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Coonamble (LOCALITY), NSW Details
Description
A town about 50 km E of Quambone and 30 km E by N of Narraway State Forest. It is on the Castlereagh Hwy on the Western Plains 518 km NW of Sydney. Boundaries within the Coonamble Council area shown on map GNB3755.
Meaning
Also: derived from Kamilaroi gunambil for full of shit. A meaning given previously bullock camp was presumably a bowdlerisation but could also indicate that the name was given after European settlers and livestock arrived. (Appleton; 1992).
Origin
Name of station of James Walker. P 445. (Information from RAHS Journal Vol 48 Pt 6) Aboriginal Bullock dung or human excrement from Place Names of NSW their origins & meanins by A.W. Reed. Also: lot of dirt. (McCarthy; 1963).
Coonamble (LOCALITY), NSW
| title | Coonamble (LOCALITY) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 14041 |
| placename | Coonamble |
| designation | LOCALITY |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | Town of Coonamble |
| lga | COONAMBLE |
| description | A town about 50 km E of Quambone and 30 km E by N of Narraway State Forest. It is on the Castlereagh Hwy on the Western Plains 518 km NW of Sydney. Boundaries within the Coonamble Council area shown on map GNB3755. |
| meaning | Also: derived from Kamilaroi gunambil for full of shit. A meaning given previously bullock camp was presumably a bowdlerisation but could also indicate that the name was given after European settlers and livestock arrived. (Appleton; 1992). |
| origin | Name of station of James Walker. P 445. (Information from RAHS Journal Vol 48 Pt 6) Aboriginal Bullock dung or human excrement from Place Names of NSW their origins & meanins by A.W. Reed. Also: lot of dirt. (McCarthy; 1963). |
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