Charles Edward Burroughs Nepean was an English amateur cricketer and footballer who later became a vicar in the Church of England...
(1851–1903), Middlesex county cricketer and Oxford University footballer - Evan NepeanEvan NepeanSir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet PC was a British politician and colonial administrator.-Early career:...
(1751–1822), British politician and colonial administrator - Evan Nepean (cricketer) (1865–1906), Middlesex county cricketer
- Mary Edith Nepean (1876–1960), Welsh writer
Places
The following places were apparently named after Evan NepeanEvan Nepean
Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet PC was a British politician and colonial administrator.-Early career:...
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- Nepean RiverNepean RiverThe Nepean River is a river in the coastal region of New South Wales, Australia.The headwaters of the Nepean River rise near Robertson, about 100 kilometres south of Sydney and about 15 kilometres from the coast. The river flows north in an unpopulated water catchment area into Nepean Dam, which...
in New South Wales, Australia - Nepean HighwayNepean HighwayNepean Highway runs south from the centre of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia to Portsea, along the eastern shore of Port Phillip. It is the primary road route to central Melbourne from Melbourne's southern suburbs.- History :...
southeast of Melbourne, Australia - Point Nepean, VictoriaPoint Nepean, VictoriaPoint Nepean marks the southern point of The Rip and the most westerly point of the Mornington Peninsula, in Victoria, Australia. It was named after the British politician and colonial administrator, Sir Evan Nepean. It is within the suburb of Portsea...
, an outer suburb of Melbourne at the end of the highway - Nepean, OntarioNepean, Ontario- Recent quantity of snow :- History :Nepean Township, originally known as Township D, was established in 1792 and originally included what is now the central area of Ottawa west of the Rideau River. Jehiel Collins, from Vermont, is believed to have been the first person to settle in Nepean...
, a suburb in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (formerly an independent city) - Nepean Township, OntarioNepean Township, OntarioNepean Township is a historical township in Eastern Ontario, Canada.Originally known as Township D, it was established in 1792. In 1800, it became part of Carleton County and was incorporated as a township in 1850. The first settler in the township was Jehiel Collins, from Vermont, who settled in...
, historical township - Nepean Sea RoadNepean Sea RoadNepean Sea Road is an upmarket neighbourhood near Malabar Hill in South Mumbai. The area is named after Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet, a British politician and administrator, and the Governor of Bombay ....
, neighbourhood in Mumbai, India - Nepean Island (Norfolk Island)Nepean Island (Norfolk Island)Nepean Island is a small uninhabited island located at, about 1 km south off a golf course on Norfolk Island in the Southwest Pacific. It was named in 1788 by Lieutenant Philip Gidley King for Evan Nepean, Under Secretary of the Home Department of the United Kingdom...
, Southwest Pacific - Nepean Island, Queensland, one of the Torres Strait islands
- Nepean SoundNepean SoundNepean Sound is a sound on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It lies north of Caamaño Sound, and separates Banks, Pitt, Campania and Trutch Islands....
, British Columbia, Canada
Electorates
- Division of NepeanDivision of NepeanThe Division of Nepean was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It was located in the western suburbs of Sydney. It originally covered the suburbs of Granville, Lithgow and Penrith...
, former federal electorate in New South Wales - Electoral district of NepeanElectoral district of NepeanThe Electoral district of Nepean is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering the southern most part of the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. It is named after Point Nepean which is contained within the electorate....
, state electoral district in Victoria, Australia - Electoral district of Nepean (New South Wales)Electoral district of Nepean (New South Wales)Nepean was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1859, and named after the Nepean River. It was abolished in 1904 with the downsizing of the Assembly after Federation. Nepean was recreated in 1927 and abolished again in...
, former state electoral district in New South Wales - Nepean (electoral district)Nepean (electoral district)Nepean was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. It was also the name of an overlapping district represented in the Ontario legislature from 1987 to 1999....
, a Canadian electoral district covering Nepean and other parts of western Ottawa