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Duranbah (RURAL PLACE), NSW Details
Description
A rural place about 14 km S of Tweed Heads. Also assigned as an address locality. Boundary change 16.5.03.
Meaning
Also: a large ant a jumper. (Anthropological Society of Australasia. p.134. 1899).
Origin
Aboriginal. From Gidabal durang for Barred bandicoot with -bah meaning place of. (Richmond Tweed Regional Library. 1984). Also: daranbah a king of the tribe buried near Limpinwood when he died of influenza on the main trail which goes up from Limpinwood to Mt. Durigan. Minyangbal dialect of Bundjalung. (M.Sharpe; 1993;p.85).
Duranbah (RURAL PLACE), NSW
title | Duranbah (RURAL PLACE) |
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state | NSW |
reference | 16919 |
placename | Duranbah |
designation | RURAL PLACE |
geographical name | |
previous names | |
lga | TWEED |
description | A rural place about 14 km S of Tweed Heads. Also assigned as an address locality. Boundary change 16.5.03. |
meaning | Also: a large ant a jumper. (Anthropological Society of Australasia. p.134. 1899). |
origin | Aboriginal. From Gidabal durang for Barred bandicoot with -bah meaning place of. (Richmond Tweed Regional Library. 1984). Also: daranbah a king of the tribe buried near Limpinwood when he died of influenza on the main trail which goes up from Limpinwood to Mt. Durigan. Minyangbal dialect of Bundjalung. (M.Sharpe; 1993;p.85). |
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