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Coogee (SUBURB), NSW Details
Description
A suburb about 3 km N by E of Maroubra and about 3 km S of Waverley. Boundaries within the Randwick Council area shown on map GNB3642.
Meaning
koojah: bad smell caused by the decay of large quantities of seaweed washed ashore. (Anthropological Society of Australasia 1899) Also: bad generally; stinking; a bad smell caused by decayed seaweed washed ashore. (McCarthy; 1963).
Origin
Aboriginal word meaning place of stinking sea-weed. P. 13-14. Information from Randwick 1859-1959 Lynch & Larcombe) Native name Kooja (Science of Man)
Coogee (SUBURB), NSW
| title | Coogee (SUBURB) |
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| state | NSW |
| reference | 13735 |
| placename | Coogee |
| designation | SUBURB |
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| lga | RANDWICK |
| description | A suburb about 3 km N by E of Maroubra and about 3 km S of Waverley. Boundaries within the Randwick Council area shown on map GNB3642. |
| meaning | koojah: bad smell caused by the decay of large quantities of seaweed washed ashore. (Anthropological Society of Australasia 1899) Also: bad generally; stinking; a bad smell caused by decayed seaweed washed ashore. (McCarthy; 1963). |
| origin | Aboriginal word meaning place of stinking sea-weed. P. 13-14. Information from Randwick 1859-1959 Lynch & Larcombe) Native name Kooja (Science of Man) |
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