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Booyong (LOCALITY), NSW Details
Description
A locality about 2.5 km SW of village of Nashua. Boundaries within Lismore LGA shown on map GNB3628. Boundaries shown on map marked GNB 3744
Meaning
For: ironwood tree. (Anthropological Society of Australasia). Also: place where scrub timber named Booyong grew. (Anthropological Society of Australasia 1899)
Origin
Aboriginal. Also:sscrub myrtle name not used in standard forrestry books which give booyong hickory crowsfoot elm (Argyrodendron trifoliolatum). (Richmond Tweed Regional Library. 1984).
Booyong (LOCALITY), NSW
title | Booyong (LOCALITY) |
additional | |
state | NSW |
reference | 7862 |
placename | Booyong |
designation | LOCALITY |
geographical name | |
previous names | |
lga | BYRON |
description | A locality about 2.5 km SW of village of Nashua. Boundaries within Lismore LGA shown on map GNB3628. Boundaries shown on map marked GNB 3744 |
meaning | For: ironwood tree. (Anthropological Society of Australasia). Also: place where scrub timber named Booyong grew. (Anthropological Society of Australasia 1899) |
origin | Aboriginal. Also:sscrub myrtle name not used in standard forrestry books which give booyong hickory crowsfoot elm (Argyrodendron trifoliolatum). (Richmond Tweed Regional Library. 1984). |
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