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Nambucca (TOWN), NSW Details
Meaning
Bucca bucca an Aboriginal word meaning crooked creek. Nambucca meaning crooked river. (ASA. 24/04/1900) Also: the entrance to the sea or the crooked river. (Oceania. Vol. XXXIV. No.4. p.283. June 1964).
Origin
Aboriginal. For: Entrance to the sea; Also: crooked river. (McCarthy. 1963)
Nambucca (TOWN), NSW
title | Nambucca (TOWN) |
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state | NSW |
reference | 41297 |
placename | Nambucca |
designation | TOWN |
geographical name | Nambucca Heads |
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description | |
meaning | Bucca bucca an Aboriginal word meaning crooked creek. Nambucca meaning crooked river. (ASA. 24/04/1900) Also: the entrance to the sea or the crooked river. (Oceania. Vol. XXXIV. No.4. p.283. June 1964). |
origin | Aboriginal. For: Entrance to the sea; Also: crooked river. (McCarthy. 1963) |
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