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Gerringong (LOCALITY), NSW Details
History
The popular explanation is that the word means fearful exclamations uttered by the Aborigines when they first saw the sails of the Endeavour in 1770. (Reed 1969).
Description
A town about 11 km S by W of Kiama on the Illawarra Coast. Boundaries within the Kiama Council area shown on map GNB3727.
Meaning
For: place of peril. (McCarthy; 1963).
Origin
Aboriginal.
Gerringong (LOCALITY), NSW
| title | Gerringong (LOCALITY) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 20119 |
| placename | Gerringong |
| designation | LOCALITY |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | Geringong |
| lga | KIAMA |
| description | A town about 11 km S by W of Kiama on the Illawarra Coast. Boundaries within the Kiama Council area shown on map GNB3727. |
| meaning | For: place of peril. (McCarthy; 1963). |
| origin | Aboriginal. |
| history | The popular explanation is that the word means fearful exclamations uttered by the Aborigines when they first saw the sails of the Endeavour in 1770. (Reed 1969). |
