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Bangor (SUBURB), NSW Details
Description
An address locality about 1 km W of Bonnet Bay.
Origin
Owen Jones selected his farm in 1895 and called it Bangor after his birthplace in Wales. To overcome duplication of that name in NSW Bangor was changed to Menai in 1910. The original menai was a township opposite Bangor on the Menai Straits in Wales. P 67 Two Hundred Years in Retrospect
Bangor (SUBURB), NSW
title | Bangor (SUBURB) |
additional | |
state | NSW |
reference | 2491 |
placename | Bangor |
designation | SUBURB |
geographical name | |
previous names | |
lga | SUTHERLAND SHIRE |
description | An address locality about 1 km W of Bonnet Bay. |
meaning | |
origin | Owen Jones selected his farm in 1895 and called it Bangor after his birthplace in Wales. To overcome duplication of that name in NSW Bangor was changed to Menai in 1910. The original menai was a township opposite Bangor on the Menai Straits in Wales. P 67 Two Hundred Years in Retrospect |
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