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Dulguigan (LOCALITY), NSW Details
Description
An addrerss locality about 6 km N by E of Murwillumbah. Boundaries within the Tweed Council area shown on map GNB3810.
Origin
Aboriginal. From Gidabal dalday for dry in an arboreal sense so name may well refer to a dead tree plain. Also: word refers to tulgi tree (species unknown) or to Tulgigin people who lived on the Tweed. Observervers reported that these people where tall and strongly built. (Richmond Tweed Regional LIbrary. 1984).
Dulguigan (LOCALITY), NSW
| title | Dulguigan (LOCALITY) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 69481 |
| placename | Dulguigan |
| designation | LOCALITY |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | TWEED |
| description | An addrerss locality about 6 km N by E of Murwillumbah. Boundaries within the Tweed Council area shown on map GNB3810. |
| meaning | |
| origin | Aboriginal. From Gidabal dalday for dry in an arboreal sense so name may well refer to a dead tree plain. Also: word refers to tulgi tree (species unknown) or to Tulgigin people who lived on the Tweed. Observervers reported that these people where tall and strongly built. (Richmond Tweed Regional LIbrary. 1984). |
| history |
