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Urunga (TOWN), NSW Details
History
Formerly Gumbaynggir land. (Appleton; 1992).
Description
A town on the south bank of the Kalang River west of the Bellinger River mouth about 16km N of Nambucca. It is 32km S of Coffs Harbour at the mouth of the Bellinger River Urunga is seperated from the ocean by a broad lagoon. Boundaries within the Bellingen Council area shown on map GNB3736.
Meaning
Urunga - an Aboriginal word meaning Long Beach. Ref. Aboriginal Place Names by A.W. Reed. Also: Urunga or Uringa for a long beach. Several refer to places where land juts out into water. (Oceania;Vol.XXXIVNo4p.300;June1964
Origin
Aboriginal.
Urunga (TOWN), NSW
| title | Urunga (TOWN) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 61475 |
| placename | Urunga |
| designation | TOWN |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | Bellinger Heads |
| lga | BELLINGEN |
| description | A town on the south bank of the Kalang River west of the Bellinger River mouth about 16km N of Nambucca. It is 32km S of Coffs Harbour at the mouth of the Bellinger River Urunga is seperated from the ocean by a broad lagoon. Boundaries within the Bellingen Council area shown on map GNB3736. |
| meaning | Urunga - an Aboriginal word meaning Long Beach. Ref. Aboriginal Place Names by A.W. Reed. Also: Urunga or Uringa for a long beach. Several refer to places where land juts out into water. (Oceania;Vol.XXXIVNo4p.300;June1964 |
| origin | Aboriginal. |
| history | Formerly Gumbaynggir land. (Appleton; 1992). |
