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Wongavale (VILLAGE), NSW Details
History
The Post Office name was changed from Boveedy in 1925.
Description
A village about 5 km SW of Jiggi.
Meaning
For: a hybrid name from wonga a kind of pigeon and vale. (Richmond Tweed Regional Library & Richmond River Historical Society. 1983). Also: from Gidabal dialect of Bundjalung wululuny for pigeon (M.Sharpe).
Origin
Aboriginal.
Wongavale (VILLAGE), NSW
| title | Wongavale (VILLAGE) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 66014 |
| placename | Wongavale |
| designation | VILLAGE |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | Boveedy |
| lga | LISMORE |
| description | A village about 5 km SW of Jiggi. |
| meaning | For: a hybrid name from wonga a kind of pigeon and vale. (Richmond Tweed Regional Library & Richmond River Historical Society. 1983). Also: from Gidabal dialect of Bundjalung wululuny for pigeon (M.Sharpe). |
| origin | Aboriginal. |
| history | The Post Office name was changed from Boveedy in 1925. |
