Talk:Telopea, New South Wales

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Origin of name[edit]

Telopea was not named after the scientific name of the waratah because it was abundant in the area. The waratah was not abundant there. A local flower grower, Rumsay, was lobbying the railways for the station there so he could transort his flowers by rail. Finally the railways granted the station and said to Rumsey. 'Ok youve got your station, what do you want to call it?' He said 'Waratah', his favourite flower. The railways said 'you cant call it that, there is already a station called Waratah.' So Rumsay said 'Telopea'. They said ok. Which Rumsey thought a great joke because to an old plant collector Waratah and Telopea were the same thing. 120.18.45.1 (talk) 16:22, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]