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Aboriginal Place Names

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Aboriginal NamesMeaning
Ben BullenLyre bird1 ; high quiet place2
BiraganbilPlace of Leeches3 4 5
BirriwaMany box trees6
BorambilPlace near bora ground7
Budgee BudgeeA cloak8
BurrendongNative bear9
CrudineIguana10
CudgegongNamed after a bird called giddy giddy11
Cullen BullenWater running down face of rock wall12
CullengoralMeeting of waters (junction of rivers)13
GoreeGet along quickly14
Gulgong(Goolgong)Crooked water15 . Deep waterhole16 17 ; deep hole, ditch or hole, gap in a mountain range18
Guntawang(Goondiwang)Goondi means animal or human excrescence and wang a rock or stone (excresecence on a rock)19 ; camping ground20
GunnagawahA lot of little huts
MerindaPretty woman21
MerriwaMerri means red or blood; wa, grass (blood on grass)22 ; grass seed23
MerrygoenA red stick used in time of war and carried by runners from one tribe to another and was the signal for the tribes to mobilise to fight the invader of their territories24 25
Mudgee(Moodgee)Mate or comrade and refers to where the Cudgegong River and Lawson's Creek join26 , a nest; was a great place for birds' nests27 ; sit down28 29 30 ; eclipse of the sun31 ; contented32
MullamuddyEagle hawk's nest33
MunnaFlat or wide34
Putta BuccaStinking fish35
TabrabuccaPlace where the "Boro" rites were performed36
TallawangTal a log and wang a rock (log on a rock)37 ; place of the apple-gum38
TambarooraIbis39
ToolamanangA short spear40
TrianbilSinew41
WallerawangWalla rain, or water left after rain, and wang a rock (water on a rock)42 43 ; plenty of water44 45
WargundyCrow's nest, home of crows46
WilbedreeLarge Permanent waterhole47
WollarFlat, bordering a creek48
YambleJoking, playing, larking49
YarrabinHorses50



References

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2 What They Mean (1938, December 8). The North-Western Watchman (Coonabarabran, NSW : 1936 - 1949), p. 11. Retrieved January 24, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article263488549
3 JOTTINGS BY THE WAY. (1870, September 15). Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), p. 4. Retrieved April 23, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107136166
4 Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia. (1898). Science of man and journal of the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia Retrieved January 24, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-522047309
5 What They Mean (1938, December 8). The North-Western Watchman (Coonabarabran, NSW : 1936 - 1949), p. 11. Retrieved January 24, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article263488549
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49 Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia. (1898). Science of man and journal of the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia Retrieved January 24, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-522047309
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