Mudgee (LOCALITY), NSW Details
History
Formerly Wiradhuri land. (Appleton; 1992).
Description
A town located about 3 km N of Redbank and about 6 km SW of Mount Mount Frome (locality). It is the centre of a productive agricultural on the Cudgegong River. Boundaries within the Mudgee Council area shown on map marked GNB3785.
Meaning
Also: Said to be an Aboriginal term for nest in hills contented or sitting. None of these meanings have been verified. (Appleton; 1992). Also: nest. (McCarthy; 1963).
Origin
MUDGEE The Aboriginal name of Mudgee is not given to any extent of country on the Cugee-gang as has been understood and applied but simply to a small appletree flat on which no person has a station but where the natives occassionly assemble and camp Journal of Alan Cunningham 10th September 1823. Page 340 Vo. 8 Royal Australian Histor
Mudgee (LOCALITY), NSW
| title | Mudgee (LOCALITY) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 40118 |
| placename | Mudgee |
| designation | LOCALITY |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | Town of Mudgee |
| lga | MID-WESTERN REGIONAL |
| description | A town located about 3 km N of Redbank and about 6 km SW of Mount Mount Frome (locality). It is the centre of a productive agricultural on the Cudgegong River. Boundaries within the Mudgee Council area shown on map marked GNB3785. |
| meaning | Also: Said to be an Aboriginal term for nest in hills contented or sitting. None of these meanings have been verified. (Appleton; 1992). Also: nest. (McCarthy; 1963). |
| origin | MUDGEE The Aboriginal name of Mudgee is not given to any extent of country on the Cugee-gang as has been understood and applied but simply to a small appletree flat on which no person has a station but where the natives occassionly assemble and camp Journal of Alan Cunningham 10th September 1823. Page 340 Vo. 8 Royal Australian Histor |
| history | Formerly Wiradhuri land. (Appleton; 1992). |
